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Originally written during the Japanese occupation, Quirino (brother of President Elpidio Quirino) planned this one-volume history of World War II and the Japanese occupation for the return of the Philippine Commonwealth government. Instead, it was…

A novel based on real events and persons in Luzon during the Japanese occupation. The key characters are American: a businessman with long experience in the Philippines; a teacher, a young woman, a military officer. (The businessman’s mistress is…

Reconstructed diary (the original was burned when Bataan surrendered) of a promising young Filipino who was an Ateneo law student. Called to active duty with the USAFFE, Philip (as he was known to his friends) became aide de camp to Gen. Simon de…

Detailed social and cultural history of World War II and the Japanese occupation in the town of Taysan, Batangas.

Written in Filipino, the author (a professor at De La Salle University, Manila), describes the war as experienced by himself (he was…

Pages 9 and 10 of this interview deal with the Japanese entry into Manila in 1945.

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…