Juvenile literature

This book deals with the saga of Commander Charles “Chick” Parsons, legendary intelligence agent and liaison man between MacArthur and the guerrillas in the Philippines.

Parsons was a reserve US Navy officer managing the Luzon Stevedoring…

Illustrated general account written for young readers (primary or elementary school) on the defense of the Philippines in 1941-1942. Includes a brief discussion of the death march. Part of a series commemorating the 50th anniversary of World War II.

Written for adolescent Americans as part of the Landmark book series, this illustrated volume focuses on the work of American nurses in the battlefields of World War II.

Chapter 2 is on nurses in Bataan and Corregidor, with a few pages…

This book assembles three stories of Filipino heroism in World War II: Buenaventura Bello, a school teacher in Vigan who refused to take down the American flag when the Japanese ordered him to (and a schoolboy who took the flag); Joey Guerrero, a…

Written for young Americans, this book is a short, dramatized, simplified general account of the Philippine defense campaign. Heavily illustrated, it serves as a quick introduction to the battle of Bataan and the ensuing Death March.

The true adventures and experiences of a pre-teen mestiza (her father was Filipino, mother Irish) living in the outskirts of Manila during the war and just after. Written for youngsters, the book brings out the author’s character in a time of war,…