| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
DS 686.6 .V35 V45 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
13810 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - (hardbound)
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| Language Code |
- Language code of text/sound track or separate title - eng
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Velasco, Melandrew T.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Uncle Sim :
- Remainder of title - the life and times of Simeon Marcos Valdez : World War II hero, lawyer, lawmaker, patriarch, uncle of two presidents /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Melandrew T. Velasco
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Quezon City :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Media Touchstone Ventures,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c2006.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 256+ p. :
- Other physical details - ill.,
- Dimensions - 31 x 24 cm.
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| Media Type |
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Coffee-table biography of a prominent Ilocano army officer, lawyer and legislator. He was the uncle of two Philippine Presidents (Ferdinand E. Marcos and Fidel V. Ramos), but notable on his own as a war hero who fought in Bataan, suffered in the Death March and prisoner of war camp in Capas, joined with the guerrillas and participated in the liberation of the Ilocos and Abra as a battalion commander of the 15th Infantry Regiment, US Army Forces in the Philippines, Northern Luzon (USAFIP NL). The first three chapters are devoted to his wartime service. The rest of the book is on his career in the military after the war, his unbroken record in Congress, his family and work as a private citizen. He was one of the major advocates of recognition and benefits for the Filipino veterans of World War II. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Valdez, Simeon Marcos,
- Dates associated with a name - 1915-.
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| Index Termuncontrolled |
- Uncontrolled term - 15th Infantry Regiment
- Uncontrolled term - Bataan
- Uncontrolled term - biography - Filipino
- Uncontrolled term - Camp O'Donnell
- Uncontrolled term - Death March
- Uncontrolled term - Filipino veterans
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine Congress
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine defense campaign
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine liberation campaign
- Uncontrolled term - POW
- Uncontrolled term - resistance movement
- Uncontrolled term - USAFIP NL
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