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02715aam a2200301Ii 4500 001 E6039AD03F1711E98434DF6697128E48 003 SILO 005 20190305011820 008 190212s2018 xx abc b 000 0aeng d 020 $a 1732289409 020 $a 9781732289406 035 $a (OCoLC)1085494405 040 $a IWA $b eng $e rda $c IWA $d SILO 100 1 $a Thomson, Burton C. Çq (Burton Campbell), Çe author. 245 12 $a A case of treason : $b the traitor of Corregidor / $c Kenneth Burton Thomson. 264 1 $a [Place of publication not identified] : $b [Thomson Publishing], $c [2018?] 300 $a 588 pages : $b illustrations, maps, portraits ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 585-586). 520 $a In April 1941, Burton C. "Stretch" Thomson, a twenty-six-year-old 1st Lieutenant in the U. S. Army's Veterinary Corps, sailed to his new duty station in the Philippine Islands. He is leaving a wife and 7-month old son in Iowa; he will be gone for two years. Arriving in Manila in May 1941 he learns that he has been assigned to the 4th Veterinary Hospital at Fort Stotsenburg in Luzon Province. He will take up his duties as a veterinarian with the 26th Cavalry Regiment. On August 1st, Stretch is transferred to Fort Mills, Corregidor Island. Corregidor is one of the five highly fortified islands at the entrance of Manila Bay. Stretch, as the sole veterinarian, will be responsible for the 25 mules on the island plus regular sanitary inspections. When war breaks out, Stretch is assigned an additional duty as mess officer for the station hospital now located in the confines of Malinta Tunnel. Corregidor's defenders finally surrender to the Japanese on May 6, 1942. Immediately, betrayal emerged from the ranks of Corregidor's defenders in the form of a U.S. Army Sergeant. A drawn-out process after the war would finally bring Sergeant John David Provoo before a jury of his peers in late 1952 to defend against the charge of treason. A prolonged investigation by the FBI, a questionable decision by the Department of Justice and an inartful prosecution of the case by the U.S. district attorney would lead to an appeal of the trial court's finding of guilty. 600 10 $a Thomson, Burton C. $q (Burton Campbell) 600 10 $a Shaka, Nichijo, $d 1917-2001. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Campaigns $z Corregidor Island. $z Corregidor Island. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Collaborationists $z United States. 650 0 $a Trials (Treason) $z United States. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230302020308.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E6039AD03F1711E98434DF6697128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search