Retaking the Philippines Author:William B. Breuer In 1944, General MacArthur launched a series of invasions he would later call "...the boldest and most daring in military history"; the recapture of Manila, Corregidor and Bataan in the South Pacific. Here William B. Breuer reexamines and recreates this important episode of World War II; the initial clash between MacArthur and navy brass; the ra... more »ids on Japanese prison camps and Los Banos and Manila to rescue U.S. soldiers and civilians; and the heroics of Allied spies and Filipino gorillas.« less