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03640aam a22005418i 4500 001 375ECB82392311EBB66DCF4331ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20201208010038 008 200408s2020 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020002289 020 $a 152474476X 020 $a 9781524744762 035 $a (OCoLC)1150795322 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCF $d TOH $d JIM $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 050 00 $a D767.4 $b .M365 2020 082 00 $a 940.54/25991 $2 23 100 1 $a Maurer, Kevin, $e author. 245 10 $a Rock Force : $b the American paratroopers who took back Corregidor and exacted Macarthur's revenge on Japan / $c Kevin Maurer. 263 $a 2012 264 1 $a New York : $b Dutton Caliber, Penguin Random House, $c 2020. 300 $a pages cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "In late December 1941, General Douglas MacArthur, caught off guard by the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, is forced to retreat to Corregidor, a jagged, rocky island fortress at the mouth of Manilla Bay. Months later, under orders from the president, the general is whisked away in the dark of night, leaving his troops to their fate. It is a bitter pill for a fiercely proud warrior who has always protected his men. He famously declares "I shall return," but the humiliation of Corregidor haunts him, even earning him the derisive nickname "Dugout Doug." In early 1945, MacArthur returns to the Philippines, his eyes affixed firmly on Corregidor. To take back the island, he calls on the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, a highly-trained veteran airborne unit. Their mission is to jump onto the island--hemmed in by sheer cliffs, pockmarked by bomb craters, bristling with deadly, spiky, broken tree trunks--and wrest it from some 6,700 Japanese defenders who await, fully armed and ready to fight to the death. Drawn from firsthand accounts and personal interviews with the battle's surviving veterans, acclaimed war correspondent and bestselling author Kevin Maurer delves in this extraordinary tale, uncovering astonishing accounts of bravery and heroism during an epic, yet largely forgotten, clash of the Pacific War. Here is an intimate story of uncommon soldiers showing uncommon courage, and winning, through blood and sacrifice, the redemption of General MacArthur"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Campaigns $z Corregidor Island. $z Corregidor Island. 610 10 $a United States. $b Parachute Infantry Regiment, 503rd. $b Parachute Infantry Regiment, 503rd. 651 0 $a Corregidor Island (Philippines) $x History. 650 7 $a HISTORY / World. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Military campaigns. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01710190 651 7 $a Philippines $z Corregidor Island. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01241106 648 7 $a 1939-1945 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Maurer, Kevin. $t Rock Force. $d New York : Dutton Caliber, Penguin Random House, 2020 $z 9781524744786 $w (DLC) 2020002290 941 $a 11 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409035829.0 952 $l CMPE792 $d 20230629014921.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909062344.0 952 $l CNPC792 $d 20220105013558.0 952 $l OJPC027 $d 20210904121622.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20210807010457.0 952 $l VSPC034 $d 20210406021531.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20210226010229.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210217010839.0 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20201223010126.0 952 $l ZLPD437 $d 20201218160058.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=375ECB82392311EBB66DCF4331ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIMInitiate Another SILO Locator Search