The Sea Was My Last Chance : Memoir of an American Captured on Bataan in 1942 Who Escaped in 1944 and Led the Liberation of Western Mindanao

Wills, Donald H./ Myers, Reyburn W.

McFarland & Co Inc（2011/09発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 187 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786467440
• DDC分類 940.5425

Full Description

D.H. (Herb) Wills fought the Japanese on Bataan, was captured and imprisoned for a year at the infamous Cabanatuan camp, then another year at Davao prison, on Mindanao. Embarking for dreaded imprisonment in Japan in 1944, he dove overboard and swam four miles back to Mindanao where he joined the ragtag guerrillas, electing to stay and fight until the island's liberation rather than leave by submarine. Successful campaigns by the Filipino guerrillas, led by Lt. Wills, at Misamis, Malaband, and Dipolog were instrumental in the liberation of Mindanao.

Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     

Foreword     

List of Maps and Illustrations      xiii

The Philippine Islands     

1. Escape     

2. Surrender and Prison     

3. Cabanatuan Prison Camp     

4. Davao Prison Camp     

5. Contact with Guerrillas     

6. Life with the Guerrillas in the Hills     

7. A Moro Wedding     

8. Hunting Moro Bandits     

9. The Long Hike     

10. Guerrilla Headquarters     

11. Camp X     

12. Attack on Misamis     

13. Reorganizing Guerrilla Headquarters     

14. The Malabang Campaign     

15. The Dipolog Campaign     

16. Home—and Back to the Philippines     

Index