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The Wainwright papers / edited by Col. Celedonio A. Ancheta with notes and comments
Publication of an important primary source: the basic Report of Operations of USAFFE [US Army Forces in the Far East] and USFIP [US Forces in the Philippines] in the Philippine Islands 1941-1942, by Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright, and some of its…
Reports of General MacArthur : the campaigns of MacArthur in the Pacific [manuscript]
This series was first published by MacArthur’s headquarters in 1950, but was not made available until after MacArthur’s death in 1964.
Volume I, prepared by MacArthur’s staff under the direction of his chief of intelligence, Maj. Gen. Charles A.…
Volume I, prepared by MacArthur’s staff under the direction of his chief of intelligence, Maj. Gen. Charles A.…
December 8, 1941 : MacArthur's Pearl Harbor / William H. Bartsch
A thoroughly researched account of the events which led to, and which occurred on December 8, 1941, climaxing in the virtually unopposed Japanese attack on Clark Field, and the destruction of the majority of MacArthur’s bombed force.
Presents…
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Surviving Bataan and beyond : Colonel Irvin Alexander's odyssey as a Japanese prisoner of war / edited by Dominic J. Caraccilo
Personal account of a middle-level officer in the USAFFE. Written shortly after the war when his memory was fresh, this account presents a unique point of view: that of a colonel first in Fort Stoltenberg, where he witnessed the Japanese attack on…
General Wainwright's story : the account of four years of humiliating defeat, surrender, and captivity / by General Jonathan M. Wainwright, who paid the price of his country's unpreparedness ; edited by Robert Considine
Personal account (assisted by a journalist) of the commanding general of the US Armed Forces in the Philippines (USAFIP) who surrendered Corregidor – and the Philippines – in May 1942.
Briefly recounts conditions in the Philippines just before…
Briefly recounts conditions in the Philippines just before…
Doomed garrison : the Philippines (a POW story) / John R. Vance
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…
Col. Vance narrates how he came to the Philippines in 1940, and his duties as…
Oh, God, where are you? / Abie Abraham
Personal account (expansion of his earlier "Ghost of Bataan Speaks") of a Bataan combat veteran and American Prisoner of War.
Abraham was 28 years old when the war started, a sergeant in the US 31st Infantry Regiment. He saw combat in Bataan, the…
Abraham was 28 years old when the war started, a sergeant in the US 31st Infantry Regiment. He saw combat in Bataan, the…
The operations and movements of the 31st Infantry Regiment (Philippine Division), 7 December 1941-9 April 1942 (Philippine Island Campaign) : personal experience of a regimental S-4 [manuscript] / Major Everett V. Mead
Military monograph dealing with the operations and movements of the 31st Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army, on Luzon and Bataan during the Philippine defense campaign, 1941-1942. Author was Regimental S-4, or logistics staff officer; as such this…
The operations of the 3rd Battalion, 45th Infantry (Philippine Scouts) at the hacienda at Mt. Natib, Luzon, 15-25 January, 1942 (The Bataan Campaign) : personal experience of a battalion executive officer [manuscript] / Major Louis B. Besbeck
Military monograph on the operations of a battalion in combat, from approach march to counter-attack, defense and withdrawal.
The 45th Infantry Regiment (Philippine Scouts) was one of two professionally trained infantry regiments on Luzon in…
The 45th Infantry Regiment (Philippine Scouts) was one of two professionally trained infantry regiments on Luzon in…
The Philippine Constabulary in the battle of the Philippines, 1941 [manuscript] / Major Carlos J. Herrera
Military monograph depicting employment of Philippine Constabulary in Battle of Bataan, showing the necessity for advanced and thorough planning in employing a similar police force in similar operations in the future.
The author was a PC officer…
The author was a PC officer…