American guerrilla : my war behind Japanese lines /
Statement of responsibility: Roger Hilsman.by
Hilsman, Roger
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Type: 
BookSeries: Memories of War.Publisher: Washington, D. C. : Potomac Books, 2005, c1990Edition: 1st Memories of War ed.Description: [xviii], 312 p. : ill., maps ; 20 x 13 cm.ISBN: 1574886916 (softbound).Subject(s): Guerrillas -- Burma -- Biography | Guerrillas -- United States -- Biography | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American | World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Burma | Burma -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945Online resources: VIEW PRELIMINARY PAGES General Note(s): The author’s father, a U.S. army officer, arrived in the Philippines in November 1941 and was assigned to the defence of the port of Davao. Pages 33-47 cover his experiences until surrender, including the orders to surrender the troops under his command. - Roderick HallLanguage/Translation Info: EnglishSummary: Personal account by a young American whose father was captured in the Philippines. Wanting to contribute his share in the war and to find his father, Hilsman joined the armed forces and was assigned to the top secret Office of Strategic Services. He is sent to Southeast Asia where he operated behind Japanese lines collecting intelligence and assisting anti-Japanese resistance movements. As the war ended, Hilsman was detailed to a POW rescue mission in Manchuria. One of the POWs his team liberated was his father, thus culminating a three and a half year search across oceans. Hilsman’s memoir devotes one chapter to his father’s experiences in Mindanao (he was a staff officer in the Visayas-Mindanao Force) and as a prisoner of war. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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Filipinas Heritage Library Roderick Hall Coll. | RHC - Personal Narratives | D 802 .B8 H5 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 16237 |
The author’s father, a U.S. army officer, arrived in the Philippines in November 1941 and was assigned to the defence of the port of Davao. Pages 33-47 cover his experiences until surrender, including the orders to surrender the troops under his command. - Roderick Hall
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