| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 767.95 S64 1953 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
14445 |
| 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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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Smith, Robert Ross
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| Title Statement |
- Title - The approach to the Philippines
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - by Robert Ross Smith
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Washington, D.C. :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Office of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 1953.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xviii, 623 p. :
- Other physical details - ill.,
- Dimensions - 26 x 18 cm.
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| Content Type |
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| Media Type |
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| Carrier Type |
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| Series Statement |
- Series statement - United States Army in World War II: The war in the Pacific
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - One of the volumes of the official history, "The US Army in World War II," sub-series "The War in the Pacific." Smith is a military historian, connected with the Office of the Chief of Military History. This volume does not cover the Philippines, but details part of the road towards MacArthur's return, from January 1944 until the eve of the Leyte landings. Covers operations in New Guinea, Biak, Noemfoor, Morotai and the Palau islands (Peleliu, Angaur). These operations had direct effect on the Japanese in the Philippines, as Japanese forces staged in the Philippines and advanced to the southern and eastern front. - 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 - Caroline Islands.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Campaigns
- Geographic subdivision - New Guinea.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Campaigns
- Geographic subdivision - Peleliu Island.
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| Index Termuncontrolled |
- Uncontrolled term - Biak
- Uncontrolled term - MacArthur's campaigns leading to the Philippines
- Uncontrolled term - Military history - US Army
- Uncontrolled term - Morotai
- Uncontrolled term - Noemfoor
- Uncontrolled term - Palau
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| Series Uniform Title |
- Uniform title - United States Army in World War II: The war in the Pacific
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