Browse Items (4 total)
Sort by:
Memoirs and diaries of Felipe Buencamino III, 1941-1944.
Reconstructed diary (the original was burned when Bataan surrendered) of a promising young Filipino who was an Ateneo law student. Called to active duty with the USAFFE, Philip (as he was known to his friends) became aide de camp to Gen. Simon de…
Only a matter of days : the World War II prison camp diary of Fay Cook Bailey / edited by Caroline Bailey Pratt
Fay Cook Bailey was a staff member of the National City Bank of New York in Manila when the war broke out. He was also treasurer of the American Red Cross in the Philippines.
When the Japanese occupied Manila, he and his family were interned in…
When the Japanese occupied Manila, he and his family were interned in…
The Brereton diaries : the war in the air in the Pacific, Middle East and Europe, 3 October 1941 - 8 May 1945 / by Lewis H. Brereton
Lt. Gen. Brereton was the commander of the Far East Air Force in the Philippines in 1941, a major part of the US Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE). He arrived to command the newly created air command, which was rapidly expanding in the months…
Bunker's war : the World War II diary of Col. Paul D. Bunker / Paul D. Bunker ; edited by Col. Keith A. Barlow, U.S. Army
Col. Bunker was a West Point graduate (MacArthur’s classmate) and, in December 1941, commander of seaward defenses of Corregidor and its satellite harbor forts.
The diary begins on January 3, 1942, and covers the siege of Corregidor in detail.…
The diary begins on January 3, 1942, and covers the siege of Corregidor in detail.…