Personal account of a US Navy officer assigned to the Asiatic Fleet before the war. He describes China and Manila (and Cavite) before the war, his assignment to the destroyer Pope, and operations of the Asiatic Fleet in the defense of the Dutch East…
Volume XIII of the series History of United States Naval Operations in World War II [Note: two other volumes have Philippine material: Vol. III, "Rising Sun in the Pacific," which covers the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Philippines, including…