| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 767.4 B345 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
13963 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - B0006CKOU8 (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 - Baclagon, Uldarico San Juan
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| Title Statement |
- Title - They served with honor :
- Remainder of title - Filipino war heroes of World War II /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - by Uldarico S. Baclagon ; introduction by Carlos P. Romulo
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Quezon City :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - DM Press,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1965.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - viii, 306 p. :
- Other physical details - ill.,
- Dimensions - 19 x 14 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - An account of World War II in the Philippines as told through the actions of Filipino heroes of that conflict. The author, a Philippine Military Academy graduate and himself the recipient of a medal for heroism during the war, has compiled the citations for Filipino heroes in the different phases of the war: Part I is on the heroes of the 1941-42 USAFFE defense: the beach defenses and the fighting withdrawals in Luzon; the various battles in Bataan and Corregidor; actions in the defense of the Visayas and Mindanao. Part II narrates the stories of heroism in the resistance movement, including the liberation campaigns. The individual cases of bravery are told through the actual citations on the medals the heroes received. Appendices list the medal recipients by campaign, by unit, and by the number of medals received. The citations are taken as is (although some of them proved controversial); perhaps not surprisingly, then-President Ferdinand Marcos is listed as having won the most number of medals. (This book was reissued in 1980, during the Martial Law years, as "Filipino Heroes of World War II," adding a few more pages - and photographs - to document Marcos' Medal of Valor). A useful source, but some of the citations have to be checked with other sources to verify claims. Unique in that the major actors are Filipinos; the Americans are not the center of the picture. - 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 - Campaigns
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines.
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| Index Termuncontrolled |
- Uncontrolled term - Filipino heroes of World War II
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine defense campaign
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine guerrilla resistance movement
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine liberation campaign
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine medals
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