| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 769.306 192d .P68 1981 |
| Copynumber |
1 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
16253 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - (hardbound)
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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 769.306 192d .P68 1981
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Poweleit, Alvin C.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Kentucky's fighting 192nd light G.H.Q. Tank Battalion :
- Remainder of title - a saga of Kentucky's part in the defense of the Philippines /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Alvin C. Poweleit
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - [Newport, K.Y.] :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - A.C. Poweleit
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1981
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xi, 228 p. :
- Other physical details - ill., maps
- Dimensions - 23 x 16 cm
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - This book is an expansion of his earlier "USAFFE," which is essentially incorporated in this volume, with additional information and focus on the 192nd Tank Battalion, of which Poweleit was battalion surgeon. Poweleit presents a history of the battalion, the roster of its officers and men prior to shipping out to the Philippines. The bulk of the book is from Poweleit's own diary during the Bataan campaign and as a prisoner of war, as published in "USAFFE" (also included are the chapters on the Hell Ships, the Palawan massacre, the post-war trials against Gen. Homma). As in his earlier book, his accounts are quite accurate as to the events he witnessed, but has several errors on events he only heard about. The 192nd Tank Battalion did not wholly come from the state of Kentucky, although the unit was based there before deploying to the Philippines. (One company was from Janesville, Wisconsin; another was from Maywood, Illinois, and a third was from Port Clinton, Ohio. Only one company came from Kentucky, and this was transferred to the 194th Tank Battalion before the war). - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Poweleit, Alvin C.
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| Subject Corporate Name |
- Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element - United States. Army. Tank Battalion, 192nd
- General subdivision - Biography.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Physicians
- Geographic subdivision - United States
- 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 - Health aspects.
- 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.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Regimental histories
- Geographic subdivision - United States.
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