| Location |
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| Item Call Number |
D 805 .J3 B38 1993 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
14030 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 806125098 (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 805 .J3 B38 1993
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Berry, William A. (William Aylor),
- Dates associated with a name - 1915-
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Prisoner of the rising sun
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - William A. Berry with James Edwin Alexander
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Norman :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - University of Oklahoma Press,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1993.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xiv, 241 p. :
- Other physical details - ill., maps ;
- Dimensions - 23 x 15 cm.
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| General Note |
- General note - William Berry is a rare individual - someone who escaped from a Japanese POW camp, was recaptured, and lived to tell his story. - Roderick Hall
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Personal account of a young American county attorney who, filled with patriotism, joined the US Navy even if he was exempt. He was quickly dispatched to Cavite Navy Yard, arriving in Manila in mid-November 1941. He was assigned to the 16th Naval District Intelligence Office to settle when the war began.
He narrates his experiences in Manila, in Corregidor; the surrender and gloat march in Manila, and imprisonment in Cabanatuan. His story differs from other POW narratives in that he managed to escape from the POW camp and remained free for a while, only to be recaptured, threatened with execution, sent to Bilibid Prison, was tried but surprisingly allowed to live. He remained in Bilibid until the liberation of Manila.
He appends some personal testimonies which confirm his escape, along with two other junior naval officers. (After the war, he returned to law and became a justice in the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma. He returned to the Philippines to meet some of the Filipinos who aided him while outside POW camp). - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Berry, William A. (William Aylor),
- Dates associated with a name - 1915-.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- 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 - United States
- General subdivision - Biography.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Campaigns
- 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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| Personal Name |
- Personal name - Alexander, James Edwin,
- Dates associated with a name - 1930-1930-
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