American guerrilla the forgotten heroics of Russell W. Volckmann : the man who escaped from Bataan, raised a Filipino army against the Japanese, and became the true "father" of Army Special Forces
Escaping to the jungle of north Luzon after General MacArthur pulled out of Bataan, Captain Russell Volckmann refused to surrender. Over the next three years, he raised a 22,000 strong, Filipino army and led a guerrilla war against the Japanese killing over 50,000 enemy soldiers. Had it not been for...
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Guardia, Mike
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| Resource Type: | Book
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| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Casemate Publishers
2010.
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