00000cam a22000004i 4500 UP-99796217611289589 Buklod 20230504003249.0 m go j ta 101029s2010 pauabfh rb |001 0|eng c 9781935149224 (hardback) 1935149229 (hardback) (iLib)UPD-00217905377 DLC DML rda eng DMLUC D 802 P5 G83 2010 Guardia, Mike author. 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 Mike Guardia. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Casemate Publishers 2010. 226 pages, [15] pages of plates illustrations, maps, facsimiles. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Introduction -- The road to Luzon -- Rising sun -- The great escape -- Northward bound -- The new guerrilla -- The waiting game -- Master and commander -- Lifelines -- Combat operations -- After the fire, 1946-1948 -- A new kind of fighting -- Special Forces -- Epilogue : understanding Volckmann's legacy. 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 Volckmann, the Americans would have gone in "blind" during their counter-invasion. Volckmann is established as the progenitor of modern counter-insurgency doctrine and is the "true" father of Army Special Forces, a title that history has erroneously awarded to Colonel Aaron Bank of the ETO. In 1950 Volckmann wrote two Army field manuals: "Operations Against Guerrilla Forces and Organization" and "Conduct of Guerrilla Warfare", though few today realize he was their author. Taking his argument directly to the Army Chief of Staff, he outlined the concept for Army Special Forces - ultimately securing the establishment of the Army's first Green Beret unit, the 10th Special Forces Group. Volckmann, Russell W. World War, 1939-1945 Underground movements Philippines. Guerrilla warfare Philippines. Prisoners of war Philippines Biography. Prisoners of war United States Biography. Americans Philippines Biography. Book FI UPD DMLF D 802 P5 G83 2010 Book