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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…

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 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…

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…

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…

Brougher was a US Army Brigadier General who commanded the Philippine Army’s 11th Division in the defense of Luzon and Bataan in 1941-1942. He was also an able writer.

This book assembles some of his anecdotes and short stories regarding his…

Novel set in the Philippines during World War II and the Japanese occupation, with the main character being a Swedish (based on the author?) lumber mill superintendent in Negros who has close relations with Filipinos.

The main character falls in…

A novel depicting life in the Philippines before, during and right after World War II, following the experiences of members of the fictitious Graciela family, a land-owning family in the Central Philippines.

She recreates day-to-day living and…

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…

Novel about an American officer sent to the Japanese-occupied Philippines by submarine to contact Filipino guerrillas and conduct resistance against the Japanese. The guerrilla outfit the American officer is supposed to link up with is called…