| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
DS 686.476 V35 D43 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
13967 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 9715694179 (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 - De Vera, Ruel S.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - The zero hour :
- Remainder of title - the personal war of Basilio J. Valdes /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Ruel S. De Vera.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Makati City :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Bookmark,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c2001.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - ix, 284, [2] p. :
- Other physical details - ill.,
- Dimensions - 24 x 16 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Creative nonfiction account of Maj. Gen. Valdes during the Second World War. Valdes was the Chief of Staff of the Philippine Army in 1941; with the establishment of the USAFFE, he virtually lost his command to Gen. MacArthur. This account, based on the wartime diaries and recollections of persons who knew Gen. Valdes, recounts the general's experiences from December 8, 1941, focusing on his reaction to the war, accompanying Quezon and representative officials of the Commonwealth government to Corregidor. Particular attention is given to the evacuation of Quezon and his party from Corregidor to the Visayas, by submarine, and later, to Mindanao (by PT boat) and then to Australia and the US, to set up the government in exile. The narrative becomes skimpy at this point, sketching out Valdes' activities in the US, and finally, his return to the Philippines in 1944 with MacArthur, reunion with his family in 1945. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Valdes, Basilio J. (Basilio Jose),
- Dates associated with a name - d. 1970.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945.
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - Philippines
- General subdivision - History
- Chronological subdivision - 1898-1946.
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