| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 805 .P6 G73 1982 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
14046 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 912958200 (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 .P6 G73 1982
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Grashio, Samuel C.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Return to freedom :
- Remainder of title - the war memoirs of Col. Samuel C. Grashio, USAF (Ret.) /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - by Samuel C. Grashio and Bernard Norling ; [maps, Scott Greenawalt]
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Tulsa, Okla. :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - MCN Press,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1982.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - ii, 166 p., [12] p. of plates :
- Other physical details - ill., maps ;
- Dimensions - 24 x 16 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Personal account of an American fighter pilot with the 21st Pursuit Squadron. In the early days of World War II, he flew missions in a P-40 fighter against the vastly superior Japanese Zero fighter. With the loss of P-40s (by being shot down, destroyed on the ground, or overuse), Grashio, like his other squadron mates, became an infantryman and fought in Bataan. He was one of those who surrendered in April 1942, suffered the ordeal of the Death March, and prison camp (Camp O'Donnell, Davao Penal Colony). He was one of ten Americans (and two Filipinos) to successfully escape from the camp, aided by guerrillas. He was evacuated to Australia by submarine and returned to the U.S., where he was banned from telling his story in public for several months. He sought to get attention and help for his fellow prisoners of war who had stayed in the Philippines. After the war, Grashio decided to continue in the air force. Grashio tells his story in graphic detail, assisted by the history professor, Norling, who provided the historical background, context and notes. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Grashio, Samuel C.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Prisoners of war
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines
- 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, American.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
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| Index Termuncontrolled |
- Uncontrolled term - 21st Pursuit Squadron
- Uncontrolled term - aerial operations
- Uncontrolled term - Bataan
- Uncontrolled term - Camp O'Donnell
- Uncontrolled term - Camp O'Donnell
- Uncontrolled term - Davao Penal Colony
- Uncontrolled term - Death March
- Uncontrolled term - personal account - American
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine defense campaign
- Uncontrolled term - POW account
- Uncontrolled term - POW escape
- Uncontrolled term - submarine evacuation
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| Personal Name |
- Personal name - Norling, Bernard,
- Dates associated with a name - 1924-
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