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Shadow Commander - The Epic Story of Donald D. Blackburn; Guerrilla Leader and Special Forces Hero (Hardcover)
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Shadow Commander - The Epic Story of Donald D. Blackburn; Guerrilla Leader and Special Forces Hero (Hardcover)
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Praise for Mike Guardia: "...meticulously researched, with facts
verified by exhaustive sleuthing...a fine work of investigative
history."-Military Writers Society of America The fires on Bataan
burned on the evening of April 9, 1942, illuminating the white
flags of surrender against the night time sky. Woefully
outnumbered, outgunned, and ill-equipped, battered remnants of the
American-Philippine army surrendered to the forces of the Rising
Sun. Yet amongst the chaos and devastation of the American defeat,
Army Captain Donald D. Blackburn refused to lay down his arms. With
future Special Forces legend Russell Volckmann, Blackburn escaped
from Bataan and fled to the mountainous jungles of North Luzon,
where they raised a private army of over 22,000 men against the
Japanese. Once there, Blackburn organised a guerrilla regiment from
among the native tribes in the Cagayan Valley."Blackburn's
Headhunters," as they came to be known, devastated the Japanese
14th Army within the western provinces of North Luzon and destroyed
the Japanese naval base at Aparri, the largest enemy anchorage in
the Philippines. After the war, Blackburn remained on active duty
and played a key role in initiating Special Forces operations in
Southeast Asia. Following his return to the United States,
Blackburn was appointed"Special Assistant for Counterinsurgency and
Special Activities," where he was the architect of the famous Son
Tay Prison Raid. This book follows Donald D. Blackburn through both
his youthful days of desperate combat against an Empire, and
through his days as a commander, imparting his lessons to the newly
realised ranks of America's own Special Forces.
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