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100 1  Maurer, Kevin,|eauthor. 
245 10 Rock Force :|bthe American paratroopers who took back 
       Corregidor and exacted MacArthur's revenge on Japan /
       |cKevin Maurer. 
263    2012 
264  1 New York :|bDutton Caliber, Penguin Random House,|c2020. 
264  4 |c©2020 
300    xi, 287 pages, 16 pages of plates :|billustrations ;|c24 
       cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  Prologue: The rock -- Panama Jones and his three thousand 
       thieves -- Field Order Number 9 -- To the colors -- First 
       wave -- Stand in the door -- Battery wheeler -- Tiger 
       Marines -- Blood brothers -- Mail and water -- Inferno -- 
       Gold stars -- Dug in -- Blood for the Emperor -- Maggot 
       Valley -- Lord, I'm helpless -- Ball's Razor -- Tojo can 
       eat shit -- A tumbling can -- Fortress Corregidor -- 
       Epilogue. 
520    "In late December 1941, General Douglas MacArthur, caught 
       off guard by the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, is 
       forced to retreat to Corregidor, a jagged, rocky island 
       fortress at the mouth of Manilla Bay. Months later, under 
       orders from the president, the general is whisked away in 
       the dark of night, leaving his troops to their fate. It is
       a bitter pill for a fiercely proud warrior who has always 
       protected his men. He famously declares "I shall return," 
       but the humiliation of Corregidor haunts him, even earning
       him the derisive nickname "Dugout Doug." In early 1945, 
       MacArthur returns to the Philippines, his eyes affixed 
       firmly on Corregidor. To take back the island, he calls on
       the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, a highly-trained 
       veteran airborne unit. Their mission is to jump onto the 
       island--hemmed in by sheer cliffs, pockmarked by bomb 
       craters, bristling with deadly, spiky, broken tree trunks-
       -and wrest it from some 6,700 Japanese defenders who await,
       fully armed and ready to fight to the death. Drawn from 
       firsthand accounts and personal interviews with the 
       battle's surviving veterans, acclaimed war correspondent 
       and bestselling author Kevin Maurer delves in this 
       extraordinary tale, uncovering astonishing accounts of 
       bravery and heroism during an epic, yet largely forgotten,
       clash of the Pacific War. Here is an intimate story of 
       uncommon soldiers showing uncommon courage, and winning, 
       through blood and sacrifice, the redemption of General 
       MacArthur"--|cProvided by publisher. 
600 10 MacArthur, Douglas,|d1880-1964. 
610 10 United States.|bArmy.|bParachute Infantry Regiment, 503rd.
650  0 World War, 1939-1945|xCampaigns|zPhilippines|zCorregidor 
       Island. 
651  0 Corregidor Island (Philippines)|xHistory. 
655  7 Instructional and educational works.|2lcgft 
655  7 Creative nonfiction.|2lcgft 
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