Behind Japanese Lines

An American Guerrilla in the Philippines

Ray C. Hunt, Bernard Norling

• Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN:
  9780813116044
• eBook ISBN:
  9780813146027
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Military Biographies
• Index: History

This WWII combat memoir offers a rare firsthand account of the Allied guerilla forces fighting the Japanese occupation of the Philippines.
In the Spring of 1942, US and Philippine forces lost the Battle of Bataan, leaving control of the Bataan Peninsula and the island of Corregidor to the Japanese. After the devastating loss, the Allied forces stationed across the Philippine Archipelago were supposed to surrender. Yet many of them refused, escaping into the mountains and jungles to form guerilla units. In Behind Japanese Lines one of those brave soldiers, Ray Hunt, recounts his experiences as part of the Allied resistance against the Japanese occupation.
After escaping the Bataan Death March, Ray organized a troop of guerillas who went on to make noteworthy contributions to the Filipino-American reconquest of the Philippines. Ray's story sheds important light on US-Filipino relations during World War II, as well as the realities of fighting both the Imperial Japanese Army and the Hukbalahap communist guerillas.
"Stands out for the vividness of its detail, its effort to sort fact from legend, and its tribute to the heroism of the resistance movement, which was almost entirely Filipino." — Choice

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• 1 The War Begins
• 2 The Struggle for Bataan
• 3 The Bataan Death March
• 4 In and Out of the Fassoth Camps
• 5 Daily Life with Filipinos
• 6 Early Guerrillas of Luzon
• 7 Hukbalahaps and Constabulary
• 8 Guerrilla Life
• 9 The Plight of the Filipinos
• 10 I Get My Own Command
• 11 The Americans Return
• 12 Back into Action
• 13 Reflections on the War
• Notes
• Selected Bibliography
• Index