| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 811 S54 1976 |
| Copynumber |
1 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
15318 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - (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 S54 1976
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Sheya, Mel
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| Title Statement |
- Title - The battling bastards of Bataan
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Mel Sheya
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - [S.l. :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - s.n.],
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1976.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 96 p. :
- Dimensions - 17 x 11 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 of a "China Marine" - a marine with the 4th Marine Regiment, which was transferred from China to Subic just before the war started. During the Japanese onslaught, the regiment - and Sheya - were placed on beach defense in Corregidor and tried to stop the Japanese landing forces in May 1942. Sheya describes the action on Corregidor, as well as prison camp life in Corregidor, Cabanatuan, Bilibid, prison ship to Korea, then on to forced labor in Mukden, and later to Japan. - 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 - United States. Marine Corps. Regiment, 4th.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Bataan, Battle of, Philippines, 1942
- General subdivision - Personal narratives, American.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Campaigns
- Geographic subdivision - Corregidor Island.
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| Index Termuncontrolled |
- Uncontrolled term - 4th Marine Regiment
- Uncontrolled term - Bilibid Prison
- Uncontrolled term - Cabanatuan
- Uncontrolled term - Corregidor
- Uncontrolled term - hell ships
- Uncontrolled term - personal account - American
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine defense campaign
- Uncontrolled term - POW account
- Uncontrolled term - Subic
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