A Personal Story - 50 Years
Manila: Hunters ROTC Association, Inc / Printed by Guaranty Press Incorporated, 1989. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Creasing to soft covers, toning to pages throughout, with previous owner's stamp on title page. xxiv, 357, [1]pp. 8.5 x 5.75". A posthumously published autobiography of the Filipino war hero, "written while in martial law detention by the renowned Philippine Military Academy Graduate, war hero, Overall Commander of the famous HUNTERS ROTC GUERRILLAS and post-war public servant, Cabinet Member, Master Organizer and political strategist under four Philippine Presidents" (front cover). Preface by Frisco F. San Juan, "Overall Commander Hunters ROTC Association" and Acknowledgments from by F. Adevoso. Stamp and address of a previous owner, "Edward A. Fisher". An obituary in the East Bay Times reports that Fisher "was a decorated WWII veteran, by US and Philippine Forces. He was in the US Army's 34th Pursuit Squadron saw action in the Battle of the Points in Aglaloma. As a POW he survived the Bataan Death March. He was a recipient of the Silver Star, two Purple Hearts and the Philippine Wounded Soldiers Medal. He was vice-commander of the Western States Chapter of the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor who was instrumental in bonding the friendship and camaraderie among American and Filipino veterans." Good. Item #2026-S46
Price: $250.00