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Rainbow over the Philippines / by James M. Hamilton.
Short personal account covering the author’s experiences with the 200th Coast Artillery (Anti-Aircraft) Regiment, assignment to the 515th Coast Artillery (Anti-Aircraft) Regiment in the defense of Clark Field, Manila and Bataan; the Death March and…
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…
The battling bastards of Bataan / Mel Sheya
Personal account of a “China Marine” – a marine with the 4th Marine Regiment, which was transferred from China to Subic just before the war started. During the Japanese onslaught, the regiment – and Sheya – were placed on beach defense in Corregidor…
Life--on rice / by Donald L. Baker
Personal account by a young American who wanted to see the world, so he joined the US Army in 1940. He was assigned to Corregidor. He gives a brief account of life on the island before the war (which did not appeal to all) and the beginning of the…
Girocho : a GI's story of Bataan and beyond / John Henry Poncio and Marlin Young
Personal account of a US Air Corps ground crew member with the 91st Bombardment Squadron. The men of this squadron arrived in Manila before the outbreak of war, but their planes were still at sea and were diverted to Australia. Poncio and his buddies…
Barbed-wire surgeon / by Alfred A. Weinstein, M.D.
Personal account by a medical doctor (Harvard trained and who joined the US Army in 1940) in the Fort McKinley hospital at the start of the war.
He details his experiences in the hospital in Little Baguio, Bataan; surrender on April 9; the…
He details his experiences in the hospital in Little Baguio, Bataan; surrender on April 9; the…
Survivor : a personal memoir of one soldier's experience in the battle for the Philippines, the Bataan death march, Japanese slave labor camps & escape from the Japanese hell ship, the Shinyo Maru / by John Playter
The title says it all: a personal account of a college graduate reserve officer who was called to active service in 1941 and sent to the Philippines.
He served with the 88th Field Artillery Regiment (Philippine Scouts) in Bataan. As a prisoner of…
He served with the 88th Field Artillery Regiment (Philippine Scouts) in Bataan. As a prisoner of…
Forty months in hell / W. Pat Hitchcock
Personal account by a US Marine who joined the corps in 1939. Assigned to the 4th Marine Regiment in China, he writes about his assignment to China, the movement of the 4th Marines to Olongapo just prior to the outbreak of war, and duty on Corregidor…
Lost in action : a World War II soldier's account of capture on Bataan and imprisonment by the Japanese / by Dick Bilyeu
Personal account by a coast artilleryman who began the war on Fort Hughes (Caballo Island), only to be transferred to Bataan as infantry, attached to a Philippine Army unit. He fought in the Battle of the Points, and saw action in the final battles…
Triumphs and tragedies : Corregidor and its aftermath / Arthur B. Baker ; as told to J. Carlile Baker
Personal account of a young American who was drafted in 1941. He was shipped to the Philippines with other draftees, assigned to the 60th Coast Artillery Regiment on Corregidor, and manned his gun until the surrender in May 1942.
He narrates his…
He narrates his…