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RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 805 .P6 P48 1992 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
14077 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 963160966 (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 P48 1992
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Petak, Joseph A.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Never plan tomorrow :
- Remainder of title - the saga of the Bataan death march and battle of Corregidor survivors, 1942-1945 /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Joseph A. Petak
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| Edition Statement |
- Edition statement - 1st ed.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Fullerton, CA, USA :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - AQUATAUR,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 1992.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xx, 500 p. :
- Other physical details - ill., maps ;
- Dimensions - 23 x 16 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Personal account of a US Army photographer who covered the fighting in both Bataan and Corregidor. Petak took some of the photos which survived the battles of Bataan and Corregidor, but he starts his memoir from the fall of Corregidor, and focuses on his POW experiences. He describes conditions in the 92nd Garage area in Corregidor, transport to Manila, the gloat march, Bilibid and train to Cabanatuan. He was able to get out of Cabanatuan and established contact with guerrillas, but was recaptured. He was then transferred to Manchuria via the prison ship Tottori Maru in November 1942. He remained in Manchuria until 1945, when liberated at the end of the war. The bulk of this book deals with the author's experiences in Mukden, Manchuria: he had intended this as a history of that camp, and had written it in 1947 as a "psychiatric aid" for various problems as a result of his POW experiences. In 1989, he took it out and prepared it for publication. Reprints in full the Tribune issue of May 8, 1942, announcing the fall of Corregidor; he also prints some documents from the siege of Corregidor and the full roster of the original POWs in Mukden, Manchuria. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Petak, Joseph A.
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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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