Escape From Corregidor

This is a story of one man's effort for survival - an incredible, fascinating account' - Kirkus ReviewsEscape from Corregidor, is the harrowing account of Edgar Whitcomb, first published in 1958, a B-17 navigator who arrives in World War II Philippines just before its capture by the invading Japanese.

After weeks of struggle in a snake-infested jungle, he sailed by moonlight down the heavily patrolled coast, once again, only to fall, into the clutches of the enemy. In retirement whitcomb still sought adventure, with a six-year, around-the-world sailing trip. Facing captors, Ed Whitcomb took a desperate chance for freedom.

Whitcomb manages to evade the enemy on Bataan by travelling to Corregidor Island in a small boat. He assumed the identity of a civilian and lived another man’s life for almost two years. However, his efforts to escape eventually fail and he is captured but later manages to escape at night in an hours-long swim to safety.

During the philippines campaign, whitcomb's base was overrun; he was captured by the Japanese and was beaten and tortured by his captors, but was able to escape. He served two tours of duty in the Philippines and was promoted to Second Lieutenant. Escape from corregidor, his memoir of war-time experiences, was first published in 1958.

Neither hunger, nor beatings, nor the long gray hopelessness of prison life could shake Ed Whitcomb’s determination to escape the enemy and return home to Indiana.

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Agent High Pockets

Third, she is a guerrilla officer; determined and able leader and organizer of the Manila underground. Second, she is “high-pockets, ” the outstanding and resourceful spy operating in Jap-held Manila for over 2 years. To me claire phillips is four people:First she is a fellow soldier’s widow. Phillips and became engaged to marry him.

Her book was the basis of a hollywood feature film, I Was an American Spy, released in 1951 and starring Anne Dvorak as Phillips. The japanese officers who frequented it had little knowledge that they were paying for the contraband that Claire and her friends were smuggling to POW camps and their loud, drunken conversations were being quickly relayed to American guerillas in the surrounding jungles.

She could not evade japanese authorities forever, however, and in May 1944 she was arrested. She died of meningitis in 1960 While at the notorious Bilibid Prison she endured numerous forms of torture but refused to give any information away. This remarkable account should be essential reading for anyone interested in the war in the Pacific and how civilians who had been caught up in the conflict fought to survive and support their country.

Claire was later given the Medal of Freedom for her activities through the course of the war. Last, and spiritually strong godmother of ragged, she is ‘Comadre, ’ the intensely patriotic, desperate men. Major john peyton boone agent high pockets is the remarkable story of a fascinating woman who under the pressures of war found any resourceful means to aid her friends against their common enemy, the Japanese, through the tumultuous years of World War Two.




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Rendezvous By Submarine: The Story Of Charles Parsons And The Guerrilla-Soldiers In The Philippines

His book rendezvous by submarine: the story Of Charles Parsons And The Guerrilla-Soldiers In The Philippines was first published in 1945. He passed away in 1969. Charles parsons — who organized guerrilla forces in a number of islands. 1942. Manila had fallen and MacArthur had retreated with the famous words, “I shall return.

Many thousands of american and filipino prisoners of war were forced to march in atrocious conditions from Bataan to various prison camps with huge numbers dying along the way. Yet the imperial Japanese Army was not able to subdue all of its enemies. A motley group of american and filipino soldiers escaped into the depths of Mindanao and began to form a new force that would fight with coordinated guerrilla tactics against the occupying forces.

Charles “chick” parsons, who previously had been in charge of the naval docks of Manila, led his men to cause terror among the Japanese as they stuck time and again in hit-and-run raids. Endlessly spying on the japanese forces they became the eyes and ears for MacArthur’s forces who were preparing to retake the Philippines.

Parsons became instrumental in organization of the guerrilla movement as they moved ammunition, evacuated American and Allied personnel and civilians, installed coast watchers and radio stations, medicine and arms from under the noses of the Japanese, and undertaking secret submarine missions to the Philippines.

Travis ingram drew much of the material for this book directly from Parsons who frequently interjects through the book with his own opinion of certain situations. This is the remarkable story of the man that macarthur described as “the bravest man I ever met” and deserves to be read by all who wish to find out more about individual acts of heroism that took place in the most trying of circumstances.




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South From Corregidor

Quail. Quail was in the philippines sweeping mines to provide access for American shipping to South Harbor, Corregidor. Damaged by enemy bombs and guns during the Japanese invasion of the island John Morrill and his fellow men decided to make the decision to scuttle their ship rather than allow it to be captured.

This led them to begin one of the most daring escapes of the Second World War. Lieutenant commander john morrill and sixteen fellow sailors took a thirty-six-foot diesel boat nearly two thousand miles through Japanese controlled waters. They moved mostly at night, with a homemade sextant, but even despite these difficulties they eventually made their way to Darwin, with little fresh water and food, some salvaged charts, Australia.

Nonfiction account of his breathtaking escape in 1942 from the Japanese at Corregidor, the beleaguered U. S. Fortress commanding Manila Bay in the Philippines. The washington post“the enthralling story of how a handful of Navy men escaped from falling Corregidor southward to Australia in a leaky 36-foot landing boat.

Foreign affairs“a matter of fact, modest and inherently dramatic account of an isolated incident in the pacific war” Kirkus ReviewsJohn Morrill was a Lieutenant Commander in the U. S. Pete martin passed away in 1980 and John Morrill passed away in 1997.


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Our Jungle Road to Tokyo

He lived the rest of his life in Asheville, North Carolina, and passed away in 1961. Frederiksen in american military Leaders stated that Eichelberger was “The Pacific theater’s most successful exponent of amphibious warfare. Our jungle road to tokyo is not merely an account of military operations as Eichelberger also comments on Australian-American relations through the Pacific campaign, Mrs.

Roberts, Foreign AffairsRobert L. He retired at the end of this stint in 1948. Eichelberger stated that though the buna campaign was the first Allied Ground Force victory in the Pacific “it was bought at a substantial price in death, despair, disease, wounds, and human suffering. For the next three years, mindanao, fought bloody campaigns at Biak, Leyte, Eichelberger and the men that he led, and elsewhere as they attempted to defeat the Japanese.

Eichelberger and the eighth Army conducted fifty-two separate D-days between the Battle of Leyte and the Japanese surrender. After the end of the war he remained in Japan as part of the occupying army for three years. Our jungle road to Tokyo was published in 1950 Roosevelt’s visit to the troops, how they survived the inhospitable jungles of the pacific islands, the daily life of his men, and the realities of the military occupation of Japan.

A vital record on an important phase of the Pacific story. Kirkus reviews“the wartime commander of the Eighth Army gives a straightforward and modest account of the campaigns of the Army ground forces from the Buna operation to the Philippines and victory.


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Miss U: Angel of the Underground

With the end of the war, she returned to the United States, and was awarded the Medal of Freedom in 1946. After american forces regained the Philippines, Utinsky was attached to the U. S. In addition to her work as a nurse caring for wounded soldiers, Utinsky was instrumental in setting up an underground network to smuggle food, medicine, and money to Allied prisoners-of-war held at Camps O'Donnell and Cabanatuan many of whom were survivors of the infamous Bataan Death March.

Her code-name in the network was "Miss U. However, she was eventually captured by the Japanese and subjected to 32 days of imprisonment and torture at Fort Santiago in Manila. Army's counter intelligence Corps to help identify collaborators and those involved in the torture of prisoners. Following her release, she left manila and returned to the Bataan Peninsula, and after six weeks in a hospital for treatment of her injuries, again serving as a nurse to guerrilla fighters.

She was recognized in 1946 with the Medal of Freedom for her actions. Margaret elizabeth doolin utinsky august 26, 1900 – august 30, 1970 was an American nurse who worked with the Filipino resistance movement to provide medicine, food, and other items to aid Allied prisoners of war in the Philippines during World War II.

Miss u, first published in 1948, is the autobiographical account of Margaret Utinsky's experiences in the Philippines during the Second World War.


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The Story of Wake Island

S. S. After the ferocious fifteen-day battle of Wake Island Devereux was interned for nearly four years in Japanese prison camps. The courageous conduct of the officers and men who defended Wake Island will not be forgotten so long as gallantry and heroism are respected and honored. Citation of the president“excellent” the new york timesOn 8th December 1941, just hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, thirty-six Japanese bombers attacked Wake Island and destroyed eight of its twelve aircraft.

Two more raid shortly followed, further reducing the defensive possibilities for the men who were left to defend this small area of American soil in the center of the Pacific Ocean. Major James P. Deveraux’s remarkable book the Story of Wake Island takes the reader to the heart of the action from the point of view of the commanding officer.

It is a brilliant account of this tragic event that demonstrated the fighting spirit of the American soldier even in the face of unbeatable odds. His special vantage point enriches his commentary not only on the ill-fated military operation but also on the state and spirit of the prewar preparations to defend the island.

John J. The first japanese landing attempt on the morning of 11th December was repelled by a ferocious defense put forward by Devereux and his men. Yet although the japanese had withdrawn without landing, they continued to bombard the island by air and sea, and there was little hope of resupply for the Americans.

For fifteen days the american troops suffered endless bombardments until the second major Japanese offensive was launched on 23rd December.


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Shots Fired in Anger: A Rifleman's Eye View of the Activities on the Island of Guadalcanal

Military implemented as well as in depth descriptions of all the weapons that they used along with those of their enemies. Johnny george is a fine officer and an able Infantryman. Ferry, commanding Officer of 132nd Infantry Regiment. John B. George’s wonderful account of his early overseas experiences as a rifleman in the Guadalcanal campaign presents the viewpoint not of a brass hat, but instead of doughboy who saw the conflict from the ground.

He begins with the story of his early years in the 132nd infantry of the Illinois National Guard, training on the ranges in various ranges across America, before he and his regiment were inducted into the United States Army just months before the terrible events at Pearl Harbor. George and his regiment landed on Guadalcanal just one day after the invasion had begun and were thrown quickly into the action to secure the beachhead and defend Lunga Point.

Being a crack shot george records the many hours that he spent hidden in the bush sniping at his enemies if any opportunities arose. What makes this memoir different from others is the fact that George not only uncovers the conflicts that he witnesses and took part in but he also gives extensive information about the tactics that the U.

S. After this he went to princeton and later joined the State Department’s Foreign Affairs Institute as a consultant, lecturer, and writer on African affairs. Army from 1941 to 1947 in the pacific and China-Burma-India theaters and held the rank of lieutenant colonel. His book shots fired in anger was first published in 1947 and he passed away in 2009.




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Attack Transport: The Story Of The U.S.S. Doyen

Doyen from may 1944 through to the end of the war, Leyte Gulf, and was involved in the landings at Saipan, Guam, Luzon and Iwo Jima. Between assaults, on long and dreary voyages they carry out to distant bases replacement and service troops and freight, and carry back to home ports our casualties and essential war materials.

His book attack transport: the story of The USS Doyen was first published in 1946 and he passed away in 2005. They are the unsung, battle-scarred work horses of the Navy. Richmond K. Attack transports formed the backbone of the Amphibious Forces in World War Two. It was these ships that carried the bulk of the troops and equipment to the bloody assault beaches of the overseas landings.

The japanese military had swept across Pacific Ocean conquering and fortifying hundreds of small islands that the Allied forces would have to conquer one by one in order to defeat their enemy. Despite being unarmored and having little fire power, attack transports continued to make a monumental impact in the fate of the war.

Turner, Admiral, U. S. Marsden served on the U. S. S.


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Saipan: The Beginning of the End

S. His book saipan: the beginning of the End was first published in 1950 and he passed away in 2016. During world war two he earned the silver Star and two Purple Heart Medals while participating in operations on Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan and Tinian. Marine Corps. Saipan was the last barrier that the prevented the Allied forces from launching their entire military might against the Japanese homeland.

Victory at saipan was the key which opened the door to the soft underbelly of the Japanese Empire. Yet, because the japanese were aware of this vulnerability, they were willing to throw everything they had against the ever-encroaching American forces and fight to the death to defend this island. Fifteen battleships began their bombardment of Japanese positions on 13 June 1944, they would fire over 165, 000 shells onto the island.

Then at 0700 on 15 june 8000 marines travelled in 300 LVTs to land on the west coast of Saipan to begin their assault. The japanese high command realized that without resupply the island would be impossible to hold, but they and their soldiers were to fight until the last man. To make things as difficult as possible for the U.

Hoffman was a major General in the United States Marines Corps. He served in world war Two, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. S.


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Helmets and Lipstick: An Army Nurse in World War Two

Our need for many more of these girls is urgent, and this book is intended to tell a bit about the trials and tribulations, the fun and the thrills, to be experienced as a member of the Corps. Helmets and lipstick is the first-hand account of Second Lieutenant Ruth Haskell, chronicling her time spent as a combat nurse with U.

S. She provides touching accounts of the lighter side of life in wartime, recalling the card games, dances and even Christmas celebrations that took place. Troops in north Africa during Operation Torch. Who had not yet joined the war effort. From deployment to the journey to North Africa via Scotland and London, Lt.

Troops came under heavy fire throughout operation Torch and Haskell’s group learned to nurse in these nearly impossible conditions, receiving tough training and expected to rise to the same high standards as the soldiers in combat. Army and went through the same trials and tribulations of war as the male soldiers.

Haskell tells her story with a dry wit and humor, perfectly portraying the comradery between the nurses and the Allied soldiers fighting in North Africa at the time. Helmets and lipstick also served as a call-to-action for the nurses in the U. S. But these nurses were members of the U.


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