The Hike into the sun : memoir of an American soldier captured on Bataan in 1942 and imprisoned by the Japanese until 1945 /
Statement of responsibility: Bernard T. FitzPatrick ; with John A. Sweetser IIIby
FitzPatrick, Bernard T
; Sweetser, John A.
Type: 
BookPublisher: Jefferson, NC : McFarland & Co., c1993Description: xi, 243 p. : ill., maps ; 24 x 16 cm.ISBN: 899508502 (hardbound).Subject(s): FitzPatrick, Bernard T | United States. Army -- Biography | Bataan, Battle of, Philippines, 1942 | Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Biography | Prisoners of war -- Philippines -- Biography | Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American | World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese | 194th Tank Battalion | Bataan | Clark Field bombing | Death March POW account | defense of Luzon | forced labor | hell ships | personal account – American | Philippine defense campaignOnline resources: VIEW PRELIMINARY PAGES Language/Translation Info: EnglishSummary: Detailed personal account of the defense of Bataan, Death March and prisoner of war experiences of a young man whose memory remained clear through the years.
A radio operator in a tank of the 194th Tank Battalion, he describes action from inside a tank: the bombing of Clark Field, withdrawal operations; combat on Bataan. He describes the Death March and adds interesting detail to photos taken by the Japanese.
The book is also illustrated by sketches by artist and fellow-prisoner of war Ben Steele. Praises his battalion commander (Col. Ernest B. Miller, who wrote "Bataan Uncensored"). Gives credit to Filipinos who aided the prisoners, and also to humane Japanese he encountered. Critical of Gen. MacArthur and cruel Japanese guards. Accurate with names of people.
Later in the war, FitzPatrick was taken to Japan on a hell ship, and forced to work in a steel factory in Kyushu. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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Bataan Death March Commemoration
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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Books, Monographs
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Filipinas Heritage Library Roderick Hall Coll. | D 767.4 .F6 1993 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 13584 |
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