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Honor courage faith : a Corregidor story /

Statement of responsibility: Stephen A. Kwiecinski.
by Kwiecinski, Stephen A.
Type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Manila : Anvil Pub., c2012Description: xvii, 180 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9789712726293 (softbound).Subject(s): Kwiecinski, Walter Finch, 1914-1988 | Prisoners of war -- Philippines -- Biography | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American | World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese | Corregidor | hell ship Canadian Inventor | memorials and memorial tours | personal account – American | Philippine defense campaign | POW experiences | reconstructing a father’s story
Contents:
Introduction to Part one -- Historic overview -- Chapter 1: The journey begins -- Chapter 2: Manila -- Chapter 3: Corregidor -- Chapter 4: Bataan -- Chapter 5: Prison camps -- Chapter 6: Hellships -- Chapter 7: Life in Japan -- Chapter 8: The war ends -- Chapter 9: Back to Manila -- Chapter 10: Going home -- Chapter 11: Hell and heaven on Earth -- Chapter 12: The heroes of battery way -- Part two: Tours, 2003-2007 -- Introduction to Part two -- Chapter 13: If MacArthur only had ears, or videoke terrorism -- Chapter 14: 2006 Hellships memorial tour -- Chapter 15: Chuck Towne -- Chapter 16: 2007 Ghost soldiers of Bataan tour -- Part three: Searching the heart of a man -- Introduction to Part three -- Chapter 17: Dad's sisters remember -- Chapter 18: Dad growing up -- Chapter 19: Friends and relatives remember dad -- Chapter 20: My memories of Dad -- Chapter 21: ADBC Convention, May 2006 -- Chapter 22: Dad's purple heart -- Chapter 23: The tiny treasure trove -- Postcript - Father's Day 2007 -- Appendices -- Appendix 1: Survivors on the 60th anniversary tour (2002) -- Appendix 2: Letters -- Appendix 3: Hellship Canadian inventor -- Appendix 4: "Close calls and lucky breaks" -- Appendix 5: Timetable of walter Kwiecinski -- Appendix 6: Plaque honoring Dad at battery way -- Appendix 7: Fate brings truth to white lie told to dying mother.
Language/Translation Info: EnglishSummary: Several stories in one: the first-person account of the author’s father, Staff Sgt Walter Finch, who was a member of the 59th Coast Artillery Regiment in Battery Way on Corregidor (which fired the last shot in the siege); the author reconstructs his father’s story through interviews with his father, trips to Corregidor and interviews with veterans of Corregidor (including two from his father’s battery) and POW survivors. In so doing he also talks about the veterans themselves, memorial trips and eventually settling down in Corregidor as a full-time resident. The highlight of Sgt Finch’s career was in firing the last mortar against the Japanese, and for this he is commemorated in Corregidor. The book deals at length with the POW experiences under the Japanese, including the hell ship Canadian Inventor. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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Introduction to Part one -- Historic overview -- Chapter 1: The journey begins -- Chapter 2: Manila -- Chapter 3: Corregidor -- Chapter 4: Bataan -- Chapter 5: Prison camps -- Chapter 6: Hellships -- Chapter 7: Life in Japan -- Chapter 8: The war ends -- Chapter 9: Back to Manila -- Chapter 10: Going home -- Chapter 11: Hell and heaven on Earth -- Chapter 12: The heroes of battery way -- Part two: Tours, 2003-2007 -- Introduction to Part two -- Chapter 13: If MacArthur only had ears, or videoke terrorism -- Chapter 14: 2006 Hellships memorial tour -- Chapter 15: Chuck Towne -- Chapter 16: 2007 Ghost soldiers of Bataan tour -- Part three: Searching the heart of a man -- Introduction to Part three -- Chapter 17: Dad's sisters remember -- Chapter 18: Dad growing up -- Chapter 19: Friends and relatives remember dad -- Chapter 20: My memories of Dad -- Chapter 21: ADBC Convention, May 2006 -- Chapter 22: Dad's purple heart -- Chapter 23: The tiny treasure trove -- Postcript - Father's Day 2007 -- Appendices -- Appendix 1: Survivors on the 60th anniversary tour (2002) -- Appendix 2: Letters -- Appendix 3: Hellship Canadian inventor -- Appendix 4: "Close calls and lucky breaks" -- Appendix 5: Timetable of walter Kwiecinski -- Appendix 6: Plaque honoring Dad at battery way -- Appendix 7: Fate brings truth to white lie told to dying mother.

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