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| Item Call Number |
D 811 D3 D94 1944 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
14026 |
| 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 811 D3 D94 1944
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Dyess, Wm. E.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - The Dyess story :
- Remainder of title - the eye-witness account of the death march from Bataan and the narrative of experiences in Japanese prison camps and of eventual escape /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - by Lt. Col. Wm. E. Dyess
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - New York :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - G.P. Putnam's Sons,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1944.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 182 p. :
- Other physical details - ill., maps ;
- Dimensions - 20 x 14 cm.
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| General Note |
- General note - This book was published before World War II was over; hence, most names and details about the escape route and methods are omitted for military reasons. It does contain some information about Japanese brutalities. - Roderick Hall
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Personal account of an American fighter pilot, on the defense of the Philippines and missions flown against the Japanese; surrender of Bataan, the Death March and the horrors of prison camp life under the Japanese in Camp O'Donnell, Cabanatuan and Davao. Dyess was one of those who escaped from Davao in 1943, was aided by Filipino guerrillas and evacuated by submarine to Australia. Dyess, along with his co-escapees (Melvin McCoy, Stephen Mellnick). Dyess' account of the Death March was the first news of the atrocity to reach MacArthur and the US, but Washington sat on the story until early 1944, when portions of this book appeared as a series of articles. When the book was published, Dyess had perished in an aircraft accident. Graphic and a classic eyewitness account. - 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 - Concentration camps
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines.
- 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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