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Undefeated : America’s heroic fight for Bataan and Corregidor / Bill Sloan.
Military history from the American point of view, written in gripping style. About half the book is on the defense of Bataan and Corregidor with little about the earlier ill-fated beach defenses. The remaining half deals with the POW experience: the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Return to freedom : the war memoirs of Col. Samuel C. Grashio, USAF (Ret.) / by Samuel C. Grashio and Bernard Norling ; [maps, Scott Greenawalt]
Personal account of an American fighter pilot with the 21st Pursuit Squadron.
In the early days of World War II, he flew missions in a P-40 fighter against the vastly superior Japanese Zero fighter. With the loss of P-40s (by being shot down,…
In the early days of World War II, he flew missions in a P-40 fighter against the vastly superior Japanese Zero fighter. With the loss of P-40s (by being shot down,…