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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…

A personal account from a different perspective: the author (assisted by his son) writes about his experiences as a reserve officer called to active duty and sent to the Philippines just prior to the outbreak of war. He was assigned to Bohol and…

Chalek was a pilot in the 2nd Observation Squadron, Far East Air Force, based in Nichols Field, when the war started. He describes flying reconnaissance missions in the early days of the war, and the difficulties encountered; he was in Bataan during…

Personal memoir of a professional US Army officer (a West Point graduate) who was an artillery officer on Corregidor. He begins his story with the surrender, and early days in Camp O’Donnell and Cabanatuan. He and several other prisoners from…

The author of this book was a US Navy Pharmacist’s Mate assigned to Cañacao Naval Hospital in Cavite and slated to return to the US on December 8, 1941.

The outbreak of war cancelled his orders, and instead he stayed on in the Philippines,…

This book tells the story of Estel Myers, a US Navy corpsman who arrived in the Philippines just before the start of the war. He was assigned to the naval hospital in Cañacao, Cavite, and hard-pressed to tend to the large numbers of wounded from the…