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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
Edition First edition
Published College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2016]

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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
Summary The Aggie tradition of Muster stretches back to the earliest days of the college. But an extraordinary Muster took place during World War II that would change and further hallow the service thereafter. In the spring of 1942, with Japanese forces poised to overrun the Allies on the Philippine island of Corregidor, Maj. Thomas Dooley, class of 1935, and Maj. Gen. George F. Moore, class of 1908, compiled a list of twenty-five other Aggies under their command, which constituted a "roll call" in the midst of the bombardment. Dooley later told a journalist about the list, and the resulting article s
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Dooley, Thomas, 1913-2006 -- Diaries
SUBJECT Dooley, Thomas, 1913-2006 fast
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Philippines -- Corregidor Island
World War, 1939-1945 -- Philippines -- Bataan (Province)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
History / Military / Veterans.
History / Military / World War Ii.
Biography & Autobiography / Military.
Military campaigns
Pacific Ocean
Philippines -- Bataan (Province)
Philippines -- Corregidor Island
Genre/Form Personal narratives
Diaries
Personal narratives
Personal narratives.
Récits personnels.
Form Electronic book
Author Dethloff, Henry C., editor
Adams, John A., Jr., 1951- editor.
Cooper, Jerry C., 1941- editor.
LC no. 2016034103
ISBN 1623494354
9781623494353