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| Item Call Number |
D 805 J3 M3 1944a |
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| Barcode |
13680 |
| 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 J3 M3 1944a
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - McCoy, Melvyn H.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Ten escape from Tojo
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - by Melvyn H. McCoy and S.M. Mellnik ; as told to Welbourn Kelley
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - New York :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Farrar & Rinehart,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1944.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - [vi], 106 p. :
- Dimensions - 21 x 15 cm.
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| General Note |
- General note - This book was published before World War II was over; hence, most names and details of the escape route and methods are omitted for military reasons. It contains considerable information about Japanese brutalities. - Roderick Hall
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - First book on the daring escape of American prisoners of war from Davao Penal Colony in 1943. McCoy narrates his experiences during the Bataan campaign as a naval officer, while Mellnik does the same from the perspective of a Corregidor staff officer. McCoy talks about what he saw in the death march; both tell about the ordeals of prisoners of war in Camp O'Donnell, Cabanatuan, Bilibid and Davao Penal Colony. Both (the book has each one speaking separately) detail their escape, being helped by the guerrillas, and evacuation to Australia. This, together with Ed Dyess' book (The Dyess Story) were the first books to expose Japanese brutality to American prisoners of war. Due to military security and the possible impact of the disclosure of their escape on the prisoners of war left behind, many details were omitted; the fact that they were taken out of Mindanao is not mentioned at all. For a more in depth study of this escape - and the details omitted in this book - see John D. Lukacs' "Escape from Davao." - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Concentration camps
- 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 - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
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| Personal Name |
- Personal name - Keley, Welbourne
- Personal name - Mellnik, Stephen Michael,
- Dates associated with a name - 1907-
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