| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 767.4 F476 2007 |
| Copynumber |
1 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
15321 |
| 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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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Fernandez, Felipe A.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Memoirs of a Philippine scout cavalryman
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - by Captain Felipe A. Fernandez
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - [S.l.] :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Blurb.com,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c2007.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 85 p. :
- Other physical details - ill.,
- Dimensions - 25 x 20 cm.
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| Content Type |
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| Media Type |
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - This slim book is the story of a hardy Filipino who became a professional soldier with the Philippine Scouts before World War II, and who continued on in the US Army after the war. Fernandez joined the 26th Cavalry Regiment (Philippine Scouts) in 1936. Fernandez vividly tells of pre-war training and garrison life with the regiment, and of the many battles he fought in, especially those on his mount, Mike, while trying to stop the Japanese advance in northern Luzon. Mike, as with all the other surviving horses of the regiment, were taken over by the Quartermasters in Bataan to be slaughtered for food for the starving garrison. That day was one of the saddest in his life. When Bataan fell, he was able to board a boat for Corregidor; he endured the siege until the Japanese assault, and then became a prisoner of war. After his release, he lay low with his wife, returning to military control only in 1945. Fernandez' memoirs also incorporate the experiences of some of his other fellow cavalry veterans; photos of post-war reunions and reenactments illustrate the book. - 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 - Soldiers
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines
- General subdivision - Biography.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Soldiers
- Geographic subdivision - United States
- General subdivision - Biography.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Campaigns
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Personal narratives, Philippine.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Regimental histories
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines.
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| Index Termuncontrolled |
- Uncontrolled term - 26th Cavalry Regiment (Philippine Scouts)
- Uncontrolled term - POW
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine Scouts
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine defense campaign
- Uncontrolled term - personal account - Filipino
- Uncontrolled term - Luzon campaign
- Uncontrolled term - life under the Japanese
- Uncontrolled term - Corregidor
- Uncontrolled term - cavalry operations
- Uncontrolled term - Bataan
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