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Abad Santos, José (Philippine chief justice)
Abad Santos, Pedro (Christian Socialist leader)
Ablan, Roque A. (guerrilla organizer)
Adenauer, Konrad (German chancellor)
Agaton, Gregorio (Hunt’s bodyguard)
marries
at battle of San Quintin
Aglaloma Bay
Aglaloma Point
Agno River
Aquinaldo, Emilio (anti-American Filipino leader)
airplane maintenance
airplanes, American: Seversky P-35
Tomahawk P-40
Boeing P-26
B-18 bomber
A-27 attack bomber
P-26
Ballanca
P-38
B-26 bomber
Piper cub
C-54
airplanes, German: Messerschmitt bomber
airplanes, Japanese: Mitsubishi twin-engine bomber (“Betty”)
Zero fighter
“Photo Joe” observation plane
Alamo Scouts: raid Cabanatuan
Alexander of Macedon
Alvides, Fred: fight with Hunt
American troops: flagging morale
high morale
conduct
Anderson, Maj. Bernard L. (guerrilla leader)
destroys U.S. propaganda
gets supplies from submarines
concern for prisoners of war
Aquino, Benigno (leader of Kalibapi)
Arayat, Mount
Arisaka rifle
Arnold, Lt. Robert
sickness and embitterment
Augustin, Marcos (Filipino guerrilla leader)
Baclagon, Uldarico (Filipino historian): on Courtney Whitney
Baguio (Benguet)
bahay (Philippine house)
Baker, Pfc. John (killed on Bataan)
Balekow, José (Hunt’s first bodyguard)
Baler Bay
Balete Pass
Balingao, Alfred (governor of Pangasinan)
Ball, Robert V.: brings transmitter to Baler Bay
Balugas (Philippine tribesmen)
Banzai Ridge
Barella, Louis: visits Hunt in Pampanga
Barnett, Capt. George (Volckmann’s subordinate)
basi (Philippine wine)
Bataan: peninsula
field
campaign
Death March
Battle of the Points
Bautista, Juan (host to Hunt)
Baxter, Pvt. Earl L. (in Thorpe’s party)
Bayambang (Pangasinan)
bazooka
Beck, Leon O. (American guerrilla)
Bernia, Arturo (sugar planter)
Bernia, Vincente (sugar planter)
“Betty” bomber
Bismarck, Otto von (German chancellor)
Blackburn, Maj. Donald (guerrilla leader)
on Fassoth camp
on Moses and Noble
on Robert Arnold
on Igorots and Illocanos
occasional ease of guerrilla life
Blando, Virgilio (one of Hunt’s guerrillas)
bolos
Bolstead, Sgt.: evacuated by submarine
Bonaparte, Napoleon: opposed by guerrillas
promotion of dense subordinate
Boone, Maj. John P. (decorated by MacArthur)
Boyd, James P. (American guerrilla)
Brooks, Sgt. Everett (in Thorpe’s party)
Brooks, William H. (escapee from Bataan)
Brougher, Gen. (commander of Eleventh Philippine Army)
Brown, Lt. Ben (American pilot on Bataan)
Browning automatic rifle (BAR)
Bruce, Sgt. Alfred D. (in Thorpe’s party)
Buena Vista Regiment (among Hunt’s guerrilla units)
Cabanatuan prison camp
raid on
Cabcaben Field
Cagayan Valley
Cahill, Sgt. David (in Thorpe’s group)
Calyer, Col. Peter (commander of Thirty-first Infantry)
camotes (sweet potatoes)
carabao: as draft animals
as food
for riding
for racing
theft of
Cebu Island
Charles XII (king of Sweden)
Chatham, Cpl. Walter D.: escape on Death March
in Fassoth camp
captured by Japanese
tortured
sent to Japan
Chengay, Tomas (Tom) (Hunt’s best officer)
in Cabanatuan raid
joins Col. Cleland
writes commendation of Hunt
death of
Chennault, Gen. Claire (commander of Flying Tigers)
Christian Socialist party
Churchill, Winston
Clark Field
Cleland, Col.
cockfights
collaboration of Filipinos (with Japanese): types and degrees of
historical precedents for
desire to act honorably
credibility of oaths
pro-Japanese Filipinos and organizations
profiteers
the undecided
Japanese “front men”
recriminations about
allegations of
collaborators’ defense
case of Ferdinand Marcos
Communists, Philippine. See also Hukbalahaps
Confesor, Tomas (Filipino politician)
Conner, Henry Clay (guerrilla leader)
on Fassoth camp
shadowy existence
Constabulary. See Philippine Constabulary
Com, Warren (cousin of Hunt)
Corregidor Island
believed “impregnable”
struggle for
fall of
Costas, Col. Antonio (Filipino guerrilla)
Cotton Growers Association
Cruz, Dr. Emgidio (Quezon’s physician)
Cruz de Arceo, Mrs. Victoriano de la (benefactor of Hunt)
Culala, Felipa. See Dayang-Dayang
Cushing, Maj. Charles (guerrilla leader)
surrender to Japanese
Cushing, Maj. James (guerrilla leader)
Cushing, Capt. Walter (guerrilla leader): personality
activities
death
customs. See Philippine customs
Davao prison camp (Mindanao)
Dayang-Dayang (female guerrilla)
dengue fever
Dinalupihan (Bataan)
Dizon, Dolfin L. (village leader)
Dizon, Herminia (“Minang”)
character and personality
dupes Japanese
hated by Huks
as barber
meets Chinang de Leon
contacts Lapham
quarrels with Hunt
promotion
“Dolores” (Filipina spy)
Donaldson, Lt. Jack (pilot on Bataan)
Dosch, Capt. Samuel (officer in Fassoth camp)
Duffy, Maj. John E. (priest): visits Hunt in Pampanga
Duran, Pio (pro-Japanese Filipino)
Dyess, William E. (“Ed”) (commander of Twenty-first Pursuit Squadron): warns of war
during Battle of the Points
gets extra food for pilots
orders pilots out of Bataan
escape and death of
Enriquez, Capt. Manuel P. (Filipino guerrilla leader)
Escobar, Lt. Emilio (Filipino guerrilla)
Estrada, William L. (Filipino historian)
Faretta, Capt. Alvin (decorated by MacArthur)
Fassoth, Mrs. Catalina Dimacal (wife of William Fassoth)
Fassoth, Vernon
Fassoth, William (sugar planter): background
establishes camps
surrender to Japanese
rescued from Cabanatuan
Fassoth camps
location and purpose
conditions in
Japanese raid on
numbers in
Fenton, Harry (guerrilla leader)
Fertig, Col. Wendell (guerrilla leader)
.50 caliber machinegun
Filipinos: bravery, and kindness of
gratitude to America
democratic sentiments of
psychology of
real and alleged demoralization of. See also collaboration of Filipinos
firearms. See weapons
“fishponds” (near Bayambang)
Floyd, Sgt. (in Fassoth camp)
foods, Philippine
.45 revolver
Fowler, Sgt. William (killed by Japanese on Bataan)
Francisco, Gen. Guillermo (commander of Philippine Constabulary)
Franco, Mr. and Mrs. Louis M. (benefactors of Hunt)
French, Jewel (betrayed and killed by bodyguard)
Gador, “Colonel” (Filipino guerrilla)
Galura, Jimmy (Hunt’s supply officer)
gangrene
Garand M-l rifle
Garcia, Antonio (Hunt’s subordinate)
Garrovo, Felix (friend of Hunt)
George, Gen. Harold (officer on Bataan)
Ginnevan, Sgt. Mike: believes Corregidor impregnable
Grashio, Lt. Samuel C. (American pilot on Bataan)
escapes from Japanese
“grease gun”
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
guerrillas: in history
cost to Filipinos
uncertainty about
character and composition of
cruelty of
training of
organization of
routine life of
relations with civilians
area frequented by
numbers of
travel with
tactics of
hardships and danger endured by
trouble with bandits
pressure of life
recreation of
problems of, with spies
legal procedures among
“paper guerrillas”
love of guns by
morale among
unfair treatment of
contribution to victory, by
Gyovai, Frank (American guerrilla)
Hayes, Sgt. Verlon O.: bravery on Bataan
Hendrickson, Capt. Albert C.
on John O’Day
on Enriquez
early life of
adventures early in war
joins Lapham’s guerrillas
girlfriend (see Lee); meeting with Constabulary and aftermath
meeting with Huks
and handling of spies
on Roxas
on Igorots and Illocanos
contacts submarines
sends out Americans
after U.S. landings
estimates of Japanese casualties
narrow escapes
departure for home
strives for recognition of guerrillas
and guerrilla rosters
Henry, Joseph and William (guerrilla brothers)
Hernandez, Antonio and Emilio (guerrilla brothers)
Homma, Masaharu (Japanese general)
Horan, Col. John P.: almost ambushed by Hendrickson
Hukbalahaps (Communist guerrillas)
and Hunt
early history
hostility to other guerrillas
organization
cruelty of
denunciation of collaborators by
treachery of
treatment at end of war
Hunt, Capt. Ray C.: early life
military training
at war’s beginning
in camp in Pampanga
in Battle of the Points
contact with family
on Bataan Death March
escape from Death March
rescue by Filipinos
in Fassoth camps
wanders in mountains
recovery and study
and Huks
leaves Pampanga
and Alvides
plans to raise guerrillas
on war
romance with Chinang
leaves Tarlac province
respect for Lapham
and Hendrickson
promotions
romance with Minang
and Constabulary
guerrilla “uniform”
moves to “fishponds”
deals with bandits
photographed
risks listening to radio
clash with Japanese
returns to Tarlac
handling of tough spy cases
and Philippine Cotton Growers Association
on Roxas
supports Recto
dealings with Marcos
becomes commander of Pangasinan
on Whitney
use of radio transmitter
contacts Roxas
trouble with Volckmann
on Igorots and Illocanos
organizes command
dealings with Utleg
on chances of surviving war
gets supplies from submarines
difficulty restraining followers
and Allied landings
entertained by Bautista
attacks San Quintin
meeting with Lapham
meeting with U.S. troops
thoughts of past
wild rides
trouble with back pay
trouble with medics
souvenirs stolen
on own psychology
recommends Fassoth
on Japanese
stays in Philippines
leaves for home
overall estimate of guerrillas
meets Roxas
decorated by Mac-Arthur
meets Willoughby
Hunters guerrillas
Ickes, Harold (secretary of the Interior)
Igorots (Philippine tribe)
as mountain climbers
as soldiers
superstitions of
courtship among
Illocanos (Philippine people)
Ind, Col. Allison (on MacArthur’s staff)
Isabela province
Itogon mine
Japanese troops: training and psychology of
cruelty of
arms
tactics of
administrative incapacity of
naivete when interrogated
courage and tenacity of
occasional despair of
Jellison, Cpl. (in Thorpe’s group)
Johns, Johnny (prisoner of Japanese)
Jones, Capt. (escapee on Death March)
Joson, Lt. Eduardo (raider of Cabanatuan)
Kalashnikov rifle
Kalibapi (pro-Japanese organization)
Kangleon, Ruperto (Filipino guerrilla leader)
Karlick, Sgt. Jerry (killed on Bataan)
Kempeitai (Japanese military police)
outpost attacked with bazooka
Kerr, Sgt. Benjamin (killed on Bataan)
Kiery, Lt. (to be evacuated by submarine)
drowned
King, Gen. Edward P. (surrendered Bataan)
Korean War
Krueger, Gen. Walter (commander of Sixth Army)
Lage, Capt. Wilbur (evacuated by submarine)
Lang, “Captain” Gordon (guerrilla leader)
languages. See Philippine languages
La Paz (Tarlac)
Lapham, Maj. Robert
on Blackburn and Volckmann
indifference to glory
dealings with Huks
meeting with Marcos (1986)
reorganizes command
contacts submarines
and Hunt
concern for prisoners of war
seeks justice for guerrillas
La Salle College (Manila)
Lasseter, Col. (G-2 of First Corps headquarters)
La Union province
Laurel, José (president of Japanese-sponsored Philippine Republic)
estimates of
ideas and policies of
amnesty of
Lava, Vincente (Filipino communist)
Lawrence, TE. (British guerrilla in World War I)
Leal, Juan (one of Hunt’s guerrillas)
Lee (female guerrilla in Hendrickson’s organization)
Lee, Clark (war correspondent)
Leon, Chinang de (fiancée of Hunt)
Lerner, Lt. Harry (novice auto driver)
Leyte Island
U.S. landings on
Liddell Hart, B.H. (military theorist)
Lim, Gen. Vincente
Lindbergh, Col. Charles A.
Lingayen Gulf
Japanese landings at (1941)
American landings at (1945)
“Little Joe” (Hendrickson’s bodyguard)
Los Baños prison camp: liberation of
Louis, José (friend of Hunt)
Luger 9 mm
Lunde, Capt. O.L. (pilot on Bataan)
Lusod (Benquet)
MacArthur, Gen. Arthur
MacArthur, Gen. Douglas
named Supreme Commander in Far East
declares Manila open city
military plans
receives radio messages from guerrillas
plans for guerrilla operations
admired by Filipinos
talks Quezon out of neutrality
supports Roxas
understands the Japanese
decorates guerrilla leaders
rivalry with President Roosevelt
McCarthy, Sgt. (in Thorpe’s group)
McCoy, Dr. Alfred (American scholar)
McCoy, Sgt. Hugh B. (companion of Hunt)
McGuire, Capt. Ralph (in Thorpe’s group)
MacKenzie (escapee from Fassoth camp)
McKenzie, Capt. Harry (Lapham’s second-in-command)
shot by Huks
McNutt, Paul (American senator)
Maharlika (Marcos’s guerrillas)
Mailheau, Robert (on Death March)
Makapili (pro-Japanese organization)
malaria
Manchester, William (biographer of MacArthur)
on Whitney
Manoag (Pangasinan)
Marcos, Ferdinand (Filipino guerrilla and politician)
youth of
military record of
controversies about
Marion, Francis (American Revolutionary guerrilla)
Mariveles Bay
Marking’s guerrillas
willingness to shelter Roxas. See also Augustine, Marcos
medicine. See Philippine medicine
Membrado, Eusebio (one of Hunt’s guerrillas)
Merrill, Col. (of Thirty-first Infantry)
Messerschmitts (German bombers)
miding (Philippine wine)
Minang. See Dizon, Herminia
Mindanao Island
Mindoro Island
Miranda (Filipino guerrilla)
Monaghan, Forbes J., S.J.: on Japanese character
on Fassoth camp
monkeys: as food
Moore, Sgt. William T. (on Death March)
morale. See American troops
Moros (Philippine people)
Moule, Bill (civilian friend of Hendrickson)
Moses, Lt. Col. Martin
Mucci, Lt. Col. Henry A. (leader of Cabanatuan raid)
Nakar, Capt. Guillermo (Filipino guerrilla leader)
Naylor, Capt.: evacuated by submarine
Negritos (Philippine people)
Newman, Capt. (hostage for Johnny Johns)
Nichols Field
Nisei: as interrogators
Noble, Lt. Col. Arthur
Nueva Ecija province
Nueva Vizcaya province
Obaña, Maj. Severino M. (Hunt’s second-in-command)
O’Day, John (guerrilla)
O’Donnell prison camp
Old Bilibid prison
Olongapo (Bataan)
.155 artillery
Osmeña, Sergio (Filipino politician and president)
attitude toward collaboration
Pajota, Lt. Juan (raider of Cabanatuan)
Palawan Island: massacre of prisoners on
Pampanga province
Panay Island
Pangasinan province
Panlilio, Yay (Filipina guerrilla leader)
dealing with guerrilla atrocities
Parsons, Charles (“Chick”) (guerrilla coordinator)
character and activities
Patton, Gen. George S.
Peralta, Col. Macario (Filipino guerrilla leader)
Peters, “Major” Chester (guerrilla leader)
Philippine collaborators. See collaboration of Filipinos
Philippine Constabulary
composition of
unrealiability of
pressure on
cooperation with guerrillas
Philippine Cotton Growers Association
Philippine customs: shaving
use of bamboo
fishing
rice farming
courtship
attacking head lice
funerals
“bobbing” across rivers
Philippine history
Philippine languages: Tagalog
Pampangano
Philippine medicine
Philippine personal qualities. See Filipinos
Philippine Scouts
Philippine superstitions
Pinatubo, Mount
Poro Point (La Union)
Potter, John D. (biographer of Yamashita)
Praeger, Capt. Ralph B. (sender of first radio message to MacArthur)
Prince, Capt. Robert (raider of Cabanatuan)
prisoners of war: psychology of
condition of
liberation of
Pulog, Mount
Pura (Tarlac)
Quezon, Mrs. Aurora: murdered by Huks
Quezon, Manuel (president of Philippine Commonwealth)
policies of
pro-Americanism of
personality of
threat to neutralize Philippines
death of
confidence in Roxas
Ramirez, Fidel (Hunt’s company doctor)
Ramos, Benigño (Filipino poet)
Ramsey, Maj. Edwin P. (guerrilla leader)
Recto, Claro M. (Filipino politician): ideas of
defense of collaborators by
Red Arrow (Thirty-second) Division
Reeves, Lt. Bob (died in Fassoth camp)
Ricarte, Artemio (anti-American Filipino)
Richardson, Illif David (American guerrilla)
as amateur physician
Rizal, José (Philippine patriot)
Romulo, Gen. Carlos P. (MacArthur’s press officer)
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
military strategy of
Rosales (Pangasinan)
Rosario, Lt. Leandro (betrayer of Nakar)
Roxas, Manuel (Filipino politician)
evades Japanese overtures
as postwar president of Philippines
actions and purposes of
refuses to leave Philippines
meets Hunt
Ruiz, Petronia M. (wife of Gregorio Agaton)
Sagad
Sakdalistas (pro-Japanese organization)
Samar Island
San Fernando (La Union)
San José (Tarlac)
San Manuel (Pangasinan)
San Nicolas (Pangasinan)
San Quintin (Pangasinan)
attack on Japanese garrison
Santa Fe Trail
Santiago, Fort
Santo Tomas prison camp
liberation of
Schletterer, Sgt. Ray (companion of Hunt)
Scouts: Philippine
Alamo
Serafica, Lt. Jeremias (Lapham’s emissary to Huks)
Sierra Madre Mountains
Sixth Ranger Infantry Battalion (raiders of Cabanatuan)
Slutsky, First Sgt. (in Thorpe’s party)
Smith, Capt. Charles (guerrilla coordinator)
Smith, Lt. Col.: on Villa Verde Trail
Springfield .03 rifle
Stafford, Cpl. (in Thorpe’s party)
Stilwell, Gen. Joseph (“Vinegar Joe”)
Sula, Norberto (boy guerrilla)
superstitions. See Philippine superstitions
suso
SWPA (Southwest Pacific Area Command)
Tagalog language
Tarlac province
Taruc, Luis (leader of Huks)
disillusionment with communism
Tayabas province
.38 revolver
Thirty-second Division (Red Arrow)
Thompson submachinegun (tommygun)
Thorne, Capt. Hank (pilot on Bataan)
Thorp, Maj. Claude
estimates of
ambushes Japanese
death of
Tibuc-Tibuc (Pampanga)
Tojo, Hideki (Japanese premier)
Truman, Harry S.
Twenty-fifth Division
Tydings, Millard (American senator)
Umingan (Pangasinan)
unpreparedness for war: American
Philippine
USAFFE (U.S. Armed Forces, Far East)
relations with Huks. See also MacArthur, Gen. Douglas; SWPA
Utinsky, Margaret (Red Cross nurse)
Utleg, Juan (Hunt’s intelligence officer)
accomplishments
seizure of wife and son of
Vargas, Jorge (Filipino politician)
Verano, F.M. (Filipino writer)
Villa, Pancho (Mexican revolutionary)
Villamor, Lt. Jesus (Filipino pilot)
on Whitney
admiration for Volckman
Villa Verde Trail
fighting along
Visayan Islands
Volckmann, Col. Russell
on Fassoth camp
becomes guerrilla leader
attempts to absorb Hunt’s command
dealings with pagan priests
on value of guerrillas
magnification of achievements of
Wainwright, Gen. Jonathan
on guerrillas
Warner, Capt. Everett (friend of Hendrickson)
Washington Naval Conference (1921-1922)
weapons, American: Springfield .03 rifle
.45 revolver
Thompson submachinegun (tommygun)
Garand M-l rifle
Browning automatic rifle (BAR)
.38 revolver
.50-caliber machinegun
“grease gun”
bazooka
.155 mm artillery
weapons, German: 9 mm Luger
weapons, Japanese: Arisaka rifle
weapons, Russian: Kalashnikov rifle
White, Col. Morton V. (planner of Cabanatuan raid)
Whitney, Gen. Courtney (MacArthur’s commander of Philippine Regional Section)
estimates of
and supplying of guerrillas
Willoughby, Gen. Charles A. (MacArthur’s chief of Intelligence)
and prewar guerrilla apparatus
heads guerrilla operations
estimate of Marcos’s guerrillas
studies Hunt’s reports
arranges Hunt’s passage home
Yamashita, Tomoyuki (Japanese general)
plans for defense of Luzon
Yamashita Ridge
Zambales Mountains
Zero fighter planes