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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…

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 of life under the Japanese occupation in Manila and Central Luzon, reflecting the author’s own experiences growing up in Manila at that time.

Local color is quite accurate, with Tagalog and Spanish words interspersed in the dialogue. The…

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;…

Historical novel based on fact, reconstructing the life of the author’s mother, Mary Boyd Stagg, an American missionary in Manila.

Mrs. Stagg was one of the leaders of the Methodist church in the Philippines; she and her husband, Samuel W. Stagg…

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…

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…

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.

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 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…