| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 802 .P5 W5 2001 |
| Copynumber |
1 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
15292 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 595198090 (softbound)
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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 802 .P5 W5 2001
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Wise, William,
- Dates associated with a name - 1923-
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Secret mission to the Philippines; the story of the "Spyron" and the American-Filipino guerrillas of World War II
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - William Wise
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Lincoln, NE :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - iUniverse.com,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1968, 2001.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 161 p. :
- Dimensions - 22 x 14 cm.
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| Content Type |
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| Media Type |
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - This book deals with the saga of Commander Charles "Chick" Parsons, legendary intelligence agent and liaison man between MacArthur and the guerrillas in the Philippines. Parsons was a reserve US Navy officer managing the Luzon Stevedoring Company. He was in Manila when the war broke out, and stayed on even when the Japanese occupied the city, evading internment by claiming neutrality as Panamanian consul. He kept notes of Japanese occupation techniques, and was able to present these to US officials when he was repatriated in 1942. Having spent much time in the Philippines, he was familiar with Philippine waters and was sent by MacArthur to Mindanao by submarine to contact the guerrillas, consolidate them and work out submarine supply missions. His organization became known as "Spyron" (short for Spy Squadron) under the Allied Intelligence Bureau, and Parsons made several trips in and out of Japanese-occupied Philippines to help coordinate the guerrillas. Written for a juvenile audience, many liberties are taken by the author with facts and conversations (Parsons' son considers it a work of fiction). - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Parsons, Charles,
- Dates associated with a name - 1901-
- General subdivision - Juvenile literature.
- Personal name - Parsons, Charles,
- Dates associated with a name - 1901-.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Juvenile literature.
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Underground movements
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines.
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