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RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 767.4 M55 1949a |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
14245 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - (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 767.4 M55 1949a
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Miller, E. B.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Bataan uncensored
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - E.B. Miller
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Long Praire, Minn. :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Hart Publications,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1949.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xii, 436 p. :
- Other physical details - ill. ;
- Dimensions - 23 x 15 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - One of the few personal accounts critical of US officers during the Bataan campaign. Miller was a reserve officer called to active service and sent to the Philippines as commander of the 194th Tank Battalion (Minnesota National Guard). He tells of the peacetime training received before being shipped out, the splitting of the original tank unit and dispatch to the Philippines; the outbreak of war (the battalion was in the Clark Field area when the Japanese struck), piecemeal employment of tanks to desperately stop advancing Japanese forces, the withdrawal to Bataan and operations in the peninsula. Miller is quick to criticize senior officers for their lack of understanding on the proper employment of tanks, and for blunders in the withdrawal. He continues on to describe the surrender and the ordeals of the Death March and prison camp life. An important book since it brings the perspective of a civilian-soldier, an officer who was respected by his men, rather than a professional officer. He asks probing questions and analyzes what went wrong. The book was reprinted in 1991, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the war, due to its importance. - 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 - Campaigns
- 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 - Regimental histories
- Geographic subdivision - United States
- Chronological subdivision - 194th Tank Battalion.
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| Index Termuncontrolled |
- Uncontrolled term - 194th Tank Battalion
- Uncontrolled term - Bataan
- Uncontrolled term - criticism and analysis of the campaign
- Uncontrolled term - Death March
- Uncontrolled term - Luzon campaign
- Uncontrolled term - personal account - American
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine defense campaign
- Uncontrolled term - POW account
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