{"product_id":"from-bataan-to-safety-malcolm-decker-9780786433964","title":"From Bataan to Safety: The Rescue of 104 American Soldiers in the Philippines","description":"\u003cp\u003e For American troops in the Philippines, December 8, 1941, began with shocking reports of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, followed by a Japanese air attack on Clark Field in southern Luzon. Deprived of reinforcements, American and Filipino troops surrendered Bataan to the Japanese on April 9, 1942. For the 400 American soldiers who avoided the Bataan Death March and hundreds of others who refused to surrender, escaping the Bataan Peninsula to Luzon was a life-or-death journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Among the local families who risked their lives to provide food and shelter to fleeing American soldiers were twin brothers and transplanted American sugar cane farmers Bill and Martin Fassoth. With Bill's Filipina wife Catalina, they ministered to over 100 Americans between April 1942, and April 1943. The stories of the Fassoths, the soldiers they saved and their fates following the Fassoths' surrender to raiding Japanese forces are an important and fascinating chapter of World War II history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Malcolm Decker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786433965\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786433964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.13w x 0.56d","brand":"Malcolm Decker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086853484799,"sku":"9780786433964","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f8707032-a5ff-4bf9-b14a-010e778d9930.jpg?v=1769096962","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-bataan-to-safety-malcolm-decker-9780786433964","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}