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1220 days : the story of U.S. Marine Edmond Babler and his experiences in Japanese prisoner of war camps during World War II / [edited] by Robert C. Daniels
This book is actually the personal memoir of Edmond Babler, which Daniels edited and annotated.
Babler joined the US Marine Corps during the years of the Great Depression in the US, and was sent to China to join the 4th Marine Regiment. The 4th…
Babler joined the US Marine Corps during the years of the Great Depression in the US, and was sent to China to join the 4th Marine Regiment. The 4th…
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…
And somebody gives a damn! : a prison camp Quan / assembled by the following P.O.W.s and cooked up by Capt. Paul Ashton
Subtitle on the title page reads: “A prison camp Quan assembled by the following P.O.W.s and cooked by Capt. Paul Ashton, M.C. with fond memories. To describe a war and its consequences, so that, the curiosity of those born since can know what it is…
Barbed-wire surgeon / by Alfred A. Weinstein, M.D.
Personal account by a medical doctor (Harvard trained and who joined the US Army in 1940) in the Fort McKinley hospital at the start of the war.
He details his experiences in the hospital in Little Baguio, Bataan; surrender on April 9; the…
He details his experiences in the hospital in Little Baguio, Bataan; surrender on April 9; the…
Bataan : a survivor's story / by Gene Boyt with David L. Burch ; foreword by Gregory J.W. Urwin
Personal account of a young American ROTC officer, fresh from college, who is called to active duty and sent to the Philippines in 1941. Sent to Clark field as an engineering officer, he was there when it was bombed by the Japanese on December 8,…
Bataan : only the beginning : true story of an American soldier imprisoned by the Imperial Japanese Army / by Earl R. Oatman
Personal account by an enlisted fighter pilot of the 34th Pursuit Squadron, who arrived in the Philippines on November 22, 1941. The squadron was assigned to Del Carmen field in Pampanga, and was equipped with old P-35 fighters. All the fighters were…
Bataan death march : a soldier's story / by James Bollich ; foreword by Jesse Knowles
Personal account by an American college student who enlisted in reaction to the German expansion in Europe. He joined the US Army Air Corps, was assigned to the 27th Bomb Group and sent to the Philippines two weeks before the start of the war. The…
Bataan diary / by [Paul] Ashton
Not a diary but a personal account of the defense of the Philippines and prisoner of war experience by a medical doctor in the army.
Ashton starts with describing pre-war Manila, printing his letters to his wife before the war, and then…
Ashton starts with describing pre-war Manila, printing his letters to his wife before the war, and then…
Caged dragons : an American P.O.W. in WWII Japan / Robert E. Haney ; foreword by Senator John S. McCain, III
Haney joined the US Marines in 1938, in search of a different life; he was underage and lied about his age to get in. He was sent to China and became part of the “China Marines” – the 4th Marine Regiment. This regiment was sent to the Philippines on…
Captured honor : POW survival in the Philippines and Japan / Bob Wodnik
Written by a journalist, this book tells the story of several Americans (who lived in the American Northwest) who fought in the Philippines in 1942 and became prisoners of war.
Wodnik goes beyond telling the stories of fighting in the Philippines…
Wodnik goes beyond telling the stories of fighting in the Philippines…