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RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 805 .J3 O78 2005 |
| Copynumber |
1 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
16250 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 1420863843 (softbound)
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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 O78 2005
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Ortega, Abel,
- Dates associated with a name - 1919-
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Courage on Bataan and beyond :
- Remainder of title - memories of an American POW who was a slave of the Japanese during WWII for 3 1/2 years /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - by Abel Ortega, Jr. ; foreword by Duane Heisinger.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Bloomington, Ind. :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - AuthorHouse,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 2005.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xvi, 141 p. :
- Other physical details - ill., maps ;
- Dimensions - 23 x 16 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Account of an American Bataan veteran and POW as recorded and written by his son. Abel Sr. was in the 192nd Tank Battalion which was sent to the Philippines just before war broke out. He talks briefly about his experiences in the defense of the beaches and Bataan, but the bulk of the book on surrender and after: Death March, Camp O'Donnell, Cabanatuan, Lipa, Camp Murphy, Bilibid, and then hell ship (Hokusen Maru) to Takao and to Japan (on the Melbourne Maru). Although told in the first person, Abel Sr.'s story was written by Abel Jr., with some research to confirm places, names and for photographs. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Ortega, Abel,
- Dates associated with a name - 1919-
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Bataan Death March, Philippines, 1942.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Prisoners of war
- Geographic subdivision - Japan
- General subdivision - Biography.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Prisoners of war
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines
- General subdivision - Biography.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Prisoners of war
- Geographic subdivision - United States
- General subdivision - Biography.
- 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 - 192nd Tank Battalion
- Uncontrolled term - Bataan
- Uncontrolled term - Bilibid Prison
- Uncontrolled term - Cabanatuan
- Uncontrolled term - Camp Murphy
- Uncontrolled term - Camp O'Donnell
- Uncontrolled term - Death March
- Uncontrolled term - hell ship Melbourne Maru
- Uncontrolled term - Lipa
- Uncontrolled term - personal account - American
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine defense campaign
- Uncontrolled term - POW experiences
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