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This book tells the story of Sgt. James T. Murphy, a US Army Air Corps enlisted man who saw Nichols Field raided in the early days of the war. Without planes, he and his unit fought in Bataan as a ground soldier.

He narrates his own experiences…

Personal account of a 6-year-old British boy, narrating his travel from Sussex to Hong Kong. From Hong Kong he and his family fled to the Philippines to escape the Sino-Japanese War, but got trapped in Manila when the war broke out.

He…

This is an enlarged and revised edition of the author’s "Refuge and Strength," although specific revisions and enlargements are not very noticeable.

Personal account of an air corps soldier with the 698th Ordnance Company.

Hileman’s narrative begins with the surrender of Bataan, and describes how he and some friends tried to evade the Japanese, aided by Filipinos. In the end, however, he and…

Personal account of a Polish-American who enlisted in the US Army and was assigned to the 192nd Tank Battalion.

Sent to the Philippines in late 1941, Lajzer narrates his experiences at the start of the war, defending positions in Luzon ad Bataan,…

Account of an Australian soldier – Staff Sgt. Cecil Dickson – who was dispatched with his unit to Java as part of a reinforcing force to stop the Japanese onslaught. Dickson’s unit, together with scattered American units, was instead captured and he…

The author, a veteran of the Philippine defense campaign and over three years of imprisonment under the Japanese, wrote an earlier book about his own wartime experiences ("I’m One of the Lucky Ones").

In this book, Heimbuch details his family…

Personal account of a US Marine stationed at Cavite Navy Base just prior to the war. Scott narrates the unexpected start of the war for the Cavite Marines; the air raid on Cavite and subsequent abandonment of the base; combat on Bataan; escape to…

Personal account of Evelyn Berg Empie, not yet ten when the war started. Evelyn’s father, Ernest Berg, was of German descent and owned a prominent department store in Escolta. During the war, he was forced to work for the Japanese, although he…