Escape from Bataan - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Escape from Bataan write by Ross E. Hofmann. This book was released on 2016-07-25. Escape from Bataan available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. U.S. Navy Supply Corps Ensign Ross Hofmann had no idea what was in store for him when he arrived at Cavite Naval Base in October 1941. Two months later, Japanese forces struck the Philippines, destroying the base and forcing U.S. personnel to retreat to Bataan. There, Hofmann joined a makeshift unit of Army Aircorps ground personnel, U.S. Marines, U.S. sailors, U.S. Naval ground battalions and Filipinos to fight a Japanese force that landed nearby. In March 1942, with the fall of Bataan imminent, he traveled to Cebu to run supplies through the blockade of Bataan and Corregidor. Soon after his arrival, the Japanese landed on Cebu, forcing the Americans to retreat again. Hiking through jungles and crossing dangerous waters in barely seaworthy vessels, Hofmann avoided capture and reached an American base in Mindanao. He received orders to establish a seaplane base on Lake Lanao. As Japanese troops landed nearby, two seaplanes returning from Corregidor stopped to refuel, one of them hitting a submerged rock on take-off. In a harrowing race against the enemy advance, Hofmann and others worked feverishly to fix the plane and escape before the Japanese converged on Lake Lanao. This memoir recounts Hofmann's experiences in vivid detail. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Escape from Corregidor
Escape from Corregidor - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Escape from Corregidor write by Edgar D. Whitcomb. This book was released on 2018-12-03. Escape from Corregidor available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Escape from Corregidor is the harrowing account of Edgar Whitcomb, a B-17 navigator who arrives in World War II Philippines just before its invasion by the Japanese. Whitcomb evades the enemy on Bataan by fleeing to Corregidor Island in a small boat. He is captured but later manages to escape at night in an hours-long swim to safety. Captured once again weeks later, Whitcomb is imprisoned, tortured and starved, before being transferred to China and eventual freedom.
The War Journal of Major Damon "Rocky" Gause
The War Journal of Major Damon "Rocky" Gause - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The War Journal of Major Damon "Rocky" Gause write by . This book was released on 2003. The War Journal of Major Damon "Rocky" Gause available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The War Journal of Major Damon "Rocky" Gause
The War Journal of Major Damon "Rocky" Gause - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The War Journal of Major Damon "Rocky" Gause write by . This book was released on 1999-11-10. The War Journal of Major Damon "Rocky" Gause available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The War Journal of Major Damon "Rocky" Gause is one man's chronicle of his incredible 159-day escape from the infamous Bataan Death March and harrowing voyage across the enemy-held Pacific in a leaky, wooden boat during World War II."--BOOK JACKET. "Immediately following his return to safety, Major Gause wrote his memoir using his notes from the battered ship's log and the handmade diary he kept throughout the journey."--BOOK JACKET. "The War Journal of Major Damon "Rocky" Gause is accompanied by photographs taken during the voyage and an Introduction and Epilogue by Rocky's son, Damon L. Gause. This document pays tribute to the bravery of those who fought and died beside him."--BOOK JACKET.
Undefeated
Undefeated - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Undefeated write by Bill Sloan. This book was released on 2013-06-18. Undefeated available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This epic story recounts the exceptional valor and endurance of American troops that battled Japanese forces in the Philippines during World War II. Bill Sloan, “a master of the combat narrative” (Dallas Morning News), tells the story of the outnumbered American soldiers and airmen who stood against invading Japanese forces in the Philippines at the beginning of World War II, and continued to resist through three harrowing years as POWs. For four months they fought toe to toe against overwhelming enemy numbers—and forced the Japanese to pay a heavy cost in blood. After the surrender came the infamous Bataan Death March, where up to eighteen thousand American and Filipino prisoners died as they marched sixty-five miles under the most hellish conditions imaginable. Interwoven throughout this gripping narrative are the harrowing personal experiences of dozens of American soldiers, airmen, and Marines, based on exclusive interviews with more than thirty survivors. Undefeated chronicles one of the great sagas of World War II—and celebrates a resounding triumph of the human spirit.
