| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
MS RH 6 |
| Copynumber |
1 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
16163 |
| Language Code |
- Language code of text/sound track or separate title - eng
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - MS RH 6
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Besbeck, Louis B.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - The operations of the 3rd Battalion, 45th Infantry (Philippine Scouts) at the hacienda at Mt. Natib, Luzon, 15-25 January, 1942 (The Bataan Campaign) :
- Remainder of title - personal experience of a battalion executive officer /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Louis B. Besbeck
- Medium - [manuscript]
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - [Fort Benning, Ga. :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - The Infantry School, General Section, Military History Committee,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 1947].
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - [31] leaves :
- Dimensions - 32 x 25 cm.
- Accompanying material - + 1 compact disc (digital ; 4 3/4 cm.)
- Extent - application/pdf (.pdf) 458 KB
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| Content Type |
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| Media Type |
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| Carrier Type |
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| General Note |
- General note - Manuscript (Loose-leaf with binder)
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Military monograph on the operations of a battalion in combat, from approach march to counter-attack, defense and withdrawal.
The 45th Infantry Regiment (Philippine Scouts) was one of two professionally trained infantry regiments on Luzon in 1941, but it was not employed as a regiment. Instead, its battalions and companies were committed to separate areas; in this case, the 3rd Battalion was pressed to bolster the Abucay Line when Japanese forces outflanked it in the jungles of Mount Natib.
The author was Executive Officer of this battalion, which rendered effective service and accomplished its mission, even though confronted with superior Japanese forces. Very detailed chronological account. Besbeck credits the efficiency of his battalion to the trained men under him and especially the leadership and character of the battalion commander, who was later killed in action. - 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 - Bataan, Battle of, Philippines, 1942.
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| Index Termuncontrolled |
- Uncontrolled term - 45th Infantry Regiment (Philippine Scouts)
- Uncontrolled term - Abucay
- Uncontrolled term - Bataan
- Uncontrolled term - Mount Natib
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine defense campaign
- Uncontrolled term - US Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE)
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