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Post by The Phantom on Aug 5, 2011 4:19:54 GMT 8
" Bunker's War" "The World War II Diary of Col. Paul D. Bunker"
For day to day descriptions of events during the 1941--1942 siege of Corregidor--- penned by an officer while on Corregidor, and in charge of the Harbor Artillery on all islands in Manila Bay.
It's pretty hard to find a lot of these books in Half Price Book Store any more, (used book stores I don't find). They told me the World War II era was no longer TOPICAL! The manager got an earful from me....................
Not an advertisement, but I have gotten most of my books from an internet book site called---alibris.com. Various prices for books in various conditions, hardcover, written in, etc. (There are other internet book sites................)
The prices are reasonable, some books on your list for $1.99, but the books prices have recently been escalating of late. The shipping charge is where they get you.
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Post by wwalker on Aug 5, 2011 9:23:27 GMT 8
Thanks for the birthday wishes guys, and thanks phantom for the tip. I've been looking for Bunkers War on eBay, but haven't found a copy yet. One will turn up soon I hope.
Regards,
Will
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Post by The Phantom on Aug 6, 2011 0:54:36 GMT 8
wwalker and anyone looking for a copy of "Bunker's War", I just checked alibris.com and they have several at various prices.
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Post by wwalker on Aug 6, 2011 23:50:32 GMT 8
I just bought a copy of "Bunkers War" off of alibris.com. Thanks for the tip.
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Post by xray on Oct 30, 2011 10:30:58 GMT 8
Philippine War diary, 1939-1945, Stephen Michael Mellnik One of my favorite books, have read it at least 5 times. Very good 1st hand account of the months before the war, during and after. He started pre war on Corregidor, was transferred to Luzon to start the laborious process of setting up artillery defenses at likely landing spots all over. When war broke out he was transferred back to the Rock, where he was in the thick of the subsequent action, right up to the surrender. The author was the leader of the group that later became famous for escaping from captivity in Davao, which included Ed Dyess, who went on to become the most famous of the group. Mellnik was an artillery officer, midway up the chain, with regular contact with Sutherland and others at the upper end of the chain of command, thus offering some very unique insights. I'm sure most of you guys have long ago read it, but didn't see it mentioned here. Am in the middle of Bunkers book right now, pretty good. Mellnik on the right, after regaining Allied lines after a torturous sub ride to Australia [he was wracked with malaria, sub had no quinine and he had given his to guerrillas as he entered the sub]
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Post by fortman on Oct 30, 2011 13:50:56 GMT 8
xray,
Apart from Alibris you can also try Abebooks on the Net. Another book that you should try and get is The Fall of the Philippines, by Louis Morton. I think it is still in print. This is part of the official history of the US Army in WW2.
Fortman
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Post by xray on Oct 31, 2011 10:11:48 GMT 8
Another good one is called "Escape from Corregidor". Don't have the guys name handy, but he and a buddy swam to Bataan after 2 or 3 days of captivity on Corregidor. Made it, and had quite some adventures after that, as you might imagine. He ended up getting caught, but convinced his captors that he was a civilian, he took the identity of the son of some miner he knew. Was shipped to Shanghai or something, and he eventually was part of some exchange, and got out in time to take part in the war - Sent him to Europe though, the brass didn't want him anywhere near the PTO after learning of his ruse.
His mother wrote part of the forward, and a general, I forgot who, wrote the rest of the forward. In the forward, the mother explains that he ended up MIA in Korea some years later, and she couldn't believe it was happening again. Unfortunately, he never returned, and is still MIA.
edit: Got a burst of energy and did some googling. For the sake of accuracy: Book is by Edgar J. Whitcomb, and apparently he was elected governor of Indiana in the 1960s' ... So it must have been his friend that swam with him to Bataan that went MIA in Korea. Seems he is still alive.
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Post by chadhill on Nov 13, 2011 13:43:04 GMT 8
For accounts of the 4th Marines on Corregidor:
"The Battle for Corregidor", Daniel Howell
"Alamo of the Pacific", Otis King. Not to be confused with the Eric Morris book.
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Post by wwalker on Jan 7, 2012 12:20:18 GMT 8
Thanks for the input on the books. I thought I would pass along some more titles of some books that I've recently found:
"Captured on Corregidor" by John M. Wright (Lt. in 91st Coast Artillery (PS) on Corregidor)
"Life as an American Prisoner of War of the Japanese" by Charles Balaza (Battery D "Cheney" 59th Coast Artillery)
"Fighting for MacArthur" by John Gordon (book details the Marines and Navy on Corregidor and the fortified islands)
"Escape from Davao" by John Lukacs (details the escape of 10 US military men and 2 Filipinos from Davao Penal Colony, very good read)
"First Into Nagasaki" by George Weller (This book was written by a journalist that was the first American reporter to arrive into Nagasaki after the Atomic bomb was dropped. The interesting part of this book is that he also details the release of Allied prisoners of the Japanese at various camps in Japan. Very interesting read, and one of the only accounts I've seen of an American reporter actually being "on the ground" when these POW's were being liberated in Japan.)
Will
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Post by JohnEakin on Jan 7, 2012 22:52:35 GMT 8
You probably already know this, but I'll pass it along just in case. I watch the used books on Amazon.com. I just did a search on Corregidor and got over 2,000 hits. Many of the books are only a couple of bucks even with S&H - how can you go wrong.
One I've been watching for is Ghost of Bataan Speaks by Abie Abraham, but I haven't found for less than $75. He has a later one which is still in print, but the first one is supposed to detail the graves registration process after the war.
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