TY  - BOOK
TI  - To inspire and to lead : : the letters of Gen. Vicente Lim, 1938-1942. / 
SN  - (softbound)
PY  - 1980///
CY  - Manila : 
PB  - [s.n.]
KW  - Lim, Vincente,
KW  - Generals
KW  - Philippines
KW  - Correspondence
N2  - Gen. Lim was the first Filipino to graduate from the US Military Academy at West Point, and rose to become deputy chief of staff of the Philippine Army during the Commonwealth years just before World War II. When USAFFE was mobilized, Lim became the commander of the 41st Division, perhaps the army’s best unit. He led his division in Bataan, but had to surrender when ordered. He survived the death march, was released in mid-1942, but organized a resistance unit. Eventually he was caught by the Japanese and executed.

This book published his letters to his sons (then studying in the US), detailing his views on Philippine defense and the Philippine Army, errors being made by MacArthur and other issues prior to the war. The last letter was written to his wife while Lim was in Bataan.

An informative introduction by Edilberto C. de Jesus provides a good summary biography of the general; an appendix is the officers’ roster of the 41st Division. Other appendices are letters attesting to Lim’s heroism in Bataan, his loss during the war, the Lim family tree and others. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
ER  -