| Location |
MEMORARE |
| Item Call Number |
D 805 .P6 L85 2010 |
| Copynumber |
1 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
15267 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 9780743262781 (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 - Lukacs, John D.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Escape from Davao :
- Remainder of title - the forgotten story of the most daring prison break of the Pacific War /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - John D. Lukacs
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| Edition Statement |
- Edition statement - 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - New York, N.Y. :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - New American Library,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c2010.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xiii, 433 p. :
- Dimensions - 23 x 16 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Exhaustively researched account by a professional journalist and historian, detailing the escape of ten American and two Filipino prisoners of war from Davao Penal Colony, with the aid of Filipino guerrillas. The escape was extremely hazardous owing in part to the Japanese guards as well as to natural obstacles, but was considered well worth the risk considering the atrocious conditions inside the camp. Most of the American escapees were evacuated from the Philippines while a few decided to join the guerrillas in Mindanao.
In the US, the story of the escape and the horrors of prison camp life under the Japanese were suppressed by higher ups, and were only allowed to be publicized many months after the escape. Lukacs details the seeming cover up which diminished the press coverage of the daring escape. The author traveled to Mindanao and interviewed as many eyewitnesses he could find, as well as their families, resulting in the discovery of many new documents. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
- Summary, etc. - Summary: Documents the escape of ten American prisoners of war from a World War II Japanese prison camp in the Philippines, describing the inhumane conditions they endured and the political struggle that influenced their return home.
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Prisoner-of-war escapes
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines
- General subdivision - History
- Chronological subdivision - 20th Century.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Soldiers
- Geographic subdivision - United States
- General subdivision - Biography.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
- 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
- Geographic subdivision - Davao.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Guerrillas
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - Davao City (Philippines)
- General subdivision - History.
- Geographic name - Philippines
- General subdivision - History
- Chronological subdivision - Japanese occupation, 1942-1945.
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