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Post by VeeVee on Sept 22, 2007 16:27:20 GMT -5
Bataan Diary By Capt. Paul Ashton (12th Medical Regiment, Philippine Scouts) For so long I've resisted buying this book because it's been out of print and pretty expensive. I decided to take the plunge and buy it and for the history buff/researcher type, it's worth its price in gold. I paid $50 for this one. I let some cheaper ones go on ebay in the past (kicking myself). However it was a pleasant surprise to find out that this book was signed by the author! I've only read about 30 pages so far but it's the most detailed in terms of descriptions, daily life at Fort McKinley, army life, field exercises, detailed descriptions of prewar Manila, etc. I'm sure the rest of the book that deals with the war and postwar will not disappoint. It has lots of pictures and a huge appendix of official correspondences, typed orders, army records, etc. It's a huge voluminous book. I highly recommend it for the serious history buff of that era.
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Post by legionnaire on Sept 23, 2007 10:08:38 GMT -5
Great book Vic, I am so impressed on were you find theses titles!
BTW could you email me a much clearer and detailed photo of the book cover as I can use the unit markings for reference for a possible display board. Thanks.
Philip
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Post by VeeVee on Sept 23, 2007 21:38:19 GMT -5
I just bought this one used from Amazon. I was surprised to see it signed by the author. I'll email you the raw picture of the cover so you can zoom in and examine the unit patches. I see that the 21st division patch on this one used Roman numerals.
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Post by VeeVee on Aug 8, 2008 8:36:03 GMT -5
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Post by frank on Aug 8, 2008 21:46:55 GMT -5
It seems Dr. Ashton is up here north of Oxnard. We should invite him to a meeting when we have it sometime here at my place.
Frank
Paul L. Ashton, M.D. YVONNE ASHTON 306 East Los Olivos Street Santa Barbara, Calif. 93105
Phone: (805) 682-7622 E-mail:pashton@west.net
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