The Rescue : a true story of courage and survival in world war II /
Statement of responsibility: Steven Trent Smithby
Smith, Steven Trent
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BookPublisher: New York, NY : John Wiley & Sons, c2001Description: x, 326 p. : ill. ; 25 x 17 cm.ISBN: 471412910 (hardbound).Subject(s): United States. Navy -- Search and rescue operations -- Philippines -- Negros Island | Crevalle (Submarine) | World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine | World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American | World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Philippines -- Negros | Negros Island (Philippines: Province) -- History | Philippines -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 | American refugees in Negros | Cebu Area Command | guerrilla resistance movement | guerrilla submarines | Japanese Z Plan | submarine rescue | USS CrevalleOnline resources: VIEW PRELIMINARY PAGES Language/Translation Info: EnglishSummary: Well-researched and dramatic telling of the USS Crevalle’s special mission to Negros to rescue forty trapped Americans (who faced imprisonment and possible execution if captured by the Japanese) and captured Japanese war plans in 1944.
While the submarine’s mission provides the climax, this book goes into the backgrounds of the Americans rescued, the Filipino guerrillas who captured the Japanese plans (the so-called “Zâ€Â Plan, Japanese Navy operational plans for the defense of the Pacific), off Cebu, and the impact the recovery by the Americans these plans had on the Pacific War.
The author was able to interview almost all the surviving civilians who were rescued, and consulted a wide array of primary and secondary materials to write this book. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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Guerrillas - Visayas, Mindanao
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Bibliography: Dauntless by Marie Silva Vallejo
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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Filipinas Heritage Library Roderick Hall Coll. | D 783.5 .C74 S63 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 13613 |
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