Military monograph based on the author’s experience as a company commander of the 57th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Scouts, from the start of the war through the first month of the fighting in Bataan.
Jerome Sheldon was a promising young man who had just become a regular US Army officer when he was shipped off to the Philippines. He was an officer in the 57th Infantry Regiment (Philippine Scouts), and fought in Bataan; he was captured there in…