| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 805 .P6 S35 1995 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
14075 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - (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 S35 1995
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Schloat, Don T.,
- Dates associated with a name - 1921-
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Freedom! :
- Remainder of title - Bataan, POW, PVT /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Don T. Schloat
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Valley Center, CA :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - D.T. Schloat,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1995.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - iv, 352 p. :
- Other physical details - ill.,
- Dimensions - 22 x 14 cm.
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| General Note |
- General note - "Portions of this book first appeared, in slightly different form, in Tales of Bataan"--T.p. verso. A story of the prisoner of war experiences of a nineteen year old American private who had joined the Army Medical Corps.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Schloat joined the army medical corps in July 1941, partly to be able to live on his own and also partly to escape the war in Europe; he was immediately sent to the Philippines and was assigned to the station hospital at Fort McKinley. When USAFFE forces withdrew to Bataan, Schloat served in the hospital there. He stayed on in the hospital after the surrender; patients and staff were taken to the Bilibid Prison a month later. He narrates more than his own personal experiences, but also stories he heard, and excerpts from a friend's diary. Some names of individuals he changed to maintain their privacy; Schloat gives the Japanese soldiers he met, the only Japanese names which he was familiar with - Sumitomo, Mitsubishi, Mitsui and the like, although others are more believable. From Bilibid, he and the hospital staff were taken to Camp O'Donnell, Puerto Princesa, Bilibid. A close friend of his was killed in the Puerto Princesa massacre later; Schloat excerpts portion of this friend's diary and dedicates the book to him. With illustrations by the author. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Schloat, Don T.,
- Dates associated with a name - 1921-.
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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 - Medical care
- 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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| Index Termuncontrolled |
- Uncontrolled term - Bataan
- Uncontrolled term - Bilibid Prison
- Uncontrolled term - Camp O'Donnell
- Uncontrolled term - medical activities
- Uncontrolled term - personal account - American
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine defense campaign
- Uncontrolled term - POW account
- Uncontrolled term - Puerto Princesa
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