TY  - BOOK
AU  - Guevara, Nick J.
TI  - West Point, Bataan and beyond : : Santiago Guevara and the war in the Philippines 
SN  - 9781365280542
AV  - DS 686.4 G84 2016
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Silver Spring, MD : 
PB  - Garfield Street Publishing
KW  - Guevara, Santiago
KW  - Filipino soldiers
KW  - Biography
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Prisoners and prisons
KW  - Philippines
N1  - With bibliography and index; Lolo and Nona -- Empire and the Philippine islands -- Benevolent paternalism -- Honors, West Point and infantry -- The pearl of the orient -- The Philippine scouts and racial politics -- Marriage and family -- Baguio and the Philippine Military Academy -- "A treacherous people" -- Flight from Baguio -- First combat action to first regular division -- The battle in Bataan -- Abandoned, sick, and starving -- The death march -- "Andersonville of the Pacific" -- "Tchaikovsky to my ears" -- Camp visits and guava details -- Care packages and Cochero news -- Parole, the Resistance and the Makapili -- Life under occupation -- The Manila massacre -- War crimes tribunal -- A choice and a new home -- Further adventures -- Oldest graduate, oldest scout -- Martyrs, heroes, survivors -- Afterword by Carmen Guevarra Neuberger -- Appreciation -- Appendix A: Filipino West Point Cadets 1914-1941 -- Appendix B: POW letters -- Appendix C: Documents -- Selected bibliography -- Biographical index
N2  - A remarkable life! As a poor teenager in the Philippines, Santiago Guevara won a coveted appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. This ordinary man, thrust into extraordinary circumstances, would later walk and fight alongside generals and presidents. West Point, Bataan and Beyond is a narrative of World War II in the Philippines, seen from the unique perspective of a peacetime Filipino-born U.S. Army officer. One December morning in 1941, life as he knew it changed forever. It is a story of success and fulfillment, of defeat and despair, of hope and ultimate survival. - from the back cover
ER  -