| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 736 O54 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
13956 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 096903671X (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 - Ongpauco, Fidel L.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - They refused to die :
- Remainder of title - true stories about World War II heroes in the Philippines, 1941-1945 /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Fidel L. Ongpauco ; illustrated with sketches by the author
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Gatineau, Quebec, Canada :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Levesque Publications,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1982.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 368 p. :
- Other physical details - ill.,
- Dimensions - 24 x 16 cm.
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| Media Type |
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Compilation of newspaper and magazine articles by Col. Ongpauco, a PC officer , Bataan veteran and keeper of the records at Camp O'Donnell. The articles, vignettes about World War II incidents and personalities, mostly military, cover the defense of the Philippines, the Death March and Prisoner of War camp, guerrilla and liberation operations. Ongpauco knew the people he wrote about personally and had access to some of their papers; he also wrote about some of the Americans and Japanese he met. Among the persons he wrote about were former President Ferdinand Marcos, Jose Calugas, the Medal of Honor hero, generals and noncommissioned officers. The section on the Death March and prisoner of war camp is illustrated by pencil sketches which were drawn by the author. Statistics from the prisoner of war camp at Camp O'Donnell are presented as an appendix. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Biography.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Campaigns
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines.
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - Philippines
- General subdivision - Biography.
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| Index Termuncontrolled |
- Uncontrolled term - Bataan
- Uncontrolled term - Camp O'Donnell
- Uncontrolled term - Death March
- Uncontrolled term - Filipino war heroes
- Uncontrolled term - guerrilla resistance movement
- Uncontrolled term - liberation campaigns
- Uncontrolled term - personal account - Filipino
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine defense campaign
- Uncontrolled term - POW account
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