| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 802 .P5 B35 2012 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
17829 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 9781458201843 (softbound)
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - D 802 .P5
- Item number - B35 2012
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Balao, Rodolfo.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - My World War II story /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Rodolfo Balao.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Bloomington, IN :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Abbott Press,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c2012
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - ix, 73 pages ;
- Dimensions - 23 cm
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| Content Type |
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| Media Type |
- Media type term - unmediated
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| Carrier Type |
- Carrier type term - volume
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| General Note |
- General note - "A memoir."--Cover.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
- Formatted contents note - Japan's sneak attack -- First evacuation -- Return home -- Family in business -- First dance, first love -- A guerrilla's visit -- The escape strategy -- The poker game ploy -- The second evacuation -- My horse Pandy -- Induction ceremony -- Soldier at 16 -- Bolo Man, the unsung hero -- Hapon! Hapon! (Japs! Japs!) -- Sentry duty -- Encounter with the enemy -- Evacuation of Capatan -- Death of my father -- Rufa -- Assault on Tuguegarao -- Withdrawal from Tuguegarao -- Americans retake Tuguegarao -- On to Ifugao -- Japan surrenders -- My POW "Tomodachi" -- Brother meets brother -- Demobilization -- Back to school -- Author's poems
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - "Thirteen-year-old Rodolfo Balao was in church listening to a solemn Mass when Japanese planes flew over his town in the Philippines and bombed the airfield. Just days after Rodolfo and his family evacuated to a farm high above Tuguegarao, the Japanese took over their town, razing and killing until nothing remained except memories. Rodolfo's family would not return home for six months.
In his fascinating memoir, Rodolfo tells the striking, true story of his experiences in the Philippines during World War II. Through compelling vignettes, Rodolfo details how his family managed to survive despite their loss of freedom, the brutality of the Japanese officers, and the constant fear of execution. In the face of the chaos of war that enveloped their town, Rodolfo also shares joy-filled moments as he learned to dance and fell in love. After his family escapes once again, Rodolfo finds happiness in caring for his new horse, Pandy. But it is not long before a guerrilla officer demands the horse, forcing Rodolfo to bargain with his life, join the guerrilla group, and change his future forever.
The deeply personal journey through war and its subsequent effects shared in My World War II Story is a worthy tribute and memorial for Rodolfo and all of those whose lives unwittingly became intertwined with the onset of an unforgettable war."
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Balao, Rodolfo.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- Form subdivision - Personal narratives, Filipino.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- Geographic subdivision - Tuguegarao City.
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - Philippines
- General subdivision - History
- Chronological subdivision - Japanese occupation, 1942-1945.
- Geographic name - Tuguegarao City (Philippines)
- Form subdivision - Biography.
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