| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 805 .J3 N67 1989 |
| Copynumber |
1 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
15289 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 90624090 (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 - Norquist, Ernest O.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Our paradise :
- Remainder of title - a GI's war diary /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - by Ernest Norquist
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Hancock, WI :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Pearl-Win Pub. Co.
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 1989
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 388 p., [21] p. of plates :
- Other physical details - ill.maps ,
- Dimensions - 23 x 15 cm
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| Content Type |
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| Media Type |
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| Carrier Type |
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Prisoner of war diary of a Scandinavian-American college graduate who was drafted into the US Army, made a corpsman and sent to the Philippines just before the war broke out. His first days in Fort McKinley were, he considered paradise - hence the title of this book - but this paradise was quickly lost when the war started. As a medic, Norquist was sent o Corregidor briefly, and then sent to Bataan, where he worked in one of the field hospitals. He gives a brief narration of events from his departure from the US until the surrender. The diary proper begins on April 23, when Norquist and the hospital staff remained in Bataan after most of the defenders were forced on the Death March. He writes of occasional shelling from Corregidor, civilians on Bataan, and the transfer to Bilibid, then on to Cabanatuan. He was later transferred to Japan on a hell ship, and spent the rest of the war in Japan. He writes not only of his day-to-day concerns and experiences but also those of his fellow prisoners, including brutalities endured, kindnesses received, activities to keep the prisoners mentally fit such as religious services, classes, music and theater. He also documents rumors and undying hopes. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Norquist, Ernest O.
- Form subdivision - Diaries.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- 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 - Philippines
- 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 - Soldiers
- 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 - Bilibid Prison
- Uncontrolled term - Cabanatuan
- Uncontrolled term - Corregidor
- Uncontrolled term - Death March
- Uncontrolled term - Fort McKinley
- Uncontrolled term - hell ships
- Uncontrolled term - medical activities
- Uncontrolled term - personal account - American
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine defense campaign
- Uncontrolled term - POW account
- Uncontrolled term - pre-war life
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