Bibliograph

Angels of the underground, the American women who resisted the Japanese in the Philippines in World War II, Theresa Kaminski

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Angels of the underground, the American women who resisted the Japanese in the Philippines in World War II, Theresa Kaminski

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-480) and index

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collective biography

Illustrations

illustrationsplatesmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Angels of the underground

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

907657550

Responsibility statement

Theresa Kaminski

Sub title

the American women who resisted the Japanese in the Philippines in World War II

Summary

When the Japanese began their brutal occupation of the Philippines in January 1942, 76,000 ill and starving Filipino and American troops tried to hold out on Bataan and Corregidor. That spring, most of the men were thrown into Japanese POW camps while dozens of others slipped away to organize guerrilla forces. Kaminski tells the story of four American women who were part of this little-known resistance movement: Gladys Savary, Claire Phillips, Yay Panlilio, and Peggy Utinsky. The nature of their clandestine work meant that the truth behind their dangerous activities had to be obscured as long as the Japanese occupied the Philippines

Table Of Contents

The colonial Philippines -- The four women -- Manila on the edge -- The Japanese attack -- The Japanese occupation of Manila -- Bataan -- After the surrenders : or "Is the war over?" -- "Miss U" is born -- Cabanatuan -- Guerrillas in the midst of the occupation -- The Manila underground -- Betrayal -- The unraveling : or "The fat is in the fire" -- The war returns -- Bloodletting and liberation -- Freedom -- Resolution

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