| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 805 .J3 J373 1980 |
| Copynumber |
1 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
16145 |
| 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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| Title Statement |
- Title - The Japanese story
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - [compiled by Stan Sommers].
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - [Marshfield? Wis.] :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - American Ex-POW Inc., National Medical Research Comm.,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - [1980?].
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 83 p. :
- Other physical details - ill. ,
- Dimensions - 29 x 22 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. - Compilation of mostly eyewitness accounts on the Fall of Bataan, the Death March, POW life, Japanese atrocities. Harrowing experiences on the Hell ships, the Palawan Massacre, and on Ft Frank are also included.
The compiler was from the American Ex-Prisoners of War, Inc., National Medical Research Committee. He was a crewmember of the minesweeper USS Finch which was sunk off Corregidor, and fought as infantry on Bataan and Corregidor. The compilation covers POW camps in Asia, not only in the Philippines, but majority of the material relates to the Philippines. Includes articles, affidavits, various documents of those who survived, post-war investigations, medical effects of imprisonment and US POW legislation. - 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 - United States.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Atrocities.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Medical care
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
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| Personal Name |
- Personal name - Sommers, Stan
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