To Bataan and back : the World War II diary of Major Thomas Dooley

Title:

To Bataan and back : the World War II diary of Major Thomas Dooley / edited and transcribed by Jerry C. Cooper with John A. Adams, Jr. and Henry C. Dethloff ; foreword by Col. James Edwin Ray.

Format:

Book

Edition:

First edition.

Published:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2016]

Language:

English

Description:

xxi, 238 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Other contributors:

Cooper, Jerry C., 1941- editor. Adams, John A., Jr., 1951- editor. Dethloff, Henry C., editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

• Duty calls
• The calm in the midst of the storm
• The battling bastards of Bataan
• Capture and imprisonment
• Shipped to Camp Karenko, Formosa
• A new year, a new journal
• Moved to Camp Shirakawa, Formosa
• The war is over!
• Appendix A. Japanese instrument of surrender
• Appendix B. Japanese surrender at Camp John Hay, Philippines
• Appendix C. American officers at Taiwan prison camp, Karenko
• Appendix D. Tom Dooley's POW book list
• Glossary.

Subject headings:

Dooley, Thomas, 1913-2006--Diaries. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American. World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean. World War, 1939-1945--Philippines--Bataan (Province) World War, 1939-1945--Philippines--Corregidor Island.

ISBN:

9781623494339 hardcover alkaline paper 1623494338 hardcover alkaline paper 9781623494346 paperback alkaline paper 1623494346 paperback alkaline paper 9781623494353 electronic book 1623494338 1623494346 1623494354