| Location |
MEMORARE |
| Item Call Number |
D 805.5 .S28 H65 2003 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
12394 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 1563119110 (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 805.5 .S28 H65 2003
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Holland, Robert B.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - The Rescue of Santo Tomas :
- Remainder of title - Manila, WWII : the flying column : 100 miles to freedom /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - by Robert B. Holland
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| Edition Statement |
- Edition statement - Limited ed.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Paducah, Ky. :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Turner,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c2003.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 180 p. :
- Other physical details - ill., maps ;
- Dimensions - 24 x 17 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - This is partly a personal account of a soldier with the Flying Column which rushed to liberate the Santo Tomas Internment Camp, and partly a compilation of personal recollections of the internees there. Holland was a US Marine Technical Sergeant who accompanied the Flying Column (composed of the 1st Cavalry Division and attached units) in its daring advance through Japanese-controlled territory in Luzon to rescue the Allied internees at Santo Tomas. His duty was to coordinate aerial support by Marine Air Group 24 with the advancing mechanical units.
In addition to his own memories, Holland did archival research to provide additional historical data, and rounds up his book with memories of the internees on the other side of the fence, those he came to liberate. Also covers the days after the liberation, when the Japanese shelled Santo Tomas and killed some of the internees. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - United States. Army. Cavalry, 1st
- General subdivision - History.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Concentration camp inmates
- Geographic subdivision - United States
- General subdivision - Biography.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Soldiers
- Geographic subdivision - United States
- General subdivision - Biography.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Campaigns
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Liberation
- Geographic subdivision - Manila.
- 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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