Resources/Collections on Filipino vets/civilians in WW2?

[jj]

Hi,

Just new here.  I am in the process of creating a comic book about the Philippines in WW2, and through online research, I came upon this forum.

One thing I noticed is that while there are dozens of books about the Philippines in the war, most of it are from the western perspective.  Are there any online resources available that details what the Filipino soldiers and civilians have gone through? 

I am currently living in China so visiting any Filipiniana sections of the libraries in the Philippines not an option.  What I want is to portray accurately not just the US soldiers but the plight of civilians as well.  The comic is a personal project and hopefully to launch the first issue on April 9th of next year.

By the way, here's a draft of a cover for the first issue.



I haven't read all the threads on this forum but am I glad I found it!

[VeeVee]

Do you happen to remember or see a copy of this National Bookstore publication from the 1970's?

pinoyhistory.proboards.com/thread/335/filipino-bataan-comic-book-1970s



Western perspective but still a comic book - relatively well researched too.

pinoyhistory.proboards.com/thread/1993/days-darkness-bataan-comics



There are also many Philippine-published books and memoirs in the book section of this forum. Go through the list and see if there's one that might help you in your project.

Here are a few:

Living With the Enemy
A Diary of the Japanese Occupation
Pacita Pestano-Jacinto
pinoyhistory.proboards.com/thread/317/living-enemy


Surviving WW2 - Oscar Villadolid
pinoyhistory.proboards.com/thread/338/surviving-ww2-oscar-villadolid


We Remember Bataan and Corregidor - Mariano Villarin
pinoyhistory.proboards.com/thread/312/remember-bataan-corregidor-mariano-villarin

A Time for War - General Rigoberto J. Atienza
pinoyhistory.proboards.com/thread/1291/time-war-41st-division-bataan

[jj]

Thank you for giving me a head start on the list. I have not yet finished browsing through the list as for some reason access to this site is spotty.

I did see that comic book on this forum but, no, did not remember seeing that when I was there in the Philippines. Maybe because it was older than me and not that many copies circulating around.

Hopefully those books you listed are available for kindle.

Thanks a lot!

[VeeVee]

Hmm... I'll be surprised if they're in Kindle but who knows...

You could also read Twilight Riders about the 26th Cavalry, Philippine Scouts. While it's a US publication, it has 1st person accounts by the enlisted troopers. It might be available on Kindle.

[jj]

Sadly no, they are not available on kindle. I'm not too keen on having books delivered here as it might get lost.

Yes! the Twilight Riders is available on Kindle. Just bought for the 1st person accounts. My only concern is that comments there say there are many errors on it and I am not an expert to spot one.

Anyhow, Thanks!

[VeeVee]

In my opinion the errors do not take away from the story. Many are editing/proof-reading errors where for example a regiment is referred to as a regiment in one paragraph then, referred to as a division in another. Some photos in the book are also miscaptioned. There's one of the 14th Engineers captioned as being the 26th Cavalry. There's also a photo of a reenactor friend of ours which was miscaptioned as being Felipe Fernandez in Bataan.

[jj]

Just an update - here's the first page of issue #1,  the others are still in the drawing board.  let me know your thoughts.   thanks!