| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 811 .P6185 A3 2003 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
14160 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 807128511 (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 .P6185 A3 2003
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Poncio, John Henry,
- Dates associated with a name - 1918-
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Girocho :
- Remainder of title - a GI's story of Bataan and beyond /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - John Henry Poncio and Marlin Young
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Baton Rouge :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Louisiana State University Press
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 2003
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xv, 327 p. :
- Other physical details - ill., map
- Dimensions - 24 x 16 cm
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| Media Type |
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Personal account of a US Air Corps ground crew member with the 91st Bombardment Squadron. The men of this squadron arrived in Manila before the outbreak of war, but their planes were still at sea and were diverted to Australia. Poncio and his buddies had to fight the war as infantry, and this book describes his experiences in Corregidor, Bataan, the Death March and prison camp (O'Donnell; Cabanatuan; to Japan in 1943, before most of the hell ships), including forced labor for a Japanese company. Describes how he endured all the suffering and kept hope alive. The title is the name of a Japanese Robin Hood type samurai, which became Poncio's nickname in camp. This book is based on tape recorded memoirs Poncio made for his wife; his niece, Marlin Young, arranged the transcriptions in chronological order and added background material. The book was published five years after Poncio passed away. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Poncio, John Henry,
- Dates associated with a name - 1918-.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Bataan, Battle of, Philippines, 1942.
- 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 - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Concentration Camps
- 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 - 91st Bombardment Squadron
- Uncontrolled term - Bataan
- Uncontrolled term - Cabanatuan
- Uncontrolled term - Camp O'Donnell
- Uncontrolled term - Corregidor
- Uncontrolled term - Death March
- Uncontrolled term - personal account - American
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine defense campaign
- Uncontrolled term - POW account
- Uncontrolled term - POW ship
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| Personal Name |
- Personal name - Young, Marlin,
- Dates associated with a name - 1936-
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