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90 days of rice / by R. Jackson Scott
Personal account of a US Marine stationed at Cavite Navy Base just prior to the war. Scott narrates the unexpected start of the war for the Cavite Marines; the air raid on Cavite and subsequent abandonment of the base; combat on Bataan; escape to…
Behind the lines / W.E.B. Griffin
Fast-paced novel set in Mindanao during World War II. Griffin, a best selling author known for his novels about the US Marine Corps, continues his tradition of weaving a story about the Marines on Corregidor, some of whom escape and join the…
From Shanghai to Corregidor : marines in the defense of the Philippines / by J. Michael Miller
Brief but solid account of the US Marines in the Bataan and Corregidor campaign. The Fourth Marine Regiment and its operations in the Philippines in 1941-1942. The regiment had been stationed in Shanghai since the 1920s, but was ordered to the…
Rogues of Bataan / Ted Williams
Personal account of a US Marine stationed in Cavite prior to the outbreak of the war, and an eyewitness to the naval base’s destruction two days later. Williams was a member of a unique unit: an Air Warning Group with one of the few radar sets…