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Philippine World War II stories for children : in bilingual text English and Pilipino / by Corban K. Alabado and Ceres S.C. Alabado ; drawings by Maria Luisa Peñaranda
This book assembles three stories of Filipino heroism in World War II: Buenaventura Bello, a school teacher in Vigan who refused to take down the American flag when the Japanese ordered him to (and a schoolboy who took the flag); Joey Guerrero, a…
Triumph in the Philippines, 1941-1946 : the saga of Bataan and Corregidor / edited by Celedonio A. Ancheta ; with supplement, a reassessment of the history of the Second World War in Bataan
The content of this book (not to be confused with the official US Army history by Robert Ross Smith) was written and compiled in 1946 by the Combat History Division, G-1 Section, United States Army Forces Western Pacific based in Manila, but not…
Lagablab : mga alaala ng digma = [Burst of Flame: Memories of War] / Simplicio P. Bisa
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…
Written in Filipino, the author (a professor at De La Salle University, Manila), describes the war as experienced by himself (he was…
Memoirs and diaries of Felipe Buencamino III, 1941-1944.
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…
Civilians in World War II : one brief shining moment : an eyewitness history / edited by Jesselynn Garcia de la Cruz
This book is a collection of interview excerpts (and occasional quotes from published personal accounts) relating to personal experiences during World War II in the Philippines.
Almost all of the interviewees (“narrators” is the term used in the…
Almost all of the interviewees (“narrators” is the term used in the…
Share of honor / by Ralph Graves
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…
The Japanese community in the Philippines : before, during, and after the war : an autobiography / by Kiyoshi Osawa ; translated by NTFI ; edited by Marivi Jugo-Nañagas.
Personal observations and vignettes by a respected Japanese resident of Manila. Mr. Osawa arrived in the Philippines in 1925, and published his autobiography ("A Japanese in the Philippines") in 1981.
This collection of memories and anecdotes…
This collection of memories and anecdotes…
Salvador Araneta : reflections of a Filipino exile / Michael P. Onorato, interviewer and editor
Pages 9 and 10 of this interview deal with the Japanese entry into Manila in 1945.
Forgotten heroes : Japan's imprisonment of American civilians in the Philippines, 1942-1945 : an oral history / Michael P. Onorato
This volume is a compilation of four oral histories conducted as part of the California State University, Fullerton Oral History Program.
Onorato is an American historian specializing in the Philippines during the American colonial period, and…
Onorato is an American historian specializing in the Philippines during the American colonial period, and…
Dignity of the soul : the story of Filipino bravery in World War II / Bill Peavey
Popularized and partly fictionalized account of World War II in the Philippines, highlighting various aspects of the war and Japanese occupation in different parts of the Philippines.
The author is an American lawyer who was in the Philippines…
The author is an American lawyer who was in the Philippines…