The Return To Corregidor
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The Return To Corregidor
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Author : Harold Templeman
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2018-12-02
The Return To Corregidor written by Harold Templeman and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-02 with History categories.
In the present volume, which was first published in 1945, Harold Templeman, an American Red Cross Field Director who was assigned to the 503rd Paratroopers on their victory march from Australia to the Philippines, has compiled a thrilling story on the recapture of that Rock ribbed Fortress, “Corregidor.” “On Corregidor his work was particularly outstanding. He landed with the first Paratroopers on the “Top Side”—recovered his bundles under enemy fire, and by noon of the opening day had hot coffee for those who could visit his “Comfort Station.” Throughout this operation, Mr. Templeman rendered continuous service to the troops of the force with special attention to the patients in the emergency hospitals established there. In so doing he did much to increase the comfort of the men, which served as a tremendous morale factor.”—Col. George M. Jones, Commanding Officer
The Return To Corregidor
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Author : Harold Templeman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
The Return To Corregidor written by Harold Templeman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Corregidor Island (Philippines) categories.
Retaking The Philippines
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Author : William B. Breuer
language : en
Publisher: St Martins Press
Release Date : 1986-01-01
Retaking The Philippines written by William B. Breuer and has been published by St Martins Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-01-01 with History categories.
Breuer examines and recreates the time and events of MacArthur's recapture of Manila, Corregidor, and Bataan
Corregidor
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Author : John Grehan
language : en
Publisher: Frontline Books
Release Date : 2021-04-28
Corregidor written by John Grehan and has been published by Frontline Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-28 with History categories.
Singapore and Hong Kong had fallen to the forces of Imperial Japan, Thailand and Burma had been invaded and islands across the Pacific captured. But one place, one tiny island fortress garrisoned by a few thousand hungry and exhausted men, refused to be beaten. That island fortress was Corregidor which guarded the entrance to Manila Bay and controlled all sea-borne access to Manila Harbor. At a time when every news bulletin was one of Japanese success, Corregidor shone as the only beacon of hope in the darkness of defeat. The Japanese 14th Army of Lieutenant General Masaharu Homma, threw everything it had at Corregidor, officially named Fort Mills. But deep within the island’s rocky heart, a tunnel had been excavated into Malinta Hill and there the US troops, marine, naval and army, endured the terrible onslaught. At their head was General Douglas MacArthur who became a national hero with his resolute determination never to surrender, until ordered to evacuate to Australia to avoid such a senior officer being captured by the enemy. Bur with his departure, the rest of the garrison knew that there was no possibility of relief. They would have to fight on until the bitter end, whatever form that might take. That end came in May 1942. The defenders were reduced to virtually starvation rations with many of them wounded. Consequently, when, on 5 May the Japanese mounted a powerful amphibious assault, the weakened garrison could defy the enemy no longer. Corregidor, the ‘Gibraltar of the East’, finally fell to the invaders. Those invaders were to become the invaded when MacArthur returned in January 1945. For three weeks, US aircraft, warships and artillery hammered the Japanese positions on Corregidor. Then, on 16 February, the Americans landed on the island. It took MacArthur’s men ten days to hunt down the last of the Japanese, after many had chosen to commit suicide rather than surrender, but Corregidor was at last back in Allied hands. In this unique collection of images, the full story Corregidor’s part in the Second World War is dramatically revealed. The ships, the aircraft, the guns, the fortifications and the men themselves, are shown here, portraying the harsh, almost unendurable, realities of war.
American Defenses Of Corregidor And Manila Bay 1898 1945
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Author : Mark Berhow
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2012-09-20
American Defenses Of Corregidor And Manila Bay 1898 1945 written by Mark Berhow and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-20 with History categories.
The Philippines were declared an American Territory on January 4, 1899, and fortification construction soon began on the islands in the mouth of Manila Bay. Among the sites built were Fort Mills (Corregidor), Fort Frank, and the formidable "concrete battleship" of Fort Drum. The defenses suffered constant Japanese bombardment during World War II, leading to the surrender of American forces. In 1945 the forts were manned by Japanese soldiers determined to hold out to the bitter end. This title details the fortifications of this key strategic location, and considers both their effectiveness and historical importance.
Retaking The Philippines
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Author : William B. Breuer
language : en
Publisher: Saint Martin's Paperbacks
Release Date : 1986
Retaking The Philippines written by William B. Breuer and has been published by Saint Martin's Paperbacks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
A volume on the liberation of the Philippines that concentrates on events from July 1944 through March 1945.
Rock Force
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Author : Kevin Maurer
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2020-12-01
Rock Force written by Kevin Maurer and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-01 with History categories.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of No Easy Day comes a thrilling World War II story of the American airborne soldiers who captured a Japanese-held island fortress “Rock Force is a beautifully told story of war: the friendships, the courage and despair, and the terror... One of the most exciting books ever written about the Pacific War.”—Mitch Weiss, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Countdown 1945 In late December 1941, General Douglas MacArthur, caught off guard by the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, is forced to retreat to Corregidor, a jagged, rocky island fortress at the mouth of Manila Bay. Months later, under orders from the president, the general is whisked away in the dark of night, leaving his troops to their fate. It is a bitter pill for a fiercely proud warrior who has always protected his men. He famously declares "I shall return," but the humiliation of Corregidor haunts him, even earning him the derisive nickname "Dugout Doug." In early 1945, MacArthur returns to the Philippines, his eyes firmly fixed on Corregidor. To take back the island, he calls on the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, a highly trained veteran airborne unit. Their mission is to jump onto the island—hemmed in by sheer cliffs, pockmarked by bomb craters, bristling with deadly spiky broken tree trunks—and wrest it from some 6,700 Japanese defenders who await, fully armed and ready to fight to the death. Drawn from firsthand accounts and personal interviews with the battle's surviving veterans, acclaimed war correspondent and bestselling author Kevin Maurer delves into this extraordinary tale, uncovering astonishing accounts of bravery and heroism during an epic, yet largely forgotten, clash of the Pacific War. Here is an intimate story of uncommon soldiers showing uncommon courage and winning, through blood and sacrifice, the redemption of General MacArthur.
Securing Paradise
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Author : Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2013-07-11
Securing Paradise written by Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-11 with History categories.
In Securing Paradise, Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez shows how tourism and militarism have functioned together in Hawai`i and the Philippines, jointly empowering the United States to assert its geostrategic and economic interests in the Pacific. She does so by interpreting fiction, closely examining colonial and military construction projects, and delving into present-day tourist practices, spaces, and narratives. For instance, in both Hawai`i and the Philippines, U.S. military modes of mobility, control, and surveillance enable scenic tourist byways. Past and present U.S. military posts, such as the Clark and Subic Bases and the Pearl Harbor complex, have been reincarnated as destinations for tourists interested in World War II. The history of the U.S. military is foundational to tourist itineraries and imaginations in such sites. At the same time, U.S. military dominance is reinforced by the logics and practices of mobility and consumption underlying modern tourism. Working in tandem, militarism and tourism produce gendered structures of feeling and formations of knowledge. These become routinized into everyday life in Hawai`i and the Philippines, inculcating U.S. imperialism in the Pacific.
United States Army In World War Ii The War In The Pacific
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1947
United States Army In World War Ii The War In The Pacific written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1947 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
Triumph In The Philippines
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Author : Robert Ross Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963
Triumph In The Philippines written by Robert Ross Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
The reconquest of the Philippine archipelago (exclusive of Leyte), with detailed accounts of Sixth Army and Eighth Army operations on Luzon, as well as of the Eighth Army's reoccupation of the southern Philippines.