| Location |
RARE |
| Item Call Number |
D 767.4 R65 1942 |
| Status |
Item withdrawn |
| Barcode |
12350 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - (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 R65 1942
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Romulo, Carlos Peña,
- Dates associated with a name - 1899-1985
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| Title Statement |
- Title - I saw the fall of the Philippines
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Carlos P. Romulo
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| Edition Statement |
- Edition statement - 1st ed.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Garden City, N.Y. :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Doubleday,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1942.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xii, 323 p. :
- Other physical details - ill. ;
- Dimensions - 24 x 16 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - First book length account by a Filipino on the battles for the defense of the Philippines. Based on the personal experiences of the author, who was the editor of the Philippines Herald before the war. With the outbreak of war, Romulo became a member of MacArthur's staff, based in Corregidor. He went to Bataan several times and wrote of the men he met, many of whom he knew before the war. In Corregidor, Romulo wrote the scripts for the Voice of Freedom, broadcast to all freedom-loving Filipinos to counter Japanese propaganda. Romulo was dramatically evacuated by a rickety plane just as Bataan was surrendering to the Japanese; he was sent to Australia and then to the US, where he wrote this book. Dramatic, intended to capture the attention of Americans, this book was a best seller when it was first published. Romulo was critical of some of the allies of the US, particularly the British and the Dutch; some of these lines were not noticed by the US War Department before publication and thus had to be blacked out after the book was published. (Later editions of the book were able to restore some of the censored portions). - 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 - Personal narratives, American.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- Geographic subdivision - Bataan.
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| Index Termuncontrolled |
- Uncontrolled term - Bataan
- Uncontrolled term - Corregidor
- Uncontrolled term - escape by airplane
- Uncontrolled term - Manila
- Uncontrolled term - personal account - Filipino
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine defense campaign
- Uncontrolled term - Voice of Freedom
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