In the Philippines and Okinawa: A Memoir, 1945-1948In the Philippines and Okinawa, the third volume of Colonel William S. Triplet's memoirs, tells of Triplet's experiences during the American occupations in the early years after World War II. Continuing the story from the preceding books of his memoirs, A Youth in the Meuse-Argonne and A Colonel in the Armored Divisions (University of Missouri Press), Triplet takes us to the Philippines, where his duties included rounding up isolated groups of Japanese holdouts, men who refused to believe or admit that their nation had lost the war, and holding them until the time came to transport them back to Japan. |
Contents
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Three Settling In | 28 |
Four Thieves | 43 |
Six Guerrillas | 72 |
Seven Twentyfirst Replacement Depot | 86 |
Eight The New Army and the Old | 104 |
Nine Philippine Scouts | 118 |
Ten The FFFFFT | 136 |
Thirteen Housekeeping | 178 |
Fourteen To Okinawa | 197 |
Sixteen Accommodations | 214 |
Seventeen Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff | 229 |
Eighteen Murder in the Fortyfourth | 245 |
Twenty Miscellany | 266 |
Notes | 281 |
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