TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lapham, Robert
TI  - Lapham's raiders : : guerrillas in the Philippines, 1942-1945 / 
SN  - 813119499 (hardbound)
AV  - D 802 .P52 L896 1996 
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Lexington, KY : 
PB  - Uuniversity Press of Kentucky
KW  - Lapham, Robert, 
KW  - Guerrillas
KW  - Philippines
KW  - Luzon
KW  - Biography
KW  - United States
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Personal narratives, American
KW  - Underground movements
KW  - Luzon (Philippines)
KW  - History, Military
N2  - Collaborative account of one of the important American guerrilla leaders in Central Luzon.

Lapham was an US Army reserve officer who volunteered for service in the Philippines, arriving in mid 1941. He served as an advisor to a Philippine Army unit, served in Bataan, volunteered to join Maj. Claude Thorp in his mission to get through Japanese lines and begin guerrilla warfare behind Japanese lines – in late January 1942, long before Bataan fell. Bataan surrendered, and Thorp’s group lost its reason for being. Rather than surrendering, Lapham formed an independent guerrilla unit, which eventually grew to become the Luzon Guerrilla Armed Forces. Lapham’s unit ambushed the Japanese, obtained intelligence needed by MacArthur, and fought together with returning American troops. The LGAF figured prominently in the raid to liberate prisoners in Cabanatuan in January 1945.

This memoir was essentially written by historian Norling, based on Lapham’s memories and cross checking with archival and other sources. This is one of the important books on the guerrillas in Luzon. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
UR  - https://issuu.com/filipinasheritagelibrary/docs/rhc-013628?e=18015266/56012758
ER  -