As I remember : the death march of Bataan / Ed Tommie Thomas
Title
As I remember : the death march of Bataan / Ed Tommie Thomas
Subject
Bataan Death March, Philippines, 1942.
Bataan Death March--Personal narratives.
Thomas, Edward E.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines--Bataan (Province).
Description
Personal account of a young American who enlisted to get out of the Great Depression. He volunteered for the Signal Corps and after training was sent to the Philippines where he was assigned to the signal unit.
He narrates his life in the army, life in Manila before the war (including a radio intercept station and tunnels in Fort McKinley), and, the main part of his book, his experiences during the war: installing a submarine cable between Bataan and Corregidor; experiences in Corregidor and Bataan; the surrender (he tries to escape but fails; is sentenced to death by firing squad but is spared) and Death March; imprisonment by the Japanese (Camp O’Donnell; Cabanatuan); liberation by the Rangers in January 1945.
Additional subtitles on the cover and title page: “A Barge from Corregidor, a March from Bataan, a Fence at Cabanatuan”
He narrates his life in the army, life in Manila before the war (including a radio intercept station and tunnels in Fort McKinley), and, the main part of his book, his experiences during the war: installing a submarine cable between Bataan and Corregidor; experiences in Corregidor and Bataan; the surrender (he tries to escape but fails; is sentenced to death by firing squad but is spared) and Death March; imprisonment by the Japanese (Camp O’Donnell; Cabanatuan); liberation by the Rangers in January 1945.
Additional subtitles on the cover and title page: “A Barge from Corregidor, a March from Bataan, a Fence at Cabanatuan”
Creator
Thomas, Edward E.
Publisher
Sonoita, AZ : The Author, c1990
Date
1990
Format
23 x 16 cm.
Type
Softbound
Identifier
962678902
Call Number
D 811 T46 1990
Accession Number
14444
Pagination
xviii, 256 p.
Illustration
ill.
Files
Collection
Citation
Thomas, Edward E., “As I remember : the death march of Bataan / Ed Tommie Thomas,” FHL-Roderick Hall, accessed October 6, 2026, https://fhl.omeka.net/items/show/733.