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RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 805 .I5 W46 1995 |
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Available |
| Barcode |
14019 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 964602407 (softbound)
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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 805 .I5 W46 1995
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Under the Rising Sun :
- Remainder of title - war, captivity, and survival, 1941-1945 /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Edward W. Weiss
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| Edition Statement |
- Edition statement - 50th year, World War II commemorative ed.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Erie, PA :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - E.W. Weiss,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - [1995].
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - x, 294 p. :
- Other physical details - ill., maps ;
- Dimensions - 22 x 14 cm.
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| General Note |
- General note - "Revised second printing, April 1995"--T.p. verso.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - A personal account of the defense of the Philippines, 1941-1942 from a different perspective: Weiss, who enlisted in the US Army at the age of 17 (he lied about his age), was a radio operator assigned to the 10th Signal Service Company in Manila. With the outbreak of war, he was assigned to a Philippine merchant ship, the Don Esteban, which was taken by the army to take supplies from the south (Cebu and Mindoro) to Bataan. The ship was sunk by Japanese planes in northern Mindoro, and Weiss together with his fellow crew members travelled around the Visayas seeking further duty. With the fall of Bataan, the Don Esteban headed south, towards the Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia today), on a sailboat, but was captured in the Netherlands East Indies and imprisoned in the POW camp in Ambon Island. First edition of the book was published in 1992; this is the second, revised edition, published on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Weiss, Edward W.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Prisoners of war
- Geographic subdivision - Ambon Island
- General subdivision - Biography.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Prisoners of war
- Geographic subdivision - United States
- General subdivision - Biography.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Personal narratives, British.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - Ambon Island (Indonesia)
- General subdivision - History.
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| Index Termuncontrolled |
- Uncontrolled term - MV Don Esteban
- Uncontrolled term - Netherlands East Indies
- Uncontrolled term - personal account - American
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine defense campaign
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine merchant marine
- Uncontrolled term - POW account
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