Title: On borrowed time
Description: Here is just a tickler of what you will find in this book:  Just prior to the time when Douglas MacArthur was preparing to return to the Philippines, the FBI visited Mote and asked if he had any photos of his time as a Christian missionary there.  Mote gave the photos to the FBI and also agreed to meet with them at a local hotel in Kansas, City, at an appointed time, also agreeing to tell no one of the details about their visit with him.    Not knowing why they wanted the photos or why they wanted him to meet with them, when Mote walked through the closed doors of the ballroom of the Muelbach hotel, he was surprised to discover it filled with a large table surrounded by generals and other high ranking military personnel, secretaries, and stenographers.  On the walls of the room were also posted enlarged map sized images of Mote’s photos.  What they wanted to know was, based on his experiences as a missionary in the Philippines,  if MacArthur was to return to the Philippines, which beach would be the best place for MacArthur to make his landing.  Mote said, “Red Beach” (Leyte).  For two days, as Mote was grilled as to why he thought this would be the best place to make the landing, as well as where fresh water, electricity, and other essentials  might be found, secretaries, stenographers, and other military personnel at the table were constantly coming and going, transmitting Mote’s report directly to MacArthur and other military channels.   You will enjoy an amazed general’s response as to why Mote recommend Red Beach.  On one of Mote's long treks through the Philippine jungle, he and a companion sat on a log to rest.  When the log moved, they decided to continue their journey in haste.  The Red Beach story is only one amazing story, out of an entire book filled, page after page, with amazing stories about the life experiences of Frederick A. Mote.  The book is engaging from beginning to end and contains a certain literary flair and quality.
Subjects: Biography, WWII, Christian Missionary, Seventh-Day Adventists, Adventists, Clergy
Places: United States, Philippines
People: Frederick Arthur Mote, Douglas MacArthur
Time periods: 1930s-1950s