TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harmuth, Robert K.
TI  - Battlin' bastards and pigboats: the POW and submarine interface during WWII
SN  - 738852732 (hardbound)
AV  - D 783 .H27 2000 
PY  - 2000///
CY  - [S.l. : 
PB  - Xlibris Corp.]
KW  - Prisoners of war
KW  - Japan
KW  - United States
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Naval operations
KW  - Submarine
KW  - Naval operations, American
KW  - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
N2  - Researched account of the defense of the Philippines in 1941-1942 and the ordeals of the American prisoners of war, through the Death March, various prison camps, hell ships and forced labor. Gives (somewhat as an afterthought) the role of US submarines in speeding up the US victory and freeing the POWs, although a few unmarked prison ships were inadvertently sunk by submarines.

The author, a retired US Navy officer, chanced upon two veterans of Bataan and was inspired to write this book, concluding that the US did abandon the defenders of the Philippines and that “God was on our side as was uncannily obvious at turning points in the war.” - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
UR  - https://issuu.com/filipinasheritagelibrary/docs/rhc-013614?e=18015266/54199042
ER  -