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| Item Call Number |
D 805 .J3 M476 2009 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
17858 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 9781439264188 (softbound)
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - D 805 .J3
- Item number - M476 2009
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Hill, Aurora
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| Title Statement |
- Title - The secret of freedom :
- Remainder of title - POW 529 : a family's unfinished business /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - [co-authors, Dr. Aurora Hill and Edward Mero]
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Lexington, KY :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - BookSurge,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 2009.
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| Physical Description |
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| General Note |
- General note - "The personal account written by a WWII Prisoner of War in the Philippines and Japan and his family's unfinished business to publish his secret to freedom."
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
- Bibliography, etc - Includes
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| Formatted Contents Note |
- Formatted contents note - Friendship -- The Kick -- The Fine Marine -- The Boxer Incident -- Pepper Sauce -- The Mirror -- Burial Detail in the Philippines -- Starvation -- The Water Treatment -- The Rice Fields -- Earthquakes -- Cages -- Merry Christmas to Myself -- Do not Steal -- Tobacco versus Lettuce -- Chicken Heist -- Bananas -- Escape -- Intelligence Gathering -- Free Gifts -- Traitors and Informers -- Medical Inspection -- Operations -- Transportation by Truck -- Coffee a la Carte -- Transportation by Boat -- Fish Bones on Deck -- Zamboanga -- De-Lousing, Enemy Style -- Hospitality -- Trading Material -- Rice is Gold -- The Radishes -- Winter -- Work Detail -- Exercise -- Dealing -- Tidal Waves -- Under Cover of Night -- Bombing and Strafings --The Big Bomb -- Air Drop -- Down to Dinner--Bombs Away -- The Nightmare is Over -- Hospital Ship Mercy -- Flying Home -- Final Thoughts -- Research -- The Early Years -- POW 529 -- Marriage & Children -- The Golden Years -- Military Honors -- Whispering Stones -- World War II Memorial -- Mount Soledad Veterans Memorial -- History of Mount Soledad Veterans Memorial -- Things We Learned from George F. Mero -- Two Daughter's Reflection -- Compassion
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - "George F. Mero found himself on his first tour of duty in the Philippines when WWII was declared. Three and a half years later, he and his comrades were freed. Although he never spoke about the war, his family found his manuscript, POW 529, after his death. Thus began a twenty-year journey to complete a family's unfinished business."
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Mero, George F.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
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| Index Termuncontrolled |
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| Personal Name |
- Personal name - Mero, Edward
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