The footlocker fifth / by Dwight Shaw
Title
The footlocker fifth / by Dwight Shaw
Subject
Shaw, Dwight.
Soldiers--United States--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
Description
Personal account by an American enlisted man with the 5th Air Base Group of the Far East Air Force.
Stationed in Del Monte Field, in Mindanao, this memoir presents a different perspective of the defense of the Philippines, as seen from the south. When Corregidor fell, Shaw’s unit had to surrender; the men were imprisoned in Davao Penal Colony. Later he was taken by prison ship to Japan.
Stationed in Del Monte Field, in Mindanao, this memoir presents a different perspective of the defense of the Philippines, as seen from the south. When Corregidor fell, Shaw’s unit had to surrender; the men were imprisoned in Davao Penal Colony. Later he was taken by prison ship to Japan.
Creator
Shaw, Dwight
Publisher
[S.l. : s.n., 1994]
Date
1994
Format
23 x 16 cm.
Type
Softbound
Call Number
D 811 S539
Accession Number
16292
Pagination
[viii], 138 p.
Illustration
ill.
Files
Collection
Citation
Shaw, Dwight, “The footlocker fifth / by Dwight Shaw,” FHL-Roderick Hall, accessed October 6, 2026, https://fhl.omeka.net/items/show/731.