Victory at Bessang Pass /
Victory at Bessang Pass /
[compiled by] Ben Cal, [edited by] Iluminado Varela Jr. [and] Maria Juanita S. Fajardo-Rivera, [designed by] Kahlil Macan
- [Quezon City] : Art Angel Printshop Commercial Quests, Inc., c2012
- xvii, 155 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
War clouds over Philippine skies / Alejandro A. Puguon -- Three lives / Raymundo G. Gadgad -- Guerrillas capture garrison / Belino W. Alumno -- Rude Awakening / Ramon P. Miranda -- The untold story of the U-Boat landing -- Tank Chasers Arnulfo D. Banez -- The brutality of war / Jose F. Tadifa -- Living the past / Simeon M. Valdez -- The POW's confessions : Japanese strategy at Bessang Pass -- Undaunted in battle / Ricardo B. Madayag -- The battles at Mt. Bullagaw and Bitalag junction / Jesus M. Martinez -- Remember Bataan / Gregorio R. Hufana -- The conquest of Bessang Pass / Emilio M. Narcise -- The battle of Kiangan and Yamashita's surrender / Fortunato U. Abat
"Unknown to many, the victory at Bessang Pass was the most dramatic victory scored by Filipino guerrillas against the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II that forced Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, the famed "Tiger of Malaya," to surrender, liberating northern Luzon from the Japanese invaders and eventually ending the war in the Pacific." - From the Foreword by Voltaire T. Gazmin, Secretary, Department of National Defense
In English.
9789719458357
Bessang Pass, Battle of, Philippines, 1945--Personal narratives. Philippine.
Philippines--Bessang Pass
D 767.4 / V53 2012
War clouds over Philippine skies / Alejandro A. Puguon -- Three lives / Raymundo G. Gadgad -- Guerrillas capture garrison / Belino W. Alumno -- Rude Awakening / Ramon P. Miranda -- The untold story of the U-Boat landing -- Tank Chasers Arnulfo D. Banez -- The brutality of war / Jose F. Tadifa -- Living the past / Simeon M. Valdez -- The POW's confessions : Japanese strategy at Bessang Pass -- Undaunted in battle / Ricardo B. Madayag -- The battles at Mt. Bullagaw and Bitalag junction / Jesus M. Martinez -- Remember Bataan / Gregorio R. Hufana -- The conquest of Bessang Pass / Emilio M. Narcise -- The battle of Kiangan and Yamashita's surrender / Fortunato U. Abat
"Unknown to many, the victory at Bessang Pass was the most dramatic victory scored by Filipino guerrillas against the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II that forced Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, the famed "Tiger of Malaya," to surrender, liberating northern Luzon from the Japanese invaders and eventually ending the war in the Pacific." - From the Foreword by Voltaire T. Gazmin, Secretary, Department of National Defense
In English.
9789719458357
Bessang Pass, Battle of, Philippines, 1945--Personal narratives. Philippine.
Philippines--Bessang Pass
D 767.4 / V53 2012