| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 767.4 .G68 1999 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
13971 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 1557787816 (hardbound)
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| Language Code |
- Language code of text/sound track or separate title - eng
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - D 767.4 .G68 1999
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Llamzon, Benjamin S.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Horyo :
- Remainder of title - memoirs of an American POW /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Richard M. Gordon ; with the assistance of Benjamin S. Llamzon
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| Edition Statement |
- Edition statement - 1st ed.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - St. Paul, Minn. :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Paragon House,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 1999.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xxix, 274 p. :
- Other physical details - ill., maps ;
- Dimensions - 24 x 16 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Gordon enlisted in the US Army in 1940, and was sent to the Philippines to become a member of the 31st Infantry Regiment, US Army, in Manila. A personal account, Gordon narrates his life in the army, conditions in the Philippines before the war (including homosexuality in the army) and highlights the fighting in Bataan, before going into the Death March and prison camp life. Gordon was sent to Japan relatively early: he was sent by ship on November 1942, before the "hell ships." Critical not only of the Japanese, but also Americans who betrayed their men. Appendices include maps of the death march, POW camps, rosters of prisoners, West Point graduates who died in the defense of the Philippines or as prisoners of war, photos of survivors and war memorials relating to the Philippines and prisoners of war. Gordon was a pro-active veteran, airing criticism regarding inaccuracies in books and TV documentaries; he was actively involved in the veterans organization "The Battling Bastards of Bataan," until his death. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Gordon, Richard M.,
- Dates associated with a name - 1921-.
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| Subject Corporate Name |
- Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element - United States. Army
- General subdivision - Biography.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Bataan, Battle of, Philippines, 1942.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Prisoners of war
- Geographic subdivision - Japan
- General subdivision - Biography.
- 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 - Prisoners of war
- Geographic subdivision - United States.
- 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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| Index Termuncontrolled |
- Uncontrolled term - 31st Infantry Regiment (US)
- Uncontrolled term - Bataan
- Uncontrolled term - Death March
- Uncontrolled term - personal account - American
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine defense campaign
- Uncontrolled term - POW account
- Uncontrolled term - POW ship
- Uncontrolled term - pre-war Philippines
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