In enemy hands : personal accounts of those taken prisoner in world war II /
Statement of responsibility: Claire Swedbergby
Swedberg, Claire
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BookPublisher: Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Boooks, c1997Description: xv, 284 p. : ill., 24 x 16 cm.ISBN: 811709000 (hardbound).Subject(s): Prisoners of war -- Biography | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives | World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisonsGeneral Note(s): Includes the story of Pvt. Oscar Smith, one of 10,000 American soldiers seized by the Japanese in Manila Bay and marched to a near-certain death through Bataan. A few days later they put Smith to work burying the stacked bodies of his own men. - Roderick HallLanguage/Translation Info: EnglishSummary: Anthology of first person accounts by American ex-prisoners of war. Only one deals with the Philippines: the story of Pvt. Oscar Smith, who fought in Bataan and was captured. He narrates life in Bataan, the Death March and the horrors he saw as a POW of the Japanese. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
| 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 805 .A2 S85 1997 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 13631 |
Includes the story of Pvt. Oscar Smith, one of 10,000 American soldiers seized by the Japanese in Manila Bay and marched to a near-certain death through Bataan. A few days later they put Smith to work burying the stacked bodies of his own men. - Roderick Hall
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