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| Item Call Number |
D 805 .P6 O27 1991 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
14442 |
| 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 805 .P6 O27 1991
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Oatman, Earl R. ,
- Dates associated with a name - 1921-
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Bataan :
- Remainder of title - only the beginning : true story of an American soldier imprisoned by the Imperial Japanese Army /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - by Earl R. Oatman
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - [S.l.] :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - The Author,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1991.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xviii, 344 p. leaves :
- Other physical details - ill., maps ;
- Dimensions - 24 x 16 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Personal account by an enlisted fighter pilot of the 34th Pursuit Squadron, who arrived in the Philippines on November 22, 1941. The squadron was assigned to Del Carmen field in Pampanga, and was equipped with old P-35 fighters. All the fighters were damaged or destroyed in a matter of days after the war started by Japanese aircraft. By December 26, the squadron was in Bataan. Oatman describes his experiences as an infantryman in Bataan, the surrender, Death March, and his escape. He was able to evade the Japanese and stayed at Fassoth's Camp in the Zambales mountains, before being forced to surrender. He narrates his life as prisoner of war, criticizing officers who made the best out of rank. He was transported to Japan on a prison ship, and survived forced labor in Japan. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Oatman, Earl.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- 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 - Prisoners of war
- Geographic subdivision - United States
- General subdivision - Biography.
- 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 - Bataan (Philippines: Province), Battle of, 1942.
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| Index Termuncontrolled |
- Uncontrolled term - 34th Pursuit Squadron
- Uncontrolled term - aerial operations
- Uncontrolled term - Bataan
- Uncontrolled term - Death March
- Uncontrolled term - Del Carmen field
- Uncontrolled term - Fassoth's camp
- Uncontrolled term - forced labor
- Uncontrolled term - hell ships
- Uncontrolled term - P-35 fighter
- Uncontrolled term - personal account - American
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine defense campaign
- Uncontrolled term - POW account
- Uncontrolled term - POW escape
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