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Don Jose : an American soldier’s courage and faith in Japanese captivity /

Statement of responsibility: Ezequiel L. Ortiz and James A. McClure.
by Ortiz, Ezequiel L; McClure, James A.
Type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Santa Fe, N.M. : Sunstone Press, c2012Description: 174 p. : ill. , 23 x 15 cm.ISBN: 9780865348578 (softbound).Subject(s): Quintero, Joseph O., 1918-2000 | 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
Contents:
From Fort Worth to Corregidor -- The war begins -- The battle for Corregidor -- Prisoners of war -- The camp of Cabanatuan -- Dreaming of food -- Work details -- Voyage on the hell ship -- Niigata -- The clinic and the flag -- The great chicken heist -- Liberation and homecoming -- The family that shaped Don Jose's character -- Appendix 1. Account of the Hartford Battery by Captain Warren A. Starr -- Appendix 2. 60th Coast Artillery organization and assignments -- Appendix 3. Echoes of a distant battle : Air defense lessons of the Philippine Defense Campaign of 1941-1942, by Major Charles E. Kirkpatrick -- Appendix 4. Joseph Quintero's sketch of his military decorations -- References -- Index of people
Language/Translation Info: English
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Books, Monographs Books, Monographs Filipinas Heritage Library Roderick Hall Coll. RHC - Personal Narratives D 805 .J3 O79 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 17837
Books, Monographs Books, Monographs Filipinas Heritage Library Roderick Hall Coll. RHC - Personal Narratives D 805 .J3 O79 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 16625

From Fort Worth to Corregidor -- The war begins -- The battle for Corregidor -- Prisoners of war -- The camp of Cabanatuan -- Dreaming of food -- Work details -- Voyage on the hell ship -- Niigata -- The clinic and the flag -- The great chicken heist -- Liberation and homecoming -- The family that shaped Don Jose's character -- Appendix 1. Account of the Hartford Battery by Captain Warren A. Starr -- Appendix 2. 60th Coast Artillery organization and assignments -- Appendix 3. Echoes of a distant battle : Air defense lessons of the Philippine Defense Campaign of 1941-1942, by Major Charles E. Kirkpatrick -- Appendix 4. Joseph Quintero's sketch of his military decorations -- References -- Index of people

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