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Escape from Bataan - Memoir of a U.S. Navy Ensign in the Philippines, October 1941 to May 1942 (Paperback): Ross E. Hofmann Escape from Bataan - Memoir of a U.S. Navy Ensign in the Philippines, October 1941 to May 1942 (Paperback)
Ross E. Hofmann; Edited by David L. Snead, Anne B. Craddock
R958 R691 Discovery Miles 6 910 Save R267 (28%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

U.S. Navy Supply Corps Ensign Ross Hofmann had no idea what was in store for him when he arrived at Cavite Naval Base in October 1941. Two months later, Japanese forces struck the Philippines, destroying the base and forcing U.S. personnel to retreat to Bataan. There, Hofmann participated in salvage missions around Manila and joined a makeshift unit of airmen and sailors to fight a Japanese force that landed nearby. In March 1942, he travelled to Cebu to run supplies through the blockade of Bataan and Corregidor. Soon after his arrival, the Japanese landed on Cebu, forcing the Americans to retreat again. Hiking through jungles and crossing dangerous waters in barely seaworthy craft, Hofmann avoided capture and reached an American base in Mindanao. He received orders to establish a seaplane base on Lake Lanao. As Japanese troops landed nearby, two seaplanes returning from Corregidor stopped to refuel, one of them hitting a rock on take-off. In a harrowing race against the enemy advance, Hofmann and others worked feverishly to fix the plane and escape before the Japanese converged on Lake Lanao.

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