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Back from the living dead : an original story describing the infamous march of death, 33 months in a Japanese prison and liberation by the rangers / by Major [Bertram] Bank
Personal account of the Death March and prison camp experiences (Camp O’Donnell; Davao Penal Colony; Cabanatuan). Maj. Bank was one of those liberated by the US Army Rangers and guerrillas in January 1945.
An air corps officer who later was…
An air corps officer who later was…
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…
Bataan diary / James L. Rand ; recorded by Willard Rand and Paul Rand
Personal diary of an American soldier, who volunteered for duty at the age of 28.
His diary covers his army life, from training, shipping out to the Philippines, pre-war life in Manila, through the outbreak of war and the battle of Bataan. Rand…
His diary covers his army life, from training, shipping out to the Philippines, pre-war life in Manila, through the outbreak of war and the battle of Bataan. Rand…
Cabanatuan : Japanese death camp : a survivors story / by Vince Taylor
Account of Private First Class John Allen McCarty, a New Mexican who was part of the 200th Coast Artillery Regiment (Anti-Aircraft), sent to the Philippines on the eve of the war.
Assigned to protect Clark Field, and later Bataan, from enemy…
Assigned to protect Clark Field, and later Bataan, from enemy…
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…
Captured on Corregidor : diary of an American P.O.W. in World War II / by John M. Wright, Jr.
Personal memoir of a professional US Army officer (a West Point graduate) who was an artillery officer on Corregidor. He begins his story with the surrender, and early days in Camp O’Donnell and Cabanatuan. He and several other prisoners from…
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…
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…
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…