In the Philippines and Okinawa
Subtitle: A Memoir, 1945-1948
Contributors: Robert H. Ferrell (Editor)
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: July 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9780826213358
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Asian / Middle Eastern history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Biography: historical; Warfare & Defence; Officers; History: American; Military History - World War II; Triplet, William S.,; History; Biography / Autobiography; Philippines; The Americas; Military; Military - World War II; Army; Soldiers; United States; Military - Other; United States.; 1900-; Biography
Description: "In the Philippines and Okinawa, the third volume of Colonel William S. Triplet's memoirs, tells of Triplet's experiences during the American occupations in the early years after World War II.

Continuing the story from the preceding books of his memoirs, A Youth in the Meuse-Argonne and A Colonel in the Armored Divisions (University of Missouri Press), Triplet takes us to the Philippines, where his duties included rounding up isolated groups of Japanese holdouts, men who refused to believe or admit that their nation had lost the war, and holding them until the time came to transport them back to Japan.".

"In the Philippines and Okinawa portrays the ever-changing, very human, and frequently dangerous occupation of two East Asian regions that are still important to American foreign policy. Any reader interested in military history or American history will find this memoir engaging."--BOOK JACKET.