A main selection of the Military Book Club and a selection of the History Book Club.With his parting words "I shall return," General Douglas MacArthur sealed the fate of the last American forces on Bataan.

Yet one young Army Captain named Russell Volckmann refused to surrender. He disappeared into the jungles of north Luzon where he raised a Filipino army of over 22,000 men. For the next three years he led a guerrilla war against the Japanese, killing over 50,000 enemy soldiers. At the same time he established radio contact with MacArthur's HQ in Australia and directed Allied forces to key enemy positions.