Corregidor G. I.
Leek, Jerome B.
Corregidor G. I. by Staff Sergeant Jerome B. Leek - Culver City, CA : Highland Press, 1948. - 335 p. : ill., 22 x 14 cm.
Personal account by an American soldier with the 60th Coast Artillery Regiment (Anti-Aircraft) on Corregidor.
Detailed account of life before the war in Corregidor and other camps he visited (almost one third of the book); of his experiences during the siege, the surrender, and prison camp life in Cabanatuan – which is where he was rescued by the “surpriseâ€Â US Ranger raid in January 1945. He was one of seventy-two men who joined the 60th Coast Artillery in June 1941; he was the only one of this group to survive the war.
Appends a list of prisoners of war who were liberated with him in Cabanatuan, members of his regiment, and participants in the raid on Cabanatuan. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
English
(hardbound)
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
Corregidor Island (Philippines)--History.
D 767.4 L44 1948
Corregidor G. I. by Staff Sergeant Jerome B. Leek - Culver City, CA : Highland Press, 1948. - 335 p. : ill., 22 x 14 cm.
Personal account by an American soldier with the 60th Coast Artillery Regiment (Anti-Aircraft) on Corregidor.
Detailed account of life before the war in Corregidor and other camps he visited (almost one third of the book); of his experiences during the siege, the surrender, and prison camp life in Cabanatuan – which is where he was rescued by the “surpriseâ€Â US Ranger raid in January 1945. He was one of seventy-two men who joined the 60th Coast Artillery in June 1941; he was the only one of this group to survive the war.
Appends a list of prisoners of war who were liberated with him in Cabanatuan, members of his regiment, and participants in the raid on Cabanatuan. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
English
(hardbound)
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
Corregidor Island (Philippines)--History.
D 767.4 L44 1948