When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, they had another strategic target as well. On Dec. 8, 1941 they bombed the Philippines, with invasions to the north and south of Manila that quickly followed. Thousands of American, British, and Filipinos would eventually be killed, tortured, or imprisoned.
Amid the horror of this war many heroes were born, often rising from humble beginnings.
Known for his works on history and the military, writer Robert Mrazek, who authored the Amerasian Homecoming Act which brought 19,000 children of Americans, who served in Vietnam, to the United States, brings readers a heartfelt and stirring story of the unsurpassed heroism of a passionate young woman….