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| Item Call Number |
D 805 .P6 L37 2001 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
14668 |
| 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 805 .P6 L37 2001
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Larson, Clarence K.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - A long march home
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - by Clarence K. "Butch" Larson
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - New York Mills, MN :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Parta Printers,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c2001.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - [iv], 192 p. :
- Other physical details - ill., maps ;
- Dimensions - 21 x 14 cm.
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| Media Type |
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Personal account of a young American who joined the US Army Air Corps in 1939, and was assigned to Nichols Field in 1940. He describes life in the air base before the war, the outbreak of war and Japanese attacks on the field, the hurried move to Bataan, fighting as infantry, and surrender. He narrates his experiences in the Death March and as a prisoner of war in Camp O'Donnell, Cabanatuan, the hell ship Nissyo Maru, forced labor in the mines at Moji, in Kyushu, liberation and returning home in 1945. Illustrated with the author's own pre-war photos as well as sketches by other prisoners of war. - 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 - Bataan Death March, 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 - 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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