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Creative fiction work telling the story of Jeanette West, an American born in Manila in 1927.

Her father occupied a high position in the Philippine Commonwealth’s Bureau of Science and had taught at the University of the Philippines; her mother…

Novel, based on a true story, whose main character is an American Baptist missionary in the island of Panay when the war broke out. He, together with other Americans, retreats to the hills to escape the Japanese, but is eventually discovered and…

A novel based on the author’s own experiences in Manila in 1945. Perla is a fictitious character, a Filipina residing in Manila who serves as a guide to describe life in the Philippines before and during the war, guerrilla activities and the…

Juvenile fiction for American boys and girls: World War II and the Japanese occupation as seen through the eyes of an American boy and girl (siblings) in Manila at the start of the war; in Bataan during the siege; escape from the Death March; join…

Graphic, award-winning novel written by Japanese veteran of the war in Leyte, from the Japanese perspective.

The main character in the novel, Private Tamura, is a Japanese soldier who gradually loses his humanity due to sickness and starvation;…

A novel, based on true events, of two Americans, only survivors of their air corps unit and cut off after the withdrawal of USAFFE forces to Bataan. They escape to an island (fictitious in name, but similar to Mindoro). There they struggle to…

Personal memoir of an American officer who was in charge of one of the early radar sets in the Philippines. When the war broke out, the set was just being installed facing Cape Bojeador in northern Luzon; it was not yet ready for operation. Arnold’s…

A work of fiction purporting to describe fighting in the Philippines, dedicated to the defenders of Bataan and Corregidor. But even as fiction it is full of errors, as the author did not have much background on the Philippines.