The Japanese Sneak Attack in Subic: An Untold Episode of World War II by Angel N. Pagaduan

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Subic is a once-nondescript Philippine town bombed on the day Japan launched a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor: December 7, 1941. Here is a hitherto untold testimony on the "act of infamy," touching too on how a man of 82, after repeated near-death moments as a wartime teen, then sudden heart attack victim at 76, seems to be destined so--by DNA, luck, God's will, or ? Evocative of wonder--even fun from dissecting faith's mysterious facet as a seemingly DNA's umbilical cradle for living life's true purpose regardless of race, calling, age, etc., it is not just about a war or a boy raised amid the ills of world turmoil but a compelling tale of hope and survival, tinged uncannily with a soul's indestructibility. The author was a 4th-grader in the school of his birth place, Subic, when bombed on the day Pearl Harbor was. But it was Sunday, forestalling an otherwise fatal tragedy to students, including him. Unlike in Hawaii, though, a 3-year enemy conquest ensued, inflicting a hell of atrocities, hunger, and disease. But in spirit the Filipinos stayed unconquered--just as several American soldiers--by not surrendering but fighting along with Subic guerrillas...

ISBN-10: ‎ 0986044407
ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0986044403
Item Weight: ‎ 1.01 pounds