No Uncle Sam
Subtitle: the forgotten of Bataan
By: Tony Bilek, in collaboration with Gene O'Connell.
Contributors: O'Connell, Gene.
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Kent, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: Bilek, Anton F., 1919-; World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.; Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography.; Bataan, Battle of, Philippines, 1942.
Genres: Personal narratives, American.; Biography.
Description: "Anton Bilek was only twenty-two years old when he was captured in Bataan. No Uncle Sam is his story of survival through the Death March, his imprisonment under horrific conditions in the Philippines and Japan, and his servitude as a slave laborer in the Japanese coal mines. Bilek relates the frustration, anger, fear, humor, hope, and courage that he and the other prisoners shared during their captivity and their silence about these experiences for many years after their release from the POW camps. After almost 40 years, Bilek decided to write about his experiences, and this memoir is the result."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Clark Field; title: Bataan; title: The march; title: Camp O'Donnell; title: Camp Cabanatuan, sick side; title: Camp Cabanatuan, well side; title: To Japan; title: Camp 17; title: Into the mines; title: Looking up; title: Liberation; title: Going home.