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Courage on Bataan and Beyond

Author : Abel Ortega
Publisher : POWBook
ISBN 13 : 9781420863840
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (638 download)

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Download or read book Courage on Bataan and Beyond written by Abel Ortega and published by POWBook. This book was released on 2005 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Panzer Leader and the Red Menace recounts combat operations in an M1A1 Main Battle Tank in West Germany and Operation Desert Storm. Centered in Germany, Panzer Leader and the Red Menace walks the reader through military operations from the inside; engaging a battalion of enemy tanks, sweating like a runaway slave in full chemical gear, field operations with the NATO and the new German Army, or waking up in an alcoholic haze to discover that you've been recalled to active duty for Operation Desert Storm. Not only will it take you through the entire military experience, it will also give you glimpses into a Europe that only the American service member can truly experience; whether it is drunken stumbling through Amsterdam's Red Light District on the Queen's Birthday or trashing the beach in Yugoslavia before that country disintegrated into civil war. You'll be in the tank, pulling triggers with soldiers that are mentally and morally bankrupt, as well as weathering the largest active duty recall since the Viet Nam War. Desert Storm was not quite what CNN advertised, and you'll see it here firsthand. In the tradition of MASH or Catch-22, Panzer Leader is an experience.

Beyond Courage

Author : Dorothy Cave
Publisher : Sunstone Press
ISBN 13 : 0865345597
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (653 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Courage written by Dorothy Cave and published by Sunstone Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bataan, the last bastion stemming the Japanese tidal wave across the Pacific, was about to fall. Only one unit, ROld Two Hon'erd," a small band of New Mexico National Guardsmen, remained intact. In her award-winning history, Dorothy Cave follows the members of this small unit who played a key role in this pivotal moment in history.

From Bataan to Freedom

Author : Judy Reed
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476692416
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book From Bataan to Freedom written by Judy Reed and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2024-02-16 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Errett Lujan served during World War II with the U.S. Army 200th/515th Coast Artillery (Anti-aircraft) Regiment in the Philippines, the largest regiment on the islands when the Japanese invaded just hours after Pearl Harbor. The regiment was credited as both the first and the last to fire on the enemy before surrendering. Lujan survived the invasion, the Bataan Death March and more than three years in POW camps. After the war, he said little to his family about his harrowing experiences. Written by his daughter, this lovingly researched narrative pieces together the story of his service and his imprisonment, drawing on Lujan's diaries and letters, and original interviews with 200th/515th survivors and former POWs.

Beyond Courage (Newly REV)

Author : Dorothy Cave
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781632932754
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Courage (Newly REV) written by Dorothy Cave and published by . This book was released on 2006-11 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bataan, the last bastion stemming the Japanese tidal wave across the Pacific, was about to fall. In the midst of crashing bombs and depleted stores, the vastly outnumbered lines broke and commands disintegrated. Only one unit, 'Old Two Hon'erd," a small band of New Mexico National Guardsmen, remained intact. With only rifles, a few rounds of ammunition, and an unshakable esprit de corps, they prepared to die but not surrender. In her award-winning history, Dorothy Cave follows the members of a small unit who played a key role in this pivotal moment in history. They were the first unit to fire when the Japanese struck. They guarded the bridges of the strategic retreat as all others crossed into Bataan to make the now-famous stand. They were the last to lay down arms, and did so only when ordered by the high command. Then followed the Death March, starvation, and brutality of Japanese POW camps and Hell Ships. Laughing at their captors, they sabotaged the Japanese war machine at every chance. They were still fighting in Uncle Sam's army and only half returned. Amid human depravity, described in graphic detail, they kept their faith, honor, and a profound love of their country. Theirs is a legacy of courage and something beyond. Dorothy Cave's literary credits include two Southwest Writers' Awards, the Simon Scanlon Award, and the International Literary Award. She has served as historical consultant for two film documentaries on the Battle of Bataan and the ensuing POW experience, and appears in both films as commentator. This book, now, classic, is widely regarded as "the definitive volume" on the subject. Cave's other books, all from Sunstone Press, include "Four Trails to Valor," "Mountains of the Blue Stone," "Song on a Blue Guitar," and "God's Warrior: Father Albert Braun, O.F.M., Last of the Frontier Priests."

Surviving Bataan and Beyond

Author : Irvin Alexander
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811732482
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (324 download)

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Download or read book Surviving Bataan and Beyond written by Irvin Alexander and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colonel Irvin Alexander was one of the few captured at Bataan to survive the nightmarish experience of imprisonment in Japanese prison camps. His account is a harrowing description of one of the most notorious incidents in World War Two. Originally published: 1999.

Girocho

Author : John Henry Poncio
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807165190
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Girocho written by John Henry Poncio and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2003-05-01 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After surviving the brutal Bataan Death March in spring 1942, Louisiana native John Henry Poncio spent the remainder of World War II as a Japanese prisoner, first at Camp Cabanatuan in the Philippines and later at Hirohata in Japan. In those three and a half years, U.S. Army Air Corps sergeant Poncio suffered severe beatings, starvation, disease, and emotional and psychological abuse at the hands of his captors. However, his resiliency, sense of humor, and cunning helped him to persist and to recover from the traumatic events without rancor toward the Japanese. In Girocho, he relates his experiences as a POW with touching honesty, vividly describing the harsh conditions he and his comrades endured as well as the sometimes-funny clashes with Japanese culture. Girocho was a samurai who stole from the rich and gave to the poor, a Japanese Robin Hood. Early on, Poncio was given this name in jest by one of the prison guards, and it suited him perfectly. During his internment, he took part in a vast smuggling operation that brought food, money, mail, and other supplies into the POW camps; he reported enemy troop movements to Filipino guerrillas and participated in acts of sabotage. He and the other prisoners worked together incessantly to subvert the Japanese war effort even under the threat of death, going so far as to bury expensive calibration equipment in wet cement and build irregular gears for planes. To frustrate their captors and to stay alive, the American POWs developed the technique “going Asiatic” — maintaining a blank expression during interrogations and beatings and escaping mentally for a time. Although he and his fellow captives were treated with cruelty by many, Poncio recalls the camaraderie of the prisoners and encounters with humane guards and kind civilians, proving his remarkable gift for finding the positive in the most dire of situations. Girocho is an inspiring memoir, transcribed verbatim by Poncio’s wife, Inez, from nine hours of cassettes Poncio recorded some years after the war. Marlin Young verified her uncle’s stories, placed them in chronological order, and set them within the greater context of the war, creating a compelling tale of one soldier’s courage, honor, and resolve to overcome life as a prisoner of war. Their book is a fitting tribute to the POWs in the Pacific, who fought in their unique way for the U.S. war effort, their friends, and their very lives.

Inside the Bataan Death March

Author : Kevin C. Murphy
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786496819
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Inside the Bataan Death March written by Kevin C. Murphy and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-10-27 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For two weeks during the spring of 1942, the Bataan Death March--one of the most widely condemned atrocities of World War II--unfolded. The prevailing interpretation of this event is simple: American prisoners of war suffered cruel treatment at the hands of their Japanese captors while Filipinos, sympathetic to the Americans, looked on. Most survivors of the march wrote about their experiences decades after the war and a number of factors distorted their accounts. The crucial aspect of memory is central to this study--how it is constructed, by whom and for what purpose. This book questions the prevailing interpretation, reconsiders the actions of all three groups in their cultural contexts and suggests a far greater complexity. Among the conclusions is that violence on the march was largely the result of a clash of cultures--undisciplined, individualistic Americans encountered Japanese who valued order and form, while Filipinos were active, even ambitious, participants in the drama.

Beyond Courage

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780971694538
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (945 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Courage written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bataan and Beyond

Author : John S. Coleman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780890964910
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (649 download)

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Download or read book Bataan and Beyond written by John S. Coleman and published by . This book was released on 1991-08-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John S. Coleman, an air force officer assigned to the Philippines, was among those who fought on Bataan and lived to tell about it. Based on a shorthand diary he kept at great risk throughout his imprisonment, this terse account details the combat on Bataan, the horrors of the march, and the desperate conditions that were his lot as a POW during the next three and a half years. The courage and ingenuity of those surviving when survival seemed impossible comes through vividly in this unembellished narrative. Book jacket.

Profiles in Survival

Author : John C. Shively
Publisher : Indiana Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0871952947
Total Pages : 641 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (719 download)

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Download or read book Profiles in Survival written by John C. Shively and published by Indiana Historical Society. This book was released on 2011 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories of seven men and one woman from Indiana who survived the horrors of captivity under the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II are captured in vivid detail. These Hoosiers were ordered to surrender following the fall of Bataan and Corregidor in 1942. It was the largest surrender of American armed forces in U.S. history and the beginning of three years of hell starting with the infamous Bataan Death March, facing brutal conditions in POW camps in the Philippines, and horrific journeys to Japan for some onboard what came to be known as “hellships.” Former Indiana governor Edgar D. Whitcomb, one of those featured in the book, notes that the American prisoners had to endure “unimaginable misery and brutality at the hands of sadistic Japanese guards,” as they were routinely beaten and many were executed for the most minor offenses, or for mere sport. In addition to Whitcomb, those profiled include Irvin Alexander, Harry Brown, William Clark, James Duckworth, Eleanor Garen, Melvin McCoy, and Hugh Sims.

Give Us This Day [Illustrated Edition]

Author : Sidney Stewart
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786251531
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (862 download)

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Download or read book Give Us This Day [Illustrated Edition] written by Sidney Stewart and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes The Prisoners Of War In Japanese Hands During World War Two pack with 130 photos, plans and photos. In Give Us This Day a young Oklahoman, a survivor of Bataan, reveals the terrible truth about a little-known aspect of the Pacific war as he experienced it from the beginning in the Philippines. He was a captive of the Japanese for more than three years; he knew one after another all the torments of confinement in conditions of primitive barbarism. True though his story is, it almost defies belief. With touching simplicity he recounts the stark and shocking details of one of the most shameful features of that war — the treatment of American soldiers who fell into the hands of the Japanese. At first Stewart hated his captors, but in the end hatred gave place to a dawning comprehension that the Japanese were as different from us as the men of Genghis Khan. “It is one of the most harrowing and debilitating chronicles that I have read. . . . He describes the ordeal brilliantly; he harbors no resentments apparently, and he has emerged from an inferno of bestiality with utter serenity.” — Maxwell Geismar, Saturday Review “An impressive and moving book.” — David Dempsey, New York Times “His is no ordinary prisoner-of-war story; better written than most, it contains no tales of swashbuckling defiance. . . . The force of this book is its testimony to the indomitable strength of the human spirit.” — Manchester Guardian “The plain narrative of this story would by itself have been fascinating, but this book is far more than a story, it is a work of art.” — André Siegfried, Academie Francaise “Sidney Stewart’s composed narrative is one of the most noble documents ever penned by a prisoner of war. The companions he writes about remained men to the end, until at last only one man remained; he survived to write this unforgettable, this magnificent story.” — George Slocombe, New York Herald Tribune [Paris]

Backpacker

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Backpacker written by and published by . This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Backpacker brings the outdoors straight to the reader's doorstep, inspiring and enabling them to go more places and enjoy nature more often. The authority on active adventure, Backpacker is the world's first GPS-enabled magazine, and the only magazine whose editors personally test the hiking trails, camping gear, and survival tips they publish. Backpacker's Editors' Choice Awards, an industry honor recognizing design, feature and product innovation, has become the gold standard against which all other outdoor-industry awards are measured.

Death on the Hellships

Author : Gregory F Michno
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1682470253
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (824 download)

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Download or read book Death on the Hellships written by Gregory F Michno and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now available in paperback, Death on the Hellships chronicles the true dimensions of the Allied POW experience at sea. It is a disturbing story; many believe the Bataan Death March even pales by comparison. Survivors describe their ordeal in the Japanese hellships as the absolute worst experience of their captivity. Crammed by the thousands into the holds of the ships, moved from island to island and put to work, they endured all the horrors of the prison camps magnified tenfold. Gregory Michno draws on American, British, Australian, and Dutch POW accounts as well as Japanese convoy histories, declassified radio intelligence reports, and a wealth of archival sources to present a detailed picture of the horror.

Beyond Courage

Author : Teresa Leopando Lucero
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781881116424
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Courage written by Teresa Leopando Lucero and published by . This book was released on 1994-09 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucero paints a vivid picture of Manila after the Japanese attacked in December of 1941, of her nursing experiences--including service at Santo Tomas concentration camp--and of her lonely journey to the United States for study and further education. This is an autobiography of a woman who has seen and faced the ultimate in tragedy--the murder of her husband.

The Times When Men Must Die: The Story of the Destruction of the Philippine Army During the Early Months of World War II in the Pacific, December 1941-May 1942

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Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 143495563X
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book The Times When Men Must Die: The Story of the Destruction of the Philippine Army During the Early Months of World War II in the Pacific, December 1941-May 1942 written by and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

West Point, Bataan, and Beyond

Author : Nick Guevara
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1365280543
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (652 download)

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Download or read book West Point, Bataan, and Beyond written by Nick Guevara and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-09-15 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A remarkable life! As a poor teenager in the Philippines, Santiago Guevara won a coveted appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. This ordinary man, thrust into extraordinary circumstances, would later walk and fight alongside generals and presidents. West Point, Bataan, and Beyond is a narrative of World War II in the Philippines, seen from the unique perspective of a peacetime Filipino-born U.S. Army officer. One December morning in 1941 life as he knew it changed forever. It is a story of success and fulfillment, of defeat and despair, of hope and ultimate survival.

Girocho

Author : John Henry Poncio
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807165182
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Girocho written by John Henry Poncio and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2003-05 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After surviving the brutal Bataan Death March in spring 1942, Louisiana native John Henry Poncio spent the remainder of World War II as a Japanese prisoner, first at Camp Cabanatuan in the Philippines and later at Hirohata in Japan. In those three and a half years, U.S. Army Air Corps sergeant Poncio suffered severe beatings, starvation, disease, and emotional and psychological abuse at the hands of his captors. However, his resiliency, sense of humor, and cunning helped him to persist and to recover from the traumatic events without rancor toward the Japanese. In Girocho, he relates his experiences as a POW with touching honesty, vividly describing the harsh conditions he and his comrades endured as well as the sometimes-funny clashes with Japanese culture. Girocho was a samurai who stole from the rich and gave to the poor, a Japanese Robin Hood. Early on, Poncio was given this name in jest by one of the prison guards, and it suited him perfectly. During his internment, he took part in a vast smuggling operation that brought food, money, mail, and other supplies into the POW camps; he reported enemy troop movements to Filipino guerrillas and participated in acts of sabotage. He and the other prisoners worked together incessantly to subvert the Japanese war effort even under the threat of death, going so far as to bury expensive calibration equipment in wet cement and build irregular gears for planes. To frustrate their captors and to stay alive, the American POWs developed the technique “going Asiatic” — maintaining a blank expression during interrogations and beatings and escaping mentally for a time. Although he and his fellow captives were treated with cruelty by many, Poncio recalls the camaraderie of the prisoners and encounters with humane guards and kind civilians, proving his remarkable gift for finding the positive in the most dire of situations. Girocho is an inspiring memoir, transcribed verbatim by Poncio’s wife, Inez, from nine hours of cassettes Poncio recorded some years after the war. Marlin Young verified her uncle’s stories, placed them in chronological order, and set them within the greater context of the war, creating a compelling tale of one soldier’s courage, honor, and resolve to overcome life as a prisoner of war. Their book is a fitting tribute to the POWs in the Pacific, who fought in their unique way for the U.S. war effort, their friends, and their very lives.