"FIGHTING FOR MACARTHUR"
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Fighting for MacArthur The Navy and Marine Corps' Desperate Defense of the Philippines John Gordon Naval Institute Press, October 2011 ISBN-10: 1612510574, ISBN13: 978-1612510576 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.3 inches, 416 pages.
I must admit that
this particular subject is not one that I normally delve into. As a fan of
Matrix Games' "War in the Pacific" computer game, I have bought books on the
Pacific War to check on the research that went into the game. There is a fair
amount of material on the US Army in the Philippines, to include the official
history volume (Fall of the Philippines) and good books such as "Bataan: The
Last Ditch" which borrows heavily from Student Personal Experience Papers
written by career Army officers attending the Infantry Advance Course at Fort
Benning, GA in the late 1940s. Recognizing that my knowledge of the campaign was
largely limited to the US Army's participation (and less so, but to some degree
also the Philippine Army), I bought this book. After reading it, I must say that
it was money well spent. The author clearly put considerable time and effort in
researching and writing this account. It reads well, yet it also contains a
great deal of relevant detail previously unpublished - especially the sections
discussing the 4th Marines. The evacuation of US forces in China, to include the
4th Marines (or most of them) and the gunboats are covered in detail. The author
also sheds some light on the fate of the Marines in North China, many of whom
were imprisoned because they could not be evacuated to the Philippines in time.
Mark J. Reardon |
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