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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,…

Researched account of Claire Phillips, an American civilian resident of Manila before the war, who married an American soldier just after the start of the war.

Unable to join her husband in Bataan, she became a spy for the guerrillas by operating…

Documented biography of an American engineer who arrived in the Philippines in 1908. Narrates his successes in the Bureau of Public Works and especially in helping build Baguio, where he later served as mayor.

Chapters 14 and 15 deal with the…

Military biography of a career US Army officer (West Point 1933 graduate) who rose to the army’s highest rank: chief of staff.

Johnson was a ranking Philippine Scout officer (Operations Officer of the 57th Infantry Regiment) when the war broke…

The story of Howard Irish, Jr., a 24-year old American soldier who was sent to the Philippines in September 1941, as one of the reinforcements for the Philippine defenses.

Irish was assigned to one of Corregidor’s gun batteries, and later…

This book is the biography of Pfc. John Mackowski, who was drafted into the US Army in 1940, and sent to the Philippines to become a member of the 803rd Engineers. Half of the book covers his youth, training in the army, arrival and pre-war life in…

Jerome Sheldon was a promising young man who had just become a regular US Army officer when he was shipped off to the Philippines. He was an officer in the 57th Infantry Regiment (Philippine Scouts), and fought in Bataan; he was captured there in…

This tells the story of a West Point graduate (1931) who was assigned to the 26th Cavalry (Philippine Scouts) in 1939, fought in the Philippine defense campaign, became a prisoner of war, and died on an unmarked Japanese prison ship.

Based on…