Miscellaneous
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The secret scripture of the poor / by John Henaghan
Fr. Henaghan was an Irish priest, a member of the Columban fathers, who practiced his vocation in Manila. A respected priest, he helped the poor. Ireland was neutral during the war and thus Fr. Henaghan was not interned. But he was taken by the…
The Battle for Manila / by Lawrence Cortesi
Action-packed pocketbook on the Battle of Manila in February 1945. Although based on official reports and histories, the author has taken great liberties with telling the story, inventing conversations and including many other events, some not…
Unjust enrichment : how Japan's companies built post-war fortunes using American POWs / Linda Goetz Holmes
This book discloses how major Japanese companies like Mitsui and Mitsubishi made use of slave labor by Allied (American, British, Dutch and other) prisoners of war in Japan. In so doing, they maintained their wartime activities and carried out…
Santo Tomas internment camp : Internews, Campus health.
During the early months of the Japanese administration of Santo Tomas Internment Camp, two news sheets were mimeographed for the information of the internees. Edited by Russell Brines of the Associated Press, these gave news on the camp,…
The German Club-Manila, 1906-1986
Account of not only the German Club in Manila, but also its members and the German Community. Compiled and written by the History Committee of the German Club, chaired by Walter Kuehne; a key member was Edgar J. Krohn, Jr., who lived through the…
Understanding the former prisoner of war : life after liberation : essays / by Guy J. Kelnhofer, Jr. ; edited by Amy Lindgren
An important and pioneering compilation of articles on the life of prisoners of war after their release. Kelnhofer was captured on Wake Island in December 1941 and endured all the horrors suffered by POWs of Japan. His post-war life was a story of…
Recipes out of bilibid / collected by Col. H. C. Fowler, U.S.A. ; compiled and tested by Dorothy Wagner
Col. “Chick” Fowler was an American West Pointer who arrived in Manila in late 1941, just prior to the war. He was captured in Bataan, went on the Death March and endured POW life in Camp O’Donnell, Davao and Bilibid. During his imprisonment, he…
On good ground : missionary stories from the Philippines / by G. Louise Lynip
The author was a Baptist missionary in Bukidnon; she arrived a year before the war started. The stories are about the locale and the people of Bukidnon, focusing on individuals who were converted to Christianity and the trials they faced.
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Dignity of the soul : the story of Filipino bravery in World War II / Bill Peavey
Popularized and partly fictionalized account of World War II in the Philippines, highlighting various aspects of the war and Japanese occupation in different parts of the Philippines.
The author is an American lawyer who was in the Philippines…
The author is an American lawyer who was in the Philippines…
