The fall of the Philippines : the desperate struggle against the Japanese invasion, 1941-1942 / Donald J. Young.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, Donald J., 1930- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bataan, Battle of, Philippines, 1942.

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines.

World War, 1939-1945.

Military campaigns.

Philippines.

Physical Description:

vi, 214 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]

Summary:

"World War II began for the United States with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941, followed by the invasion of the Philippines Islands the next day. Drawing on diaries and personal accounts, this book chronicles forgotten actions in the fall of the Philippines through the recollections of American servicemen"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

"Never even got in the air"

The Philippines, December 10, 1941: "Where are our fighters?"

Moon under Lingayen

When America needed heroes: Wheless and Wagner

The USS Canopus

A scary Christmas but a happy new year: the Philippines, December 1941

The last and the first: Bataan, January 18, 1942

The First Battle for Bataan: January 18, 1942

"Think what we could have done with sixty!"

Biggest day for the Bataan Air Force: March 3, 1942

Japanese blitzkrieg: April 3, 1942

The deliberate bombing of Bataan Hospital No. 1

The fighting general of Bataan

Honorable but not easy: the surrender of Bataan

"P-40 something"; the last of the Tomahawks

Corregidor fights back: May 6, 1942

"You will, repeat, will surrender".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786498208

078649820X

OCLC:

895338356