Robinson, Ann Hodges, Reminiscences, 1941-1945.

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Robinson, Ann Hodges, Reminiscences, 1941-1945.

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A 507-page typescript narrates the Robinsons' flight from their Basilan plantation to the upland forest in advance of Japanese forces, their subsequent travels to various small communities and hideouts, and their return home in 1945. The well-written narrative, in three parts, includes descriptions of life among the Yakan people of Basilan and the Zamboanga area, of the capture, occupation and liberation of Zamboanga City, the character of the Japanese soldiers and of Japanese settlers on the islands, the progress of the war, food and clothing, life in the forest and the history of the region. The second and third parts include accounts of guerrilla bands operating in the area, led by unsurrendered American soldiers such as Frank McCarthy and Major Santillan, as well as the experiences of Filipino resistors such as Corporal Barredo, who fought in northern Mindanao. Collaborators, spies, smugglers, gamblers, Filipino and Yakan farmers, rural doctors and dentists, American and Filipino soldiers, and many others are described.

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Ann Hodges of Dallas, Texas married University of Texas football player William Doniphan ("Mogul") Robinson around 1910. They subsequently emigrated to the Philippines, where they operated a copra plantation on Basilan island, across the Basilan Strait from the town of Zamboanga on Mindanao. In early 1942 the Robinsons abandoned their plantation as the Imperial Japanese Navy conquered the Philippine islands. From 1942 until early 1945 they lived in hiding from the Japanese occupation, changing t...

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William C. Robinson was born in Norwich, Connecticut, on July 26, 1834. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1854, and the General Theological Seminary, New York, in 1857. After about five years of work in the active ministry, Robinson studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1864. He practiced law in New Haven, Connecticut, and was an instructor (1869-1872) and professor (1872-1896) at the Yale Law School. He published numerous works and headed the law department at Catholic University (189...