| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 805 P6 B7 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
14044 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 471037427 (hardbound)
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| Language Code |
- Language code of text/sound track or separate title - eng
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Breuer, William B.,
- Dates associated with a name - 1923-
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| Title Statement |
- Title - The Great raid on Cabanatuan :
- Remainder of title - rescuing the doomed ghosts of Bataan and Corregidor /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - William B. Breuer
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - New York :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Wiley,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 1994.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xii, 258 p. :
- Other physical details - ill., maps ;
- Dimensions - 25 x 17 cm.
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| Content Type |
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| Media Type |
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Popularly written researched military account of the US Ranger raid to liberate the prisoner of war camp at Cabanatuan in January 1945. This was the second book on the subject, following Forrest Johnsons' "Hour of Redemption." The author interviewed or corresponded with several American veterans of the raid and the prison camp, including the commander of the 6th Ranger Battalion, Lt. Col. Henry A. Mucci. He was not however, able to contact Filipino participants, although he credits their assistance in the raid. - 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 - Concentration Camps
- Geographic subdivision - Cabanatuan.
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