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INDEX
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Abad, Victor, 224, 242
Abe, Yutaka, 170–72
Acacia Soda Fountain, 106–7
Admiralty Islands, 202–3
Aeta tribesmen, 41, 42, 46
Ah Ho (nanny), 73–74, 166
Aitken, Robert Ingersoll, xii–xiii
Alamo Scouts, 244–46
Alcazar, the (nightclub), 12
Alex, a Russian man named, 135–36
Allied Artists Pictures, 277
Allied Intelligence Bureau (AIB), 103
American Mercury, 262, 265, 281
Amusategui, José Maria, 213
Amusategui, Lorenza, 119–20
arrest of Peggy, 273
arrest of Ramón, 209–10
Clavier v. US, 284–85, 286
code name of, 119–20
post-war life of, 292
Presidential Medal of Freedom, 270–71
supply and relief operations of, 126, 127, 128, 132–33, 134, 198, 200, 267
Amusategui, Ramón, 119–20
arrest of, 209–11, 213, 222, 226, 232
arrest of Peggy, 178–79, 273
Clavier v. US, 281
code name of, 119–20, 222
death of Jack Utinsky, 124
illness of Claire, 175–77
intelligence reports, 151, 160, 162
Presidential Medal of Freedom, 270–71
supply and relief operations of, 126, 127, 128, 132–33, 134, 168, 176–77, 200–201, 213, 267
Ana Fey’s (nightclub), 74–76, 136
Anderson, Bernard, 208
Annie Johnson, SS, 7
Aparri, 14
Arita, 164–65
Armbruster, Steven H., 103
Army Forces in the Far East, U.S. (USAFFE), 11, 98
Asahi Shimbun, 74–75
Ashdown, Nadine, 277–78
“Asia for the Asians” program, 5, 67, 90–91, 155
Associated Press, 255
Atienza, Ramón, 114–15, 119, 207
atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 267
attack on Pearl Harbor, ix, 13–14, 15, 307n
Australia, MacArthur in, 21, 48–49, 98–104
Bachagu, Kait, 215, 226
Bagong Kristo (New Christ) (Vera Reyes), 194
Baguio, 14, 60
Bailey, Fay, 31
Baker, George L., 7
Baker, Josephine, 136
Baker Stock Company, 7
Banting, Dionisio, Jr., 89
Barney, 128–29, 130
Bataan. See also Battle of Bataan
map, xvii
Philippines campaign, 16–29, 35–47
Bataan death march, x, xi, 49–52, 105, 113–14, 269
Bataan Sector Guerrilla Unit, 215
Batchelor Airfield, 49
Battle of Anzio, 261
Battle of Bataan (1942), x, 46–47
Boone’s guerrillas, 37–42, 52–55
Claire’s chances of survival, 42–45
Mount Malasimbo, 35–37
Battle of Bataan (1945), 241–43
Battle of Hollandia, 213–14
Battle of Leyte Gulf, 229, 233–35
Battle of Luzon, 237–38
Battle of Manila (1945), xv, 237–41, 252–57
aftermath of, 255–57
liberation of Mandaluyong, 249–52
liberation of Santo Tomas, 246–49
Battle of Midway, 5, 100
Battle of the Coral Sea, 100
Battle of the Philippines (1944–45), 228–57
Battle of Bataan, 241–43
Battle of Leyte Gulf, 233–35
Battle of Manila, 237–41, 252–57
Battle of the Philippine Sea, 228–30
Cabanatuan and Oryoku Maru, 235–37
invasion of Lingayen Gulf, 243, 245
liberation of Mandaluyong, 249–52
liberation of Santo Tomas, 246–49
Palawan massacre, 238–41
raid at Cabanatuan, 240–41, 243–46
U.S. forces raid Manila, 230–32
Battle of the Philippine Sea, 228–30
Battle of the Points, 48
Bay View Hotel, 188
“Beans,” 139
Bennett, Margaret, 29, 262
Bennett, Roy C., 26–29, 262
arrest of, 29
background of, 27
at Fort Santiago, 29, 31, 55, 85–87, 153–54, 174, 225
post-war life of, 293
pre-war criticism of Japan, 26–29
recovery of, 154, 293
at Villamor Hall, 29, 86
Bennett, Tony, 279
Berlin, Irving, 82, 314n
Biddle, Francis, 58–59
Bilibid Prison, 105, 235–36
Claire at, 232, 266, 288
Gard at, 143
Norton’s supply operations, 109–10
rescue operations, 240–41, 246
Vera Reyes at, 194
Binfords & Mort, 267
Bish, S. J., 206
Bizerte, 153
Blackledge, William, 205
Boone, Filomena “Mellie,” 146–47
post-war life of, 277, 283, 288, 291
pregnancy and birth of Phillip, 189, 201–2, 217–18
supply and message operations, 146, 148–51
Boone, John P., xiv, 37–42
beginning of war, 39–41
guerrilla army of, 37, 41, 42, 52–55, 82, 145–51, 162, 214–18, 224, 226, 227, 256
Philippines campaign, 229–30, 231, 241–43
last message to Claire, 214–18
meetings with Claire, 38–42, 53, 61, 146
post-war life of, 267–68, 270, 291
restitution claims of Claire, 269, 283–84
Boone, Phillip, 202, 217–18
Borneo, 100
Brereton, Lewis H., 13–14
Brougher, William E., 53–54
Brown, Ben S., 47
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 24
Bruce, William, 109, 188–89
Burger, Warren E., 280
Burma, 100
Burns, Virgil, 206
Buttenbruck, Heinz, 124
Cabanatuan POW Camp, 52, 120–22, 143–45, 205–8
deaths at, 117–18, 139–40, 143, 144–45
living conditions at, 117–18, 143–45, 187
Oryoku Maru transport of POWs, 235–37
raid at (January 1945), 240–41, 243–46
Steve the Greek’s initial assistance to POWs, 106–9
supply and relief operations, xi, 115, 121–22, 126–28, 131–34, 139–43, 168, 169, 176–77, 198, 200–201, 205–6, 231
Times Square, 141–42
Cabanguis, Eduardo, 37–38
calamansi lemons, 142–43
Camp O’Donnell, 49–50, 51–52, 114–20, 247
Capas Station, 120, 121–22, 143, 200
Casa Mañana (nightclub), 136
Cavalcade, 308n
Chan, 76, 78
Chapman, Joan Bennett, 26–27, 248, 262, 293
Chase, William C., 242
Chattanooga High School, 33
Chicago World’s Fair (1934), 134
Chinese Cemetery, 186, 255, 269
cigarettes, 38, 106, 107, 108, 149, 251
Claire. See Phillips, Claire
Clark, Mark, 274
Clark Air Base, ix, 14, 238
Clavier, Robert, xii, 274, 283, 288
Clavier v. US, xii, xiii–xiv, 279–87
Collier, Harmond W., 8, 9
Collier, James V., 50
Collier’s (magazine), 272
Consolidated PBY Catalina, 233
Conte Verde, 58
Cooper, Gary, xi
Corcuera, Felicidad “Fely”
arrest of Claire, 188, 211, 212–13, 218, 226, 227
hiding of Claire’s papers, 201, 209, 210–11, 256, 282
illness of Claire, 174, 176–77, 199
imprisonment of Claire, 250–51
intelligence gathering of, 98, 176–77, 188–89, 201
post-war life of, 274, 282, 292
at Tsubaki Club, 96–97, 98, 125, 136, 164–65, 261
opening night, 76, 77, 78, 79
Corcuera, Vicente, 201, 211, 256, 281
Corregidor, SS, 313n
Corregidor Island, 19–20, 28, 40, 48
Courtney, Lawrence, 274
Court of Claims, U.S., 272, 279–87
Cuba, 25–26, 33
cyanide tablets, 104
Dakota Apartments, 73–74, 166
Damian (guide), 60, 61, 82, 211–12
Davao, 14, 94, 160
David (waiter), 78, 81, 96, 136
Dawn of Freedom (movie), 172
D-Day, 235, 247
Death in Venice and Other Stories (Mann), 214
Decker, Doyle, 161–62
De Jesus, Roberto, 104
De La Taste, Eva, 8
De La Taste, George, 7–8
De La Taste, Georgina, 8
De La Taste, Mabel, 7–8
De Leon, Gerardo, 170–72
DeMartini, Louise
Claire’s arrival in Manila, 7, 11–12
Japanese attack on Manila, 16
post-war life and Claire, 274, 280
at Santo Tomas, 82, 84–85, 149, 154, 187
DeMille, Cecil B., 134
Dewey, George, ix, 26
Dewey Boulevard, 12, 26, 34, 85
Dick, Robert McCulloch, 86–87
Dietrich, Marlene, xi
Dinalupihan, 24, 35–42, 146, 151, 201–2
Doctors Hospital, 173–77
Domei News Agency, 214
Doolittle, Jimmy, 5, 55, 100
Dosser, William E., 292
duck eggs, 142
Duckworth, James W., 114, 121–22
Dutch East Indies, 100
Dvorak, Ann, xi–xii, 277–78
Dyess, William E., 47, 50, 51
dysentery, 35, 36, 41, 52
Edwards, Ralph, 274
Eichelberger, Robert L., 243–44
Eighth (8th) Cavalry Regiment, U.S., 247
Eisenhower, Dwight David, 293–94
Eisner, Bernard, xi, 234
Elizalde, Joaquín M., 101
Elizalde, Juan, 70, 101
arrest and torture of, 196–98, 205, 213, 294
Tsubaki Club and, 78, 79, 97–98
underground operations during Japanese occupation, 70, 76, 98, 101, 135, 158–60
Elizalde, Manuel, 97–98, 196–98, 294
Ellis, Robert, xiii
Enette, Joseph V., 9, 264
Eroles, German, 208–9, 222, 226
Evans, Gene, 277–78
Fahny (hostess), 76, 78, 80–81, 136
Fajardo, Eduardo, 69
Fajardo, José, 69
fan dance, at Tsubaki Club, 134–37, 261
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), 263–65, 267, 270, 280–81
Fely. See Corcuera, Felicidad “Fely”
Ferguson, Jack, 108
Fertig, Wendell, 104, 193, 320–21n
Fey, Ana, 74–76, 136
1st Cavalry Division (Texas Rangers), 251–52
59th Coast Artillery Regiment, 240
515th Coast Artillery Regiment, 162
Fleming, Thomas C., 281
Fletcher, Thomas, 31
Flight to Mars (movie), 277
Flinn, Edwin George, 8–9
Flora (nurse), 211–13
Flores, Naomi, 119–22, 128–30
Cabanatuan supply and relief operations of, 120–22, 127–28, 131–34, 205–6, 207–8
escape from Manila, 207–8
interrogation of, 129–30
post-war life of, 292–93
restitution claims of Claire, 285
Flowering of Racial Spirit, The (Hino), 91
food rations, 97–98, 167, 187, 227
food supplies, 203, 204
Formosa, 14, 58
Fort Santiago, 31, 68, 71–72, 129
Chick Parsons at, 55–56
Claire at, 223, 224–27, 231–32, 243, 327n
Edgar Whitcomb at, 85–86, 87, 178
Elizalde brothers at, 196–97
Roy Bennett at, 29, 31, 55, 85–87, 153–54, 174, 225
Fort William McKinley, 16–17, 54, 123
Foster, George H., 280, 286–87, 292
Fourth Con
stabulary Regiment (Philippines), 54
14th Infantry Battalion (Philippines), 99, 185
Franklin High School, 8
Fremantle Submarine Base, 103
French Indochina, 11
Fuentes, Dian
aboard SS John Lykes, 262–65
adoption by Claire, 10
arrest of Claire, 211–13, 223, 224, 227
illness of Claire, 172, 174, 176
initial move to Manila, 7, 11–12
during Japanese occupation of Manila, 73, 108, 125–26, 165, 166, 172, 174, 199
Peggy caring for, 174, 212–13, 224, 227, 242, 255, 256, 263, 272
during Philippines campaign (1941–42), 17
move to Hermosa, 23–24
return to Manila, 44–45, 62, 72
at Sobreviñas camp, 35–36, 37, 43
post-war life of, 272, 273–74, 283, 287, 288, 289
Fuentes, Manuel L., 10–11, 44, 63, 251, 313n
marriage to Claire, 10–11, 13, 70, 256, 265–66, 287–88
Gard, Dwight E., 141–45, 246, 280–81
Geneva Conventions, 118, 185, 317n
Geronimo, Judith, 76
Geronimo, Mamerto, 76, 95, 96, 134, 138, 157, 199, 210–13
Gestapo, 29, 88
Ghost Soldiers (Sides), xi, xii
Gilbert Islands, 203
Glory of the Orient (movie), 90
“God Bless the Philippines” (song), 82
Goldhagen, Charlotte, 230–32
Goldhagen, Juergen, 230–32
Goldhagen, Martin, 230–32
Goldsmith, Myron B., 267, 326n
Gordon, Frankie, 171
Griffiths, Robert, 191
Grimes, Bob, x
Gripsholm, SS, 58–59, 246–47
Guadalcanal Campaign, 100
Guam, 20, 100, 228–29, 262
Guerrero, Dr., 174, 175
Guerrero, Filomena, 82
Guimba, 244, 246, 248
Guingona, Teofisto, Sr., 93–94
Halsey, William “Bull,” 202–3, 229
Hamilton, Weldon, 172
Handras, Stephen (Steve the Greek), 106–10, 117
Harvard Law School, 83
hell ships, 235–37
Hermosa, 23, 24
Himmler, Heinrich, 88
Hinteno Maru, 193
Hiraoka, Yoichi, 81
Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 69, 92, 232
Hitler, Adolf, 88, 265
Hochima, 77, 78–79
Homma, Masaharu, 94, 157
Philippines campaign (1941–42), 19, 20–21, 23, 28, 29, 48, 49–50
post-war life of, 294
Hoover, J. Edgar, 265, 270, 280
Horiuchi, 74–75
Hukbalahap (Huks), 37, 195–96, 217
Humphries, Bob, 84, 154, 187, 280
