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American Guerrilla: My War Behind Japanese Lines (Brasseys Commemorative Series WW II)
American Guerrilla My War Behind Japanese Lines - Brasseys Commemorative Series WW II Author:Roger Hilsman During World War II, Roger Hilsman fought in Burma with the legendary Merrill’s Marauders until he was machine-gunned. Then, at age twenty-five, he led a battalion of indigenous troops behind Japanese lines. At the war’s end, he headed a POW rescue mission to Manchuria -- where the prisoners included his own father. An exciting, unus... more »ual coming-of-age story, American Guerrilla concludes with reflections on how Hilsman’s wartime experiences influenced his involvement in early Vietnam War policymaking when he served in the Kennedy administration.« less