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| Item Call Number |
D 811 C435 2002 |
| Copynumber |
1 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
15314 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 059523996X (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 811 C435 2002
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Chalek, William D.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Guest of the emperor
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - William D. Chalek
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Lincoln, NE :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Writers Club Press,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c2002.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 217 p. :
- Other physical details - ill.,
- Dimensions - 23 x 16 cm.
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| General Note |
- General note - On Cover: "1941 to 1945 in the Philippines, Surviving the War, and as a POW, Bataan Death March, Cabanatuan, Davao Penal Colony, The "Hell Ships"
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Chalek was a pilot in the 2nd Observation Squadron, Far East Air Force, based in Nichols Field, when the war started. He describes flying reconnaissance missions in the early days of the war, and the difficulties encountered; he was in Bataan during the siege, managed to get to Corregidor but became a prisoner of war when the fortress surrendered. His wife, Illa Mae, volunteered to work as a nurse and served on Corregidor. After the surrender, they did not see each other until after the war ended. He describes his POW experiences in detail (Cabanatuan; Davao Penal Colony; - and shows the frustration of being a pilot and having to scrounge for food). He was aboard the hell ship Oryoku Maru, survived its sinking by US planes, as well as the continuation of the trip to Japan on two other hell ships. He served further time in Fukuoka, and was liberated in Mukden, Manchuria. In addition to his own experiences, he adds his wife's own story in Santo Tomas, as well as other stories he heard about the Death March and camps he was not in. (Since he became a prisoner of war in Corregidor, he was not part of the Bataan Death March). - 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 - Prisoners of war
- Geographic subdivision - Japan
- General subdivision - Biography.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Prisoners of war
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines
- General subdivision - Biography.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Prisoners of war
- Geographic subdivision - United States
- General subdivision - Biography.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1943
- General subdivision - Campaigns
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines.
- 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 - 2nd Observation Squadron
- Uncontrolled term - Bataan
- Uncontrolled term - Cabanatuan
- Uncontrolled term - Corregidor
- Uncontrolled term - Davao Penal Colony
- Uncontrolled term - Death March
- Uncontrolled term - Far East Air Force
- Uncontrolled term - hell ship Oryoku Maru
- Uncontrolled term - Nichols field
- Uncontrolled term - personal account - American
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine defense campaign
- Uncontrolled term - POW account
- Uncontrolled term - Santo Tomas Internment Camp
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