| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 805 .P6 M34 2012 |
| Copynumber |
1 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
16892 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - (softbound)
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - D 805 .P6 M34 2012
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - McGrew, Al
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Amid th' encircling gloom :
- Remainder of title - Corregidor and survival /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Al McGrew, with Paul Whitman
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| Edition Statement |
- Edition statement - 3rd ed.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - [S.l.] :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - [s.n.],
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 2012
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 300 p.
- Other physical details - ill.
- Dimensions - 21 x 24 cm.
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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 - "Private edition" On cover: "Second edition"
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Detailed personal account of an American enlisted man who served as a machine gunner (Battery H, 60th Coast Artillery Regiment) near Battery Ramsay in Corregidor during the siege. Details his joining the army, assignment to Corregidor in April 1941, life before the war; the siege of Corregidor; the surrender and his POW experiences (Bilibid, Cabanatuan, Pasay School and the Nichols Field detail; prison ship Noto Maru; forced labor in Japan). Profusely illustrated by digitally enhanced (by Corregidor expert Paul Whitman) photographs of pre-war Corregidor, the war, and ruins today. - 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 - World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines--Corregidor Island.
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| Index Termuncontrolled |
- Uncontrolled term - 60th Coast Artillery Regiment
- Uncontrolled term - Corregidor
- Uncontrolled term - hell ship Noto Maru
- Uncontrolled term - personal account - American
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine defense campaign
- Uncontrolled term - POW experiences - Bilibid / Cabanatuan / Pasay School
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| Personal Name |
- Personal name - Whitman, Paul
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