| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 805 .P6 W94 1991 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
13821 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 934793301 (softbound)
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| Language Code |
- Language code of text/sound track or separate title - eng
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Wygle, Peter R.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Surviving a Japanese P. O. W. camp :
- Remainder of title - father and son endure internment in Manila during World War II /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - by Peter R. Wygle
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Ventura, CA :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Pathfinder Pub. of California,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1991.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 215 p. :
- Other physical details - ill.,
- Dimensions - 22 x 14 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Essentially the memoir and diary of Robert Wygle, an American mining engineer in Baguio at the outbreak of war, supplemented by his son's (Peter R. Wygle) own memories and research. Robert Wygle worked at the Balatoc mine outside Baguio, accompanied by his family. Upon the Japanese attack, the family was evacuated to Manila while Robert stayed behind to close business. He did not know where in Manila the family had evacuated to, and not wanting to get captured by the Japanese in Baguio, he went on foot down the mountains for Manila - in time to be betrayed and interned at Santo Tomas Internment Camp. There, he was reunited with his family; they spent the next three years in the camp. Detailed account - with illustrations - of camp life, and the narrative shifts to Robert's diary for 1945. Peter was eleven when the war started, and inserts his own memories, as well as information and other materials from other documents and books, in italics. Since his father was not from Manila and did not know many people in the camp, he provides a more objective and even critical perspective to camp administration and life. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Wygle, Peter R.
- Personal name - Wygle, Robert Howard,
- Dates associated with a name - 1897-1961
- Form subdivision - Diaries.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Prisoners of war
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines
- General subdivision - Biography.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Personal narratives, American.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - Manila (Philippines)
- General subdivision - History.
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