Triumph in the Philippines, 1941-1945; The Saga of Bataan and Corregidor

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The content of this book (not to be confused with the official US Army history by Robert Ross Smith) was written and compiled in 1946 by the Combat History Division, G-1 Section, United States Army Forces Western Pacific based in Manila, but not formally published (except for the section on Corregidor). It covers the entire war and Japanese occupation of the Philippines in four sections: Bataan: Into Darkness; Corregidor: Of Eternal Memory; Enemy Occupation: Guerrillas; and The Return: Total Victory. Using primary official and personal materials, which the Combat History Division compiled, the four volumes were written in popular style by members of the history division, - namely Lt. Col. Le Roy V. Greene and Capt. Justus C. Bateman - who were professional journalists before the war. This work provides a quick capsule history of the war and guerrilla resistance movement as it was known at that time by the Americans. The editor added his own comments in a supplement, entitled “A Reassessment of the History of the Second World War in Bataan from the Viewpoint of a Filipino.” Contents Book One, Bataan: Into Darkness I - Pre-War Military History II - The Japanese Plan III - Pearl Harbor and Clark Field IV - The Attack V - The Withdrawal Begins VI - The Calumpit Bridge VII - Into Bataan VIII - Reorganization IX - The First Battle of Bataan X - The Pilar-Bagac Road XI - Points and Pockets XII - All Worn Out XIII - The Second Battle of Bataan XIV - The Last Hours XV - Surrender XVI - The Fall of Bataan XVII - The Mariveles Massacre XVIII - The Death March XIX - The Islands to the South Book Two, Corregidor: Of Eternal Memory I - Early History II - Fortifications and the Plan III - The Japs Attack IV - The Defense V - The Siege VI - The Last Stand VII - The Surrender VIII - Into the Unknown IX - Captivity X - Corregidor Regained XI - The Return XII - Corregidor: 1945 Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Book Three, Enemy Occupation: Guerrillas I - A Great National Movement is Born II - The Enemy Takes Over III - Prisoners of War and Internees IV - Guerrillas in Northern Luzon V - Guerrilla Forces in Central and Southern Luzon VI - Guerrilla Activity in the Visayas VII - Mindanao Book Four, The Return: Total Victory I - "I Shall Return" II - The First Blow: Leyte III - Luzon IV - Freeing the Visayan Passages V - Reconquest of the Sulu Sea VI - Operations in the Southern Visayas VII - Mindanao: The Last Campaign VIII - The Surrender IX - Into Independence Supplement - A Reassessment of the History of the Second World War in Bataan From the Viewpoint of a Filipino Index About the Author