Title: The devil's causeway
Description: As the United States engaged in a bloody campaign to pacify its newly-won Philippines territory, a secret American mission went terribly wrong, resulting in a prisoner-of-war incident that foreshadowed World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. What happened next was an epic struggle for survival, a test of the human will to live, and ultimately, a crucible for heroes. Their captivity and the torturous expedition sent to the American POWs' rescue, recalled today as one of the greatest marches in U.S. Army history, features a tightly-hewn cast of characters-. A sweeping military epic drawing on international primary sources, "The Devil's Causeway" tells their extraordinary story in its entirety for the first time.
Subjects: American Prisoners and prisons, History, Philippines, history, philippine american war, 1899-1902
Places: Baler (Philippines), Philippines
People: James C. Gillmore (1854-1927)
Time periods: Philippine American War, 1899-1902, Siege, 1898-1899