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020 _a890960550 (hardbound)
040 _cFHL
041 _aeng
050 _aD 805 .P6 C64
100 _aColeman, John S.
_910090
245 _aBataan and beyond :
_bmemoirs of an American POW /
_cby John S. Coleman, Jr. ; foreword by Thomas Dooley
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aCollege Station, TX :
_bTexas A&M University Press,
_cc1978.
300 _axii, 210 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c24 x 16 cm.
336 _2rdacontent
337 _2rdamedia
338 _2rdacarrier
520 _aPersonal account of an American Air Corps officer, commanding the 27th Materiel Squadron at Nichols Field. He describes his arrival in 1941, his experiences at Nichols Field when the Japanese bombed it, the move to Bataan by ship, fighting as infantry, and then the surrender. He details what he saw in the Death March and Camp O’Donnell. He was moved to Japan in November 1942 and the rest of the book narrates his experiences in forced labor camps in Japan. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
546 _aEnglish
600 _aColeman, John S.,
_d1902-.
_910091
650 _aPrisoners of war
_zPhilippines
_xBiography.
_9416
650 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xPersonal narratives, American.
_9401
650 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xPrisoners and prisons, Japanese.
_9191
650 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_zPhilippines.
_9402
651 _aPhilippines
_xHistory
_yJapanese occupation, 1942-1945.
_91131
700 _aDooley, Thomas
_910092
942 _2lcc
_cBK
949 _c11/4/2008 15:34
999 _c58990
_d948058