| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
MS RH 51 |
| Copynumber |
1 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
16218 |
| 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 51
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Herrera, Carlos J.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - The Philippine Constabulary in the battle of the Philippines, 1941 /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Carlos J. Herrera
- Remainder of title - [manuscript]
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - [Fort Leavenworth, KS] :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - [US Army Command and General Staff College],
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - [69-80] leaves :
- Dimensions - 32 x 27 cm.
- Accompanying material - + 1 compact disc (digital ; 4 3/4 cm.)
- Extent - application/pdf (.pdf) 1.35 MB
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| Media Type |
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| General Note |
- General note - Manuscript (Loose-leaf with binder)
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Military monograph depicting employment of Philippine Constabulary in Battle of Bataan, showing the necessity for advanced and thorough planning in employing a similar police force in similar operations in the future.
The author was a PC officer and one of a handful who were able to study in US military schools. He served in the PC in Manila and Bataan during the war, and gives details on the PC’s operations after the start of the war (anti-sabotage; rounding up suspected spies; interning enemy nationals) and the sudden transformation of this police unit into a provisional military unit (the 2nd Regular Division), deployed at the front lines in Bataan. Points out the difficulties of sending the unit, not specifically trained for combat, to fight as infantry.
So that the Americans would have a better understanding of the PC, Herrera devotes a few pages to the history and mission of the PC since 1901. This monograph is based largely on the author’s own experience, but is told impersonally. - 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 - Philippine Constabulary
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945.
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| Index Termuncontrolled |
- Uncontrolled term - 2nd Regular Division (Philippine Army)
- Uncontrolled term - anti-sabotage operations
- Uncontrolled term - Bataan
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine Constabulary
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine defense campaign
- Uncontrolled term - US Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE)
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