LEYTE CALLING ... BY LT. JOSEPH F. ST. JOHN
AS TOLD TO HOWARD HANDLEMAN INS Correspondent •
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"Bridge to Victory: Tbe Story pf tbe Reconquest of tbe Aleutitms"
THE
VANGUARD
PRESS·1945
Copyright, 1945, by Vanguard Press, Inc. No portion of this book may be reprinted in any form without the written permission of the publisher, except by a reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection ~J)ith a review to be included in a newspaper or magazine.
Designed by Steftm Salter Manufactured in the United States of AmericÂŤ by H. Wolff, New York, N. Y.
DEDICATED TO MY JIMMY
BROTHERS,
AND MIKIE ST.
JOHN~
SOLDIERS SOMEWHERE
CONTENTS
I.
2.
3. 4. 5. 6.
My Feet Itch The Philippines by Banca Jimmy Tompkins "Death Told Me to Pack My Clothes" Tough Guys Naning
9 16 2"135
44 51
7. Sammy Good, Renegade
56
8. USFIP
62
9. Fourth of July
70 78
10. Tough Guy No More I I.
I Get a Radio
12. Banana War 13. Compadre, Come Jap
83 90 96
14. Pistol-Packin' Babes
102
15. Guerrilla Need This
107
16. A Nice Fat COW
II3
17. Arsenal of Democracy, Jungle Branch
II8
18. I Lose a Hunk of Hair
126
19. Spies
13 2
20. Joan of Arc
13 8
Philippine Navy
14 1
22. Bamboo Telegraph Guerrilla, Junior
145 154 161
American Eagles
167
Americanos Coming
174 186
2 I.
23. 24. 25. 26.
Furlough
27. Americanos Come 28. Treasure Drifts In 29. Redhead 30. They Couldn't Be Kissed 3I. Blop.des Ahead
193 197 204 214
LT. JOSEPH F. sT JOHN, U.S.A. with Filipino guerrillas on Leyte
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