| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 805 .P6 H58 1996 |
| Copynumber |
1 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
15307 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 096519700X (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 805 .P6 H58 1996
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Hitchcock, W. Pat
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Forty months in hell
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - W. Pat Hitchcock
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Jackson, TN :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Page Pub.,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1996.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - vi, 186 p. :
- Other physical details - ill. ;
- Dimensions - 21 x 13 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. - Personal account by a US Marine who joined the corps in 1939. Assigned to the 4th Marine Regiment in China, he writes about his assignment to China, the movement of the 4th Marines to Olongapo just prior to the outbreak of war, and duty on Corregidor for most of the siege. The bulk of the book is on his experiences as a prisoner of war, first in Camp O'Donnell, then in Cabanatuan and by hell ship (the Nissyo Maru) to Japan. He writes about his and his fellow prisoners' dreams for food; their hardships in forced labor; medical problems. In one chapter, he quotes excerpts from his diary. Another chapter justifies the use of the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Hitchcock, W. Pat.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- 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 - 4th Marine Regiment
- Uncontrolled term - Cabanatuan
- Uncontrolled term - Camp O'Donnell
- Uncontrolled term - Corregidor
- Uncontrolled term - hell ship Nissyo Maru
- Uncontrolled term - Olongapo
- Uncontrolled term - personal account - American
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine defense campaign
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