Guerrilla Daughter

Acknowledgments

Preface xi Acknowledgments I am indebted to my husband, Kent, who developed time lines and commentaries to complement what I have written about my personal experiences during World War II. For example, he describes in chapter 1 the Philippines’ preparedness for war. This would have a direct bearing on the beginning of my family’s odyssey in evading the Japanese Army that lasted almost three and a half years. Similarly, he assisted me in underscoring those events leading to the return of American forces to the Philippines in late 1944 and early 1945 that did have the effect of bringing us out of harm’s way in 1945. Finally, he assisted me in writing the “Afterword” (chapter 10) concerning the guerrilla movement on Mindanao and its contribution to the war effort. xi ...