| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 805 .P6 V36 1992 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
14071 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 897333799 (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 V36 1992
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Van Sickle, Emily
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| Title Statement |
- Title - The iron gates of Santo Tomas :
- Remainder of title - the firsthand account of an American couple interned by the Japanese in Manila, 1942-45 /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Emily Van Sickle
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Chicago, Ill. :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Academy Chicago Publishers,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 1992.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - viii, 341 p. :
- Other physical details - ill.,
- Dimensions - 24 x 16 cm.
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| Media Type |
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| Carrier Type |
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Personal account of an American wife whose husband had been stationed in Hong Kong as representative of International Harvester Company in China prior to the war. With the worsening conditions in China due to war with Japan, the couple returned to the US, only to return to Asia because a company representative was needed in Burma. Mrs. Van Sickle was permitted by the US State Department to go only as far as Manila, and thus were caught there when the war began.
In a detailed narrative, Mrs. Van Sickle recounts the shock of war, the arrival of the Japanese, and internment in Santo Tomas. She speaks of daily life, persons she met in camp, living conditions and other details of internment, climaxing with the return of American planes over the Philippines and liberation in February 1945. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Van Sickle, Charles.
- Personal name - Van Sickle, Emily.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Americans
- Geographic subdivision - Manila
- 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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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - Santo Tomas Internment Camp (Manila, Philippines).
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