| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
DS 686.4 R56 2016 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
18365 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 971555296X (softbound)
- International Standard Book Number - 9789719804451
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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 - DS 686.4 R56 1999
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Rays of a setting sun: recollections of World War II
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Eliseo D. Rio
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Manila :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - De La Salle University Press,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 1999.
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Quezon City :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - C & E Publishing,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c2016
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xii, 261 p. :
- Other physical details - maps ;
- Dimensions - 23 x 15 cm.
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| General Note |
- General note - Foreword by Sen. Rodolfo G. Biazon
- General note - Author was Philippine Military Academy graduate, Class '42; survived a distinguished service in Bataan and escaped Luzon to be a guerrilla resistance leader in Panay, his home island. - Roderick Hall
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Very vivid personal account of a young Filipino officer: PMA cadet scheduled to graduate in March 1942 is engulfed by war on the first day, and thrust into battle. His entire class was commissioned ahead of schedule, and the young officers became company commanders in the 3rd Infantry Regiment, 1st Regular Division, Philippine Army. Narrates his experiences from the first day of the war through hasty commissioning and being sent to the front line. Detailed discussion of conditions in the front line (Mauban and Morong; Battle of the Pockets in Bataan), and ultimate defeat due to lack of food and medicine. Col. Rio was awarded the Bronze Star for his actions. He escaped the death march and made his way to his home town in Panay, where he joined the guerrillas and kept up the fight. Well written, including his private thoughts at the time. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Rio, Eliseo D.
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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 - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Underground movements
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Personal narratives, Philippine.
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - Philippines
- General subdivision - History
- Chronological subdivision - Japanese occupation, 1942-1945.
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| Index Termuncontrolled |
- Uncontrolled term - Baguio
- Uncontrolled term - Bataan
- Uncontrolled term - Battle of the Pockets
- Uncontrolled term - Death March
- Uncontrolled term - escape
- Uncontrolled term - Panay guerrillas
- Uncontrolled term - personal account - Filipino
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine defense campaign
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine Military Academy
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