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RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 805 .P6 H38 1994 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
14052 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 963744666 (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 .P6 H38 1994
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Hildreth, Jim,
- Dates associated with a name - 1920-
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Thank you, America, for bringing me home :
- Remainder of title - prisoner of war, three and one-half years, Japan, World War II /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Jim Hildreth
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| Edition Statement |
- Edition statement - 1st ed.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Sonora, CA :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Studio One,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 1994.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xi, 110 p. :
- Other physical details - ill.,
- Dimensions - 22 x 14 cm.
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| General Note |
- General note - Awarded the Bronze Star Medal, a radioman with the USS Canopus in the Asiatic fleet, gives a vivid account of the hostilities with Japan in December, 1941, combat and continuing through his capture, detailing his prisoner of war experience. - Roderick Hall
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Personal account of a ship's cook and radioman on the sub tender Canopus, including a bit about pre-war life in the Asiatic Fleet, how he received Adm. Hart's terse announcement that war had started, and his experiences on the ship during the Bataan campaign. Transferred to Corregidor after the ship was scuttled when Bataan fell, Hildreth became a prisoner of the Japanese in May 1942; he describes his life as a prisoner of war in Corregidor, Bilibid, Cabanatuan, POW ship to Japan, and in Japan. Hildreth was awarded the Bronze Star for his actions in the defense of the Philippines. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Hildreth, Jim,
- Dates associated with a name - 1920-.
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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 - Philippines
- 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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