TY - BOOK AU - Ashton, Paul, Captain TI - And somebody gives a damn! : : a prison camp quan / SN - 962716421 (hardbound) AV - D 811 .A2 A523 1990 PY - 1990///] CY - Santa Barbara, CA : PB - Ashton Publications KW - Prisoners of war KW - Philippines KW - Biography KW - United States KW - Soldiers KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Personal narratives, American KW - History KW - Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 KW - Bataan and Corregidor (American accounts) KW - hell ships KW - medical and veterinary accounts KW - Philippine defense campaign KW - POW narratives (American) N2 - Subtitle on the title page reads: “A prison camp Quan assembled by the following P.O.W.s and cooked by Capt. Paul Ashton, M.C. with fond memories. To describe a war and its consequences, so that, the curiosity of those born since can know what it is like.” This book, unlike Dr. Ashton’s earlier Bataan Diary, tells the story of the defense of the Philippines and the prisoner of war experience through the writings of others – many not previously published. “Quan” is the American spelling of the Tagalog word “kwan” which came to mean prison stew containing anything and everything (kwan) under the sun. This compilation is more meaty, but quite mixed: there are long quotations from the memoir of Major Willard H. Waterous, Medical Corps; army nurses; a veterinarian; sailors and other veterans, written during or shortly after the war and difficult to find. Profusely illustrated with photographs and maps. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose ER -