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We remember Bataan and Corregidor : the story of the American & Filipino defenders of Bataan and Corregidor and their captivity / Mariano Villarin
Partly a personal memoir and a researched account, this work compiles the experiences of both Americans and Filipinos in the defense of the Philippines and the Japanese occupation, giving emphasis on the prisoner of war ordeal.
Villarin was one…
Villarin was one…
Memoirs of a Philippine scout cavalryman / by Captain Felipe A. Fernandez
This slim book is the story of a hardy Filipino who became a professional soldier with the Philippine Scouts before World War II, and who continued on in the US Army after the war. Fernandez joined the 26th Cavalry Regiment (Philippine Scouts) in…
They never surrendered : a true story of resistance in World War II / by Col. Jesus A. Villamor; as told to Gerald S. Synder; with an introduction by John Toland.
Villamor was the top Filipino fighter pilot before and during the war. He commanded the 6th Pursuit Squadron of the Philippine Army Air Corps, equipped with obsolete P-26 fighters. Despite the suicidal odds, he led his squadron against modern…
Surviving the day : an American POW in Japan / Frank J. Grady & Rebecca Dickson
Frank Grady (a Captain at that time) was with the US Army’s cryptographic department in the Philippines in 1941 until the surrender of Corregidor. He was responsible for encoding and decoding all the important messages sent to and from Manila and…
1220 days : the story of U.S. Marine Edmond Babler and his experiences in Japanese prisoner of war camps during World War II / [edited] by Robert C. Daniels
This book is actually the personal memoir of Edmond Babler, which Daniels edited and annotated.
Babler joined the US Marine Corps during the years of the Great Depression in the US, and was sent to China to join the 4th Marine Regiment. The 4th…
Babler joined the US Marine Corps during the years of the Great Depression in the US, and was sent to China to join the 4th Marine Regiment. The 4th…
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…
Journey through hell : memoir of a World War II American navy medic captured in the Philippines & imprisoned by the Japanese / by Loren E. Stamp ; with a foreword by Robert Thompson
The author of this book was a US Navy Pharmacist’s Mate assigned to Cañacao Naval Hospital in Cavite and slated to return to the US on December 8, 1941.
The outbreak of war cancelled his orders, and instead he stayed on in the Philippines,…
The outbreak of war cancelled his orders, and instead he stayed on in the Philippines,…
POW-83 : the powerful true story of what really happened to American prisoners of war in the Japanese death camps in the Philippines during World War II and of one man's struggle to survive at the hands of his brutal captors / by John W. Wallace
This book is the biography of Pfc. John Mackowski, who was drafted into the US Army in 1940, and sent to the Philippines to become a member of the 803rd Engineers. Half of the book covers his youth, training in the army, arrival and pre-war life in…
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…
Searching for Friday's child / Marjorie Irish Randell.
The story of Howard Irish, Jr., a 24-year old American soldier who was sent to the Philippines in September 1941, as one of the reinforcements for the Philippine defenses.
Irish was assigned to one of Corregidor’s gun batteries, and later…
Irish was assigned to one of Corregidor’s gun batteries, and later…