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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…

A novel based on real events and persons in Luzon during the Japanese occupation. The key characters are American: a businessman with long experience in the Philippines; a teacher, a young woman, a military officer. (The businessman’s mistress is…

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, 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 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…

Part fiction, part memoir of the author’s experiences as a prisoner of war captured on Bataan. He graphically describes the Death March and POW life in Camp O’Donnell, Cabanatuan, hell ship to Japan (Nissyo Maru) and forced labor there until…

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…

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…