Occupation '42 /
by Benito J. Legarda, Jr.
- Manila : De La Salle University Press, 2003.
- xiii, 205 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Includes photo gallery, bibliographical references and index.
I The Wrenching year -- Class reunion after 60 years -- Caught on the ground -- Open city -- Most spectacular New Year's Eve -- Disharmony in the conservatory -- Back to the horse and buggy -- Tschaikowsky and Bataan -- From glory to garbage -- Silent symphony -- "Wet eyes but singing hearts"-- Survivor of Bataan -- A Tale of two massacres -- Blurring Bataan -- Markers on the route of death -- From Corregidor to Coral Sea -- The Slow surrender -- Darkness and light in defeat -- The Turn of the tide -- "One of the histories largest death factories -- Release from death camp -- Basque code talkers on Guadalcanal -- Sheltering released POWs -- Takeover of the media -- A Bet on Moresby -- Programs at the Convalescent home -- The Stragglers come home -- II Later events -- Misled in Mabalacat -- "I pray for you many years"-- The Hungarian connection -- Ordeal on Paco, 1945 -- Festival of death -- Unrepentant aggressors.
"Occupation '42 narrates in its main section the impact of the Pacific phase of World War II on Filipino civilian life. It starts with students preparing for the Feast of the Immaculate Concepcion on December 8, 1941, the day the war came to the country, and ends on the last of 1942 with Filipino officials bowing in subjection towards the imperial palace in Tokyo."--Back cover