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Terry : the inspiring story of a little girl’s survival as a POW during WWII / Terry Wadsworth Warne.
Personal account of an American girl (seven years old when the war broke out), who was with her parents in Del Monte, Mindanao at the outbreak of the war (the author’s father worked with California Packing Co., exporting pineapples).
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Amid th' encircling gloom : Corregidor and survival / Al McGrew, with Paul Whitman
Detailed personal account of an American enlisted man who served as a machine gunner (Battery H, 60th Coast Artillery Regiment) near Battery Ramsay in Corregidor during the siege. Details his joining the army, assignment to Corregidor in April 1941,…
Honor courage faith : a Corregidor story / Stephen A. Kwiecinski.
Several stories in one: the first-person account of the author’s father, Staff Sgt Walter Finch, who was a member of the 59th Coast Artillery Regiment in Battery Way on Corregidor (which fired the last shot in the siege); the author reconstructs his…
More than meets the eye / Carl Mydans
Autobiography of the legendary "Life" magazine photographer. Mydans, with his wife, was on assignment to the Philippines in late 1941, covering defense preparations. They were caught by the war in Manila and interned at Santo Tomas; they were…
Rainbow over the Philippines / by James M. Hamilton.
Short personal account covering the author’s experiences with the 200th Coast Artillery (Anti-Aircraft) Regiment, assignment to the 515th Coast Artillery (Anti-Aircraft) Regiment in the defense of Clark Field, Manila and Bataan; the Death March and…
Guests of the son of heaven / by Robet C. Gaskill, in collaboration with Herbert R. Suess
Personal account of a US Army medical officer in the defense of the Philippines and through prison camp life.
Gaskill was a surgeon in Fort Stotsenburg at the outbreak of war, and saw the Japanese attack on Clark Field. He was moved to Bamban and…
Gaskill was a surgeon in Fort Stotsenburg at the outbreak of war, and saw the Japanese attack on Clark Field. He was moved to Bamban and…
I was on Corregidor : experiences of an American official's wife in the war-torn Philippines / by Amea Willoughby
Amea Willoughby was the wife of Woodbury Willoughby, Executive Assistant to Francis B. Sayre, newly appointed American High Commissioner to the Commonwealth of the Philippines. Arriving in November 1939, she lived an idyllic life until World War II…
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…
The battling bastards of Bataan / Mel Sheya
Personal account of a “China Marine” – a marine with the 4th Marine Regiment, which was transferred from China to Subic just before the war started. During the Japanese onslaught, the regiment – and Sheya – were placed on beach defense in Corregidor…
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…