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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…

Gen. Brougher was assigned to the Philippines in 1939; in 1941 he was made commander of the Philippine Army’s 11th Division. The division was in action from the time Japanese forces landed on Luzon.

This book is not about the battle fought: it is…

Small book assembling prose vignettes and short poems, by an American resident of Manila before, during and after the war.

Topics cover personal sketches, reminiscences, humor, and observations on everyday things. Part V (pp. 77-106) covers the…

A collection of poems written while a prisoner of war, this book captures the emotions and feelings of Americans who found themselves captives of the Japanese. “If you lock a man up, he will eventually write something,” the author states.

These…

A different account of the war in the Philippines and subsequent imprisonment by the Japanese, in two ways: first, Worthington was a veterinarian and thus saw the Bataan campaign from that unusual perspective. He was involved in caring for the…