No comments about William Rossetti's Art Criticism.

No comments about Stone Voices: Wartime Writings of Japanese Canadian Issei.

No comments about Coming Out in Japan (Japanese Society Series).

No comments about Shikitei Samba and the Comic Tradition in Edo Fiction (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series).

No comments about SEA WAS KIND: THE STORY OF AN INCREDIBLE WAR-TIME ESCAPE FROM THE PHILIPPINES TO AUSTRALIA IN AN OPEN BOAT, BESET BY THE PERILS OF THE SEA, THE JAPANESE AND MUTINY.

No comments about The force of women in Japanese history.

1 comments about Death's Railway: A Merchant Mariner POW on the River Kwai.

1. I was one of the first individuals to buy this book as I couldn't wait for it's publication. I just finished reading it and I must say that the author again has written a masterpiece. Mr. Reminick, thanks again for your incisive prose and inside view of history. Love it.

No comments about Final Martyrs.

No comments about "Keep Quiet, You're Only A Girl".

3 comments about The Rescue Of Santo Tomas: Manila, Wwii.

1. This book is unique. It is written by a Marine who was there and took part in the rescue of 4000 American and Filipino civilians held prisoner by the Japanese from 1941-1945 on the island of Luzon.

   The first half of the book details the operation itself--how the mission, which was extremely dangerous, was accomplished with a few Marines and members of the 1st Cavalry, US Army, under the direction of General Douglas McArthur

   The second, perhaps most moving, half of the book contains personal stories and accounts of several of the internees themselves, who were interviewed by the author over a series of four years. The living conditions in the camp were atrocious, there was no food, and the tyranny of the Japanese captors unparalleled. The internees' vivid recollections of their rescue and the gratitude they expressed truly touch the heart
   Must read!!!!




2. Bob Holland and the members of the First Cavalry were true heroes. Without their brave efforts thousands of Allied civilians surely would have perished. Bob tells a compelling story of how the rescue was accomplished. This should be required reading for anyone interested in WWII.



3. Only about 5 or 10 pages of the book are about the liberation of the camp. Large portions of the military action are not even touched on. The first part is a general descripiton of the war situation and most of the book is interviews with internees about their time in the camp. No real time-line or story just disjointed personal accounts. Agonizing little about the soldiers, the fighting, the rescue, or the aftermath.
   I have read just about every book on this subject as my Father was in the 1st Cav and participated in the liberation of Santo Tomas and in the later fight for Manila and this is my least favorite book. I guess it might be a slightly better book if it was titled, "Short Interviews with former Interns of Santo Tomas"