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Pappy Gunn / by Nathaniel Gunn.
Biography (by his son) of this daring and innovative American aviator, Paul I. “Pappy” Gunn who left behind a legacy that was hard to match.
The book actually tells two parallel stories: the life of Pappy Gunn, particularly his wartime exploits,…
The book actually tells two parallel stories: the life of Pappy Gunn, particularly his wartime exploits,…
More than meets the eye / Carl Mydans
Autobiography of the legendary "Life" magazine photographer. Mydans, with his wife, was on assignment to the Philippines in late 1941, covering defense preparations. They were caught by the war in Manila and interned at Santo Tomas; they were…
The edge of terror : the heroic story of American families trapped in Japanese-occupied Philippines / Scott Walker.
Well-researched account of American civilians trapped by the war in the island of Panay. These families were of different backgrounds: some were miners, others were missionaries. All were caught up in the war and were unable to return to the US.…
All this hell : U.S. nurses imprisoned by the Japanese / Evelyn M. Monahan and Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee
Researched account of U.S. Army and Navy nurses captured mainly in the Philippines, in Bataan and Corregidor. The nurses were called the Angels of Bataan and Corregidor by their grateful patients, and were exposed to the dangers of bombing despite…
In my absence / Lisa Ottiger.
Compilation of letters, vignettes, and prose and poetry by a granddaughter trying to reconstruct the life of a grandfather (William Harrington) she never knew, and the love story he and the author’s grandmother shared.
Bill Harrington was an…
Bill Harrington was an…
Consider the lilies-- / by Janet Pelton Walker
Small book assembling prose vignettes and short poems, by an American resident of Manila before, during and after the war.
Topics cover personal sketches, reminiscences, humor, and observations on everyday things. Part V (pp. 77-106) covers the…
Topics cover personal sketches, reminiscences, humor, and observations on everyday things. Part V (pp. 77-106) covers the…
We band of angels : the untold story of American nurses trapped on Bataan by the Japanese / Elizabeth M. Norman
Saga of the ninety-nine American nurses – Army and Navy – who were thrust into World War II in Bataan and Corregidor. Their efforts to save the lives of wounded Americans and Filipinos earned them the name “Angels of Bataan and Corregidor.”
A few…
A few…
What a way to spend a war : navy nurse POWs in the Philippines / Dorothy Still Danner
Personal account by one of the eleven US Navy nurses captured by the Japanese in 1942.
Danner became a Navy nurse in 1937, was sent to the Philippines in 1940, and saw the destruction of Cavite Navy Yard by Japanese planes from nearby Cañacao…
Danner became a Navy nurse in 1937, was sent to the Philippines in 1940, and saw the destruction of Cavite Navy Yard by Japanese planes from nearby Cañacao…
To the angels / by Denny Williams
An account of the American nurses in the Philippines who served in Bataan and Corregidor, and spent the rest of the war in Santo Tomas Internment Camp.
The author was one of those nurses, and she presents her own experiences, supplemented by…
The author was one of those nurses, and she presents her own experiences, supplemented by…
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…