| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 811 .J65 A35 2004 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
14151 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 1590960025 (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 811 .J65 A35 2004
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Johnson, Joseph Quitman
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Baby of Bataan :
- Remainder of title - memoir of a 14 year old soldier in world war II /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Joseph Quitman Johnson
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| Edition Statement |
- Edition statement - 1st ed.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Memphis, TN :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Omonomany,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 2004.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 314 p. :
- Other physical details - ill.
- Dimensions - 23 x 15 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Vivid personal account of perhaps the youngest American soldier on Bataan. Lying about his age, he enlisted in the US Army at the tender age of 14, but with much experience in hard work. Arriving in the Philippines shortly after his basic training, he was assigned to the 31st Infantry (US Army) in Manila. He narrates his life as a young soldier, his adventures in Manila before the war, and combat on Bataan. He and his buddies escaped to Corregidor when Bataan fell, but was taken prisoner by the Japanese when Corregidor surrendered. As a prisoner of war, he spent time in Camp O'Donnell, Cabanatuan, the Nichols Field detail. He survived the infamous Oryoku Maru hellship, and labored in Japanese coal mines before he was liberated. When the war ended, he was only nineteen years old; he continued to serve in the US Army until retirement. - 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 - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Personal narratives, American.
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