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Novel set in the Philippines during World War II, particularly the first days, and internment in Santo Tomas Internment Camp.

The author was the wife of famed Life cameraman Carl Mydans, and was herself a noted journalist. The two were caught on…

Juvenile war fiction set in the Bataan defense campaign.

Top Kick is the name of a US Army cavalry horse, who plays an important part in the defense of the Philippines.

Written and published in the US during the war, by a writer who was not…

Fast-paced novel set in Mindanao during World War II. Griffin, a best selling author known for his novels about the US Marine Corps, continues his tradition of weaving a story about the Marines on Corregidor, some of whom escape and join the…

Novel of the war in the Philippines – particularly the guerrillas - set in the island of Negros. The writer was a noted Filipino writer in English, who was a guerrilla officer during the war.

Events here were based on actual events; a non-fiction…

Novel about World War II and the Japanese occupation of Cebu (fictionalized as Ubec). Although the author was born after the war, she grew up hearing war stories from her relatives, stories which were tragic, heart-wrenching but also epitomizing the…

Juvenile, action-packed fiction for American kids: the main character is an army reservist, drafted before entering college.

Applying for Philippine duty, Duncan, now a Lieutenant, arrives just before the outbreak of war. He seems to get involved…

A novel based partly on real events and characters, depicting the life of American prisoners of war in Camp O’Donnell and Cabanatuan. A parallel theme follows unsurrendered Americans with the guerrillas just outside the camp, including their…

A novel set in Cagayan, Luzon three decades after World War II, with a bloodthirsty Japanese straggler running amok and killing at will with his samurai sword – continuing to delay the enemy as long as possible. The Philippine Constabulary, some…

This work is a fictional account of a group of American Air Corps men trying to get out of Mindanao.

Among the characters in the novel are guerrillas, and pseudo-Japanese soldiers. Supposed to be an action-packed thriller, the novel contains many…

A fictionalized account of one Filipino family’s experiences during the Japanese occupation, echoing Philippine traditions and history.

The author, a Filipino-American, heard her father’s stories about the war and was inspired to write about the…