| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 805 .J3 W9 2006 |
| Copynumber |
1 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
16122 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - (hardbound)
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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 .J3 W9 2006
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Worthington, Josiah Wistar
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Hell and beyond :
- Remainder of title - a diary of war and captivity /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - by Josiah Wistar Worthington ; compiled and edited by Frances Worthington Lipe
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - [Boerne, Tex. :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Worthington Books],
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c2006.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xx, 275 p. :
- Other physical details - ill., maps (1 folded) :
- Dimensions - 29 x 23 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - A different account of the war in the Philippines and subsequent imprisonment by the Japanese, in two ways: first, Worthington was a veterinarian and thus saw the Bataan campaign from that unusual perspective. He was involved in caring for the remaining horses and mules in Bataan, and when food ran short, sending them to the abattoir. He also tried to procure carabaos and other animals to supplement the food rations on Bataan. Second, he did not write about his experiences in conventional diary form. Since the Japanese did not allow any criticism, he concealed his opinions of them in verse, written in school notebooks. He wrote some 1400 verses in all, and reading through them one gets to glimpse his experience in Bataan, his attempt to escape by banca, capture at sea and prison camp (Nasugbu, Tagaytay, Bilibid, Camp O'Donnell,). As a senior officer, he was taken out of the Philippines early, and was imprisoned in Taiwan, later being moved to Japan and Mukden, Manchuria. The editor/compiler is his daughter, who wanted to keep her father's memory alive. She was an active member of the Ex-POW organization, writing articles and compiling Japanese prison camps on a map (which is inserted in the book). She transcribed, confirmed and annotated her father's writings and wrote his biographical sketch. In addition to her father's diary, she added his official report to the US Army Veterinary Corps, and provides maps showing where he was in the Philippines and Japan. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Worthington, Josiah Wistar
- Chronological subdivision - 1888-1953
- Form subdivision - Diaries.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Prisoners of war
- Geographic subdivision - Japan
- Form subdivision - Diaries.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Prisoners of war
- Geographic subdivision - United States
- Form subdivision - Diaries.
- 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 - Bataan
- Uncontrolled term - Bilibid Prison
- Uncontrolled term - Camp O'Donnell
- Uncontrolled term - Death March
- Uncontrolled term - food rations in Bataan
- Uncontrolled term - hell ships
- Uncontrolled term - Nasugbu
- Uncontrolled term - personal account - American
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine defense campaign
- Uncontrolled term - poetry
- Uncontrolled term - POW narrative
- Uncontrolled term - Tagaytay
- Uncontrolled term - veterinary corps
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| Personal Name |
- Personal name - Lipe, Frances Worthington
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