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| Item Call Number |
D 805 .P6 B44 2006 |
| Copynumber |
1 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
15280 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 1585444812 (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 - Beebe, Lewis,
- Dates associated with a name - 1891-1951
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Prisoner of the rising sun :
- Remainder of title - the lost diary of Brig. Gen. Lewis Beebe /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - edited by John M. Beebe ; introduction by Stanley L. Falk.
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| Edition Statement |
- Edition statement - 1st ed.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - College Station :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Texas A&M University Press,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c2006.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xii, 253 p. :
- Other physical details - ill.ports.maps ,
- Dimensions - 24 x 16 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Then-Col. Lewis Charles Beebe was MacArthur's chief supply officer in 1941; he was promoted to Brigadier General in 1942 and made chief of staff to General Wainwright, who took over when MacArthur departed from Corregidor for Australia. He kept a detailed diary from the start of the war until September 1944. In this diary he recorded not only his experiences during the battles for Bataan and Corregidor, but also information he was privy to. This is thus an important contribution to the study of the defense of the Philippines, 1941-1942, coming as it does form a ranking officer of the USAFFE; he sheds light on the decision to order the troops on Bataan to go on half rations at the start of the siege. After the surrender of Corregidor, Beebe details his suffering as a prisoner of war, although less brutal than the experiences of enlisted men; he spent time in Camp O'Donnell, Taiwan, Japan and finally Mukden, Manchuria. He unsparingly describes the selfish behavior of some of his fellow prisoners, as well as the lighter side of imprisonment. Annotations, a brief biography and time line were added by John M. Beebe, Gen. Beebe's son (who followed his father's footsteps and served as an officer in the US Army, after which he became a reverend); Stanley L. Falk, military historian and author of the classic book on the Death March, provides a useful introduction. - 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 - Concentration camps
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Prisoners of war
- Geographic subdivision - Japan
- Form subdivision - Diaries.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Prisoners of war
- Geographic subdivision - United States
- Form subdivision - Diaries.
- 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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| Index Termuncontrolled |
- Uncontrolled term - Bataan
- Uncontrolled term - Camp O'Donnell
- Uncontrolled term - Corregidor
- Uncontrolled term - hell ships
- Uncontrolled term - personal account - American
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine defense campaign
- Uncontrolled term - POW
- Uncontrolled term - supply and logistics in Bataan
- Uncontrolled term - US Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE)
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