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A few memories as a prisoner of war / F. Langwith Berry
Personal account of an American officer (a major) describing his prisoner of war ordeal.
The book begins with the Death March, then describes conditions in Camp O’Donnell, Davao Penal Colony, Cabanatuan, the hell ship Oryoku Maru, and prison camp…
The book begins with the Death March, then describes conditions in Camp O’Donnell, Davao Penal Colony, Cabanatuan, the hell ship Oryoku Maru, and prison camp…
A long march home / by Clarence K. Butch Larson
Personal account of a young American who joined the US Army Air Corps in 1939, and was assigned to Nichols Field in 1940.
He describes life in the air base before the war, the outbreak of war and Japanese attacks on the field, the hurried move to…
He describes life in the air base before the war, the outbreak of war and Japanese attacks on the field, the hurried move to…
A ringside seat to war / by Herman E. Strong
Personal narrative of an American employee at the Benguet Consolidated Mining Company, holding office in the Myers building in Manila.
He describes the effect of the Japanese bombings on the port area, the Japanese take over and internment in…
He describes the effect of the Japanese bombings on the port area, the Japanese take over and internment in…
A time for war : 105 days of Bataan / Gen. Rigoberto J. Atienza
Personal account by a talented Filipino officer who later became Chief of Staff of the Philippine armed forces.
Intensely personal and literate, this memoir covers the Bataan campaign and was written in 1942, after his release from the Camp…
Intensely personal and literate, this memoir covers the Bataan campaign and was written in 1942, after his release from the Camp…
Abandoned on Bataan : one man's story of survival / Oliver 'Red' Allen, as told to Mildred Allen
Personal account of a teenage American college student who joined the US Army Air Corps in 1941, was assigned to the 19th Bomb Group and shipped to the Philippines in September 1941.
He was at Clark Field when it was bombed on the day the war…
He was at Clark Field when it was bombed on the day the war…
Adapt or die : a former Japanese POW tells all / by JD Merritt
Personal account by an American enlisted man with the 27th Bomb Group.
He arrived in Manila just before the war broke out, and his unit’s planes, in a separate convoy, never reached the Philippines. Merritt thus fought as an infantryman in…
He arrived in Manila just before the war broke out, and his unit’s planes, in a separate convoy, never reached the Philippines. Merritt thus fought as an infantryman in…
All the way from Bataan to O'Donnell / Claro C. Gloria
A reserve officer and lawyer, Gloria was teaching at La Salle College when he was ordered to active duty in 1941. Assigned to the infantry, he was made an officer in the 1st Philippine Constabulary Regiment, 2nd Regular Division, Philippine Army, and…
All this was Bataan / Silvestre L. Tagarao
Personal account, by a college student called to active duty in September 1941. Tagarao served as a non-commissioned officer, so this account is unique among the Filipino accounts since most were written by officers.
This book begins with the…
This book begins with the…
Ambassador in bonds! / Esther Yerger Hamilton
Personal account of an American missionary based in Manila. When the war broke out, she and other members of her missionary group proceeded to Baguio seeking safety. Instead, they got captured by the Japanese there and were interned at Camp John Hay.…