They Call It Pacific (Annotated): An Eye-Witness Story of Our War Against Japan from Bataan to the Solomons

By Clark Lee

Book Overview

Clark Lee was an AP reporter stationed in Manila when World War 2 broke out and the Japanese invaded the Philippines. They Call It Pacific is an insightful account of events leading up to the war and beyond from an authority on Japanese-American affairs at the time. It is also a thrilling journal detailing Lee's unbelievable real-time escape from the Philippine Islands with the help of the Filipino resistance. The book contains extensive accounts of the battle for the Philippines on Bataan and Corregidor, interviews with soldiers including General Douglas MacArthur, talks with Japanese prisoners, and descriptions of combat as the author accompanied Navy pilots such as Swede Larson on flights over Guadalcanal.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1729466354
• ISBN13: 9781729466353
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"