American Guerrilla in the Philippines
by Wolfert, Ira
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About This Item
New York: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1946. Presumed First U. K. Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. 184 pages. Frontis map. DJ has some wear, soiling, tears and chips. Ira Wolfert (November 1, 1908 - November 24, 1997) was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent and writer. In 1930, he graduated from the Columbia University School of Journalism with a bachelor's degree. In 1941, he was aboard the Surcouf when it helped to liberate Saint Pierre and Miquelon. His series of articles about the November 1942 Naval Battle of Guadalcanal won him the Pulitzer Prize for Telegraphic Reporting. In 1944, Wolfert co-wrote One man Air Force with Captain Don Gentile, a leading fighter ace. The book is an autobiography of Gentile and details his exploits as a fighter pilot flying P-51 Mustangs with the Eighth Air Force. He wrote non-fiction, including the 1943 bestselling eyewitness account Battle for the Solomons and the 1945 American Guerrilla in the Philippines, which recounts the exploits of Navy officer Iliff David Richardson and was made into a 1950 film, starring Tyrone Power. The riveting story of Iliff David Richardson, a young man from Los Angeles, who enlisted in the Navy and went out to the Philippines about a year before the start of World War II, as an officer on the U.S.S. Bittern, a mine sweeper. He then transferred to the famous "expendable" motor torpedo boat Squadron 3, commanded by John D. Bulkeley, and fought these boats until they were shot out from under him. When Corregidor fell and the last torpedo boat was sunk, Richardson declined to include himself out of the war. This book is the story of what happened to him afterwards, when he involved himself in the guerrilla movement on Leyte, worked up to chief of staff to Col. Ruperto Kangleon, and ultimately became primarily responsible for the radio network which was General MacArthur's light back to Leyte.
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- Title
- American Guerrilla in the Philippines
- Author
- Wolfert, Ira
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Presumed First U. K. Edition, First printing
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz Ltd
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- Guerrillas, Philippines, WWII, Pacific Theater, Iliff David Richardson, U.S.S. Bittern, Mine Sweeper, Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3, John Bulkeley, Ruperto Kangleon, Leyte
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