| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
MS RH 14 |
| Copynumber |
1 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
16172 |
| 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 14
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Thompson, Donald G.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Operations of Company L, 31st Infantry Regiment (Philippine Division) in the Battle of Layac Junction, Bataan, P.I., 6-7 January 1942 (Philippine Island campaign) :
- Remainder of title - personal experience of a company commander /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Donald G. Thompson
- 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. - 1948].
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - [20] leaves :
- Dimensions - 32 x 25 cm.
- Accompanying material - + 1 compact disc (digital ; 4 3/4 cm.)
- Extent - application/pdf (.pdf) 320 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 dealing with the operations of one American infantry company in the Battle of Layac Junction, January 6-7, 1942.
Based on the experience of the author, the commander of the company he describes, Thompson goes into detail on specific positions and actions when his company was ordered to counterattack to maintain the line and reinforce the Philippine Army’s 71st Division. The Layac Junction position was important to hold as it was the last main road junction before entering Bataan proper.
Critical of MacArthur’s decision to defend the beaches only to shift to War Plan Orange after the Japanese landed. The author notes the inability of most Americans to speak the local language; his regiment was the only American infantry unit in Bataan. - 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.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Campaigns
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines.
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| Index Termuncontrolled |
- Uncontrolled term - 31st Infantry Regiment (US)
- Uncontrolled term - Bataan
- Uncontrolled term - Battle of Layac Junction
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine defense campaign
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine Division
- Uncontrolled term - US Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE)
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