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Apo padi : an autobiography / by Clifford E. Barry Nobes
Nobes was recruited as an Episcopalian missionary in the US in 1931, and his experiences as a priest and educator in the mountains of Northern Luzon, based in Sagada, working with the Igorots.
The title is the name the Igorots called Nobes,…
The title is the name the Igorots called Nobes,…
Belly of the beast : a POW's inspiring true story of faith, courage, and survival aboard the infamous WWII Japanese hell ship Oryoku Maru / Judith L. Pearson
This book tells the story of Estel Myers, a US Navy corpsman who arrived in the Philippines just before the start of the war. He was assigned to the naval hospital in Cañacao, Cavite, and hard-pressed to tend to the large numbers of wounded from the…
Bunker's war : the World War II diary of Col. Paul D. Bunker / Paul D. Bunker ; edited by Col. Keith A. Barlow, U.S. Army
Col. Bunker was a West Point graduate (MacArthur’s classmate) and, in December 1941, commander of seaward defenses of Corregidor and its satellite harbor forts.
The diary begins on January 3, 1942, and covers the siege of Corregidor in detail.…
The diary begins on January 3, 1942, and covers the siege of Corregidor in detail.…
Caged dragons : an American P.O.W. in WWII Japan / Robert E. Haney ; foreword by Senator John S. McCain, III
Haney joined the US Marines in 1938, in search of a different life; he was underage and lied about his age to get in. He was sent to China and became part of the “China Marines” – the 4th Marine Regiment. This regiment was sent to the Philippines on…
Corregidor : oasis of hope / by Asbury L. Nix
Personal account supplemented by readings and interviews with other survivors, this memoir is well founded.
Nix did his own readings and research to confirm his own memories. He does not discuss pre-war life or even the early days of the war, but…
Nix did his own readings and research to confirm his own memories. He does not discuss pre-war life or even the early days of the war, but…
Corregidor, from paradise to hell : true narrative of Ben Waldron, prisoner-of-war / by Ben D. Waldron and Emily Burneson
Waldron was a private and just 19 years old when the war started; he was a gunner in Battery Chicago, an anti-aircraft battery on Corregidor.
He narrates pre-war life on the island fortress; the start of the war; combat on Corregidor and fighting…
He narrates pre-war life on the island fortress; the start of the war; combat on Corregidor and fighting…
Courage on Bataan and beyond : memories of an American POW who was a slave of the Japanese during WWII for 3 1/2 years / by Abel Ortega, Jr. ; foreword by Duane Heisinger.
Account of an American Bataan veteran and POW as recorded and written by his son. Abel Sr. was in the 192nd Tank Battalion which was sent to the Philippines just before war broke out. He talks briefly about his experiences in the defense of the…
Doomed garrison : the Philippines (a POW story) / John R. Vance
Personal experiences of the Philippine defense campaign (1941-1942) from a different perspective: the author was the Finance officer of the US Army in the Philippines.
Col. Vance narrates how he came to the Philippines in 1940, and his duties as…
Col. Vance narrates how he came to the Philippines in 1940, and his duties as…
Freedom! : Bataan, POW, PVT / Don T. Schloat
Schloat joined the army medical corps in July 1941, partly to be able to live on his own and also partly to escape the war in Europe; he was immediately sent to the Philippines and was assigned to the station hospital at Fort McKinley. When USAFFE…
Guests of the son of heaven / by Robet C. Gaskill, in collaboration with Herbert R. Suess
Personal account of a US Army medical officer in the defense of the Philippines and through prison camp life.
Gaskill was a surgeon in Fort Stotsenburg at the outbreak of war, and saw the Japanese attack on Clark Field. He was moved to Bamban and…
Gaskill was a surgeon in Fort Stotsenburg at the outbreak of war, and saw the Japanese attack on Clark Field. He was moved to Bamban and…