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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…

Personal experiences of the Philippine defense campaign (1941-1942) from a different perspective: the author was the Finance officer of the US Army in the Philippines.

Col. Vance narrates how he came to the Philippines in 1940, and his duties as…

Gordon enlisted in the US Army in 1940, and was sent to the Philippines to become a member of the 31st Infantry Regiment, US Army, in Manila.

A personal account, Gordon narrates his life in the army, conditions in the Philippines before the war…

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…

Col. Bunker was a West Point graduate (MacArthur’s classmate) and, in December 1941, commander of seaward defenses of Corregidor and its satellite harbor forts.

The diary begins on January 3, 1942, and covers the siege of Corregidor in detail.…