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    Men Of Destiny: The American And Filipino Guerillas During The Japanese Occupation Of The Philippines
    Men Of Destiny: The American And Filipino Guerillas During The Japanese Occupation Of The Philippines
    Men Of Destiny: The American And Filipino Guerillas During The Japanese Occupation Of The Philippines
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    Men Of Destiny: The American And Filipino Guerillas During The Japanese Occupation Of The Philippines

    By Major Peter T. Sinclair II

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    The American and Filipino guerrillas that fought against the Japanese occupation of the Philippines were key in providing direction to resistance efforts and in the eventual liberation of the islands. The guerrillas escaped the aggressive counter-guerrilla efforts of the Imperial Japanese Army. The Japanese failure to deal with isolated soldiers and civilians provided the time they needed to organize into guerrilla groups and prepare for American forces liberation of the Philippines. This analysis of American and Filipino insurgents covers the effectiveness of Japanese counter guerrilla efforts, the intelligence structure created by General Douglas MacArthur’s staff to support the guerrillas, the guerrilla’s contributions to the liberation of the Philippines, and it examines how Americans would form guerrilla groups and fight as insurgents behind enemy lines if circumstances warranted. Additionally, it provides general insight as to how resistance movements form.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherVerdun Press
    Release dateNov 6, 2015
    ISBN9781786254177
    Men Of Destiny: The American And Filipino Guerillas During The Japanese Occupation Of The Philippines

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      Men Of Destiny - Major Peter T. Sinclair II

      This edition is published by PICKLE PARTNERS PUBLISHING—www.picklepartnerspublishing.com

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      Text originally published in 2011 under the same title.

      © Pickle Partners Publishing 2015, all rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted by any means, electrical, mechanical or otherwise without the written permission of the copyright holder.

      Publisher’s Note

      Although in most cases we have retained the Author’s original spelling and grammar to authentically reproduce the work of the Author and the original intent of such material, some additional notes and clarifications have been added for the modern reader’s benefit.

      We have also made every effort to include all maps and illustrations of the original edition the limitations of formatting do not allow of including larger maps, we will upload as many of these maps as possible.

      MEN OF DESTINY: THE AMERICAN AND FILIPINO GUERRILLAS DURING THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF THE PHILIPPINES

      by

      Major Peter T. Sinclair, II

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Contents

      TABLE OF CONTENTS 4

      ABSTRACT 5

      INTRODUCTION 6

      LITERATURE REVIEW 10

      THE JAPANESE INVASION AND COUNTER GUERRILLA EFFORTS 15

      THE PATH TO BECOMING A GUERRILLA 22

      MAJOR GUERRILLA FORMATIONS 26

      ALLIED SUPPORT OF THE GUERRILLA EFFORT WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES 30

      THE GUERRILLA CONTRIBUTION TO THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES 37

      CONCLUSION 41

      LIST OF ACRONYMS 44

      REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 45

      BIBLIOGRAPHY 46

      Books 46

      Government Sources 48

      Internet Sources 48

      ABSTRACT

      The American and Filipino guerrillas that fought against the Japanese occupation of the Philippines were key in providing direction to resistance efforts and in the eventual liberation of the islands. The guerrillas escaped the aggressive counter-guerrilla efforts of the Imperial Japanese Army. The Japanese failure to deal with isolated soldiers and civilians provided the time they needed to organize into guerrilla groups and prepare for American forces liberation of the Philippines. This analysis of American and Filipino insurgents covers the effectiveness of Japanese counter guerrilla efforts, the intelligence structure created by General Douglas MacArthur’s staff to support the guerrillas, the guerrilla’s contributions to the liberation of the Philippines, and it examines how Americans would form guerrilla groups and fight as insurgents behind enemy lines if circumstances warranted. Additionally, it provides general insight as to how resistance movements form.

      INTRODUCTION

      Guerrillas have taken to the field of battle throughout history. Their locations and tactics may have changed over the years but the threat they present is a constant. An evident example comes from American history when civilians fought as guerrillas during the Revolutionary War against the British; however, this is certainly not the only time Americans fought as guerrillas. In reality, during World War II, Americans were put to the test as they fought alongside Filipino nationals as guerrillas in the Philippines during the Japanese occupation of the Archipelago.

      The American and Filipino guerrillas were invaluable to the effort to liberate the Philippines from the Japanese occupation during World War II. The combined efforts of the various guerrilla groups directly contributed to the recapture of the Philippines by conducting intelligence operations and, when ordered, kinetic actions such as sabotage and ambushes against the occupying Japanese forces. The guerrillas, both American and Filipino, came from various walks of life. However, Wendell Fertig, the leader of the United States Forces in the Philippines (USFIP) in the island of Mindanao, surmised the sentiment of the leaders of these groups when he stated,

      I am called on to lead a resistance movement against an implacable enemy under conditions that make victory barely possible even under the best of circumstances. But I feel that I am indeed a Man of Destiny, that my course is charted and that only success lies at the end of the trail. I do not envision failure; it is obvious that the odds are against us and we will not consistently win, but if we are to win only part of the time and gain a little each time, in the end we will be successful.{1}

      The guerrillas not only had to fight against the Japanese, they had to settle disputes amongst themselves, survive the dangers of the jungle, and the stresses of conducting continuous operations for over two years. Their faith in eventual liberation from the Japanese and the fear of the consequences of failure allowed the guerrillas to persevere in the face of overwhelming odds.

      Both the history of the fall and the eventual liberation of the Philippines suffer from some common historical misperceptions and myths. This monograph attempts to address the misperceptions surrounding the guerrillas that fought there and analyze their accomplishments. It is important to both address and analyze these misperceptions and myths to gain a pertinent understanding of their success. The first is the myth that the Japanese established total control over the Philippine archipelago. The second is that the occupation of the Philippines was uneventful for the Japanese after the surrender of American and Filipino forces and the solders accepted their fate as prisoners of war. The third and final myth is that General MacArthur and his staff did very little to support the guerrillas within the Philippines

      To begin, the first myth is that the Japanese forces exhibited total control over the Philippine archipelago during its occupation. The reality is that while the Japanese did utilize harsh treatment in dealing with the Filipino population and American prisoners of war, the Japanese behavior only served to unite the isolated American citizens and Filipino civilians against them.{2} The Japanese were not monolithic in their views when it came to dealing with the local

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