| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 811 S36 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
14158 |
| 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 811 S36
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Scott, R. Jackson
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| Title Statement |
- Title - 90 days of rice
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - by R. Jackson Scott
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Pioneer, Calif. :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - California Traveler,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1975.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 217 p. :
- Dimensions - 22 x 14 cm.
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| Content Type |
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| Media Type |
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| Carrier Type |
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Personal account of a US Marine stationed at Cavite Navy Base just prior to the war. Scott narrates the unexpected start of the war for the Cavite Marines; the air raid on Cavite and subsequent abandonment of the base; combat on Bataan; escape to Corregidor after the fall of Bataan; service on Corregidor; escape by banca after Corregidor's surrender, but eventually is taken prisoner. Over half of the book deals with Scott's experiences as a prisoner of war in various camps, ending the war in Japan. The book's title comes from the optimism of the prisoners of war - that they would be out in 90 days. It took over three years before they were freed. Scott criticizes some of the Americans in camp for telling on others; and also felt that the dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki was unnecessary, after seeing the ruins of the city. - 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.
- 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 - Cavite Navy Base
- Uncontrolled term - Corregidor
- Uncontrolled term - hell ships
- Uncontrolled term - personal account - American
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine defense campaign
- Uncontrolled term - POW life
- Uncontrolled term - US Marines
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