WW II Memoir USMC Rescue of Santo Tomas Manila Prisoners Author SIGNED 1st RARE

Description: THE RESCUE OFSANTO TOMASMANILA, WWIIThe Flying Column: 100 Miles to FreedomByRobert B HollandHard cover, Turner Publishing Company, Kentucky, 2003, published in the United States, Limited Edition. About 6.25 X 9 inches, 179 pages, illustrated with B/W photos, map endpapers, bibliography, footnoted, and indexed. In good to very good condition, with some loss of freshness to the cover, also a very slight tear to the upper left corner of the rear of the dust jacket. Some ever so slight bumping to lower - left-right cover tips. Author signed by Bob Holland with inscription (see photo). A difficult book to find signed. This book is a story told by one U.S. Marine (Robert Holland), who like many other millions of Americans, accepted the challenge that had been thrust on them, putting his life and future on hold until the job that had to be done was finished. Bob Holland tells the story of his part in the release of 3,700 American civilian prisoners of the Japanese at Santo Tomas University Internment Camp in Manila. A flying column from the 1st. Cavalry Division liberated a population of 3,700 plus of internees being held at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila on the evening of 3 February 1943. The battle for Manila followed and continued until 3 March, when the 1st, Cavalry, 11th. Airborne, and 37th. Infantry Divisions cleared the city. Shipping and handling costs for all Continental U.S. areas is $5.50 includes US Postal Tracking – Media Rate. Item will be carefully packed for safe arrival and mailed in a book box – not a padded envelope. PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING NO EUROPEAN, CANADIAN, ASIAN OR AUSTRALIAN SALES. PLEASE - USA AREA SALES ONLY

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