Corregidor

by Eric Morris

Based on interviews with forty American and Filipino survivors who-battling hunger, dysentery, malaria, and rapidly encroaching Japanes-were the untested but brilliant defenders of General MacArthur and Wainwright's tiny island fortress.

561 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 5, 2000

Reviews

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

The author interviews many survivors of the battles for the Philippines and weaves a chronological account from the run up to the Japanese attack on American interests in the Pacific through the liberation of the survivors. The manner of reporting allows the reader to easily understand this unfortunate and under reported part of American military history. The plethora of mistakes and errors of an unprepared and untrained military are included along with the acts of bravery, heroism, courage, incompetence and despair. A very good book, the only criticism is it could have had better maps.