by Peter Eisner
Huntley, Chet, xii, 266–67
Hurt, Marshall Hill, Jr., 144
Ichikawa, 79, 188
Igorot wedding dance, 81
Ikuta, Torao, 93
Infante, Emma, 264
Infante, Ramón, 264
inflation, 149, 251
Ingham, Travis, 291
Ink Spots, 95
Insular Life Assurance Company, 18, 281
Intramuros, 25, 28, 29, 33, 39, 157, 252–53
invasion of Lingayen Gulf, 243, 245
Ito, Col., 117
“I Was an American Spy” (article), 261–62, 265
I Was an American Spy (movie), xi–xii, 277–79, 281
I Was There (radio program), 266–67
Jackson, John F., 292–93
Japanese Fourteenth Area Army, 49, 230, 252
Japanese invasion of Philippines. See Philippines campaign (1941–42)
Japanese occupation of Manila, ix–x, xiii, 11, 67–218
arrest and ransom of Peggy, 177–79
“Asia for the Asians” program, 5, 67, 90–91, 155
ban on Western radio broadcasts, 68–69
Camp O’Donnell, 116–18
dragnet, 196–98
early days of occupation, 67–72
food supplies, 203, 204
the Kempeitai. See Kempeitai
killing General Roxas, 92–94
losing the war, 202–4
midnight curfew, 5–6, 60, 62, 81, 126, 166
nightclubs, 74–75, 136–37. See also Tsubaki Club
paranoia in, 167–69
Parsons on the move, 157–61
Philippine independence, 151–52, 155–56, 179–80, 189–90
propaganda, 90–91, 170–73
rationing system, 97–98
Tojo’s parade, 151–56
the underground and organized resistance, 98–104, 118–20
Japanese surrender, 267
secret kill order, 238–39
Jewish Community Center, 274
Jimbo, Nobuhiko, 93–94, 158, 159
John Lykes, SS, 262–65
Johnson, Fred, 85
Johnson, Robert, 85, 87
Jones Bridge, 170, 171–72
Joson, Eduardo, 244, 246
Jurika, Blanche, 33, 157, 193–94, 196, 223, 254–55, 294
Jurika, Stephen, 33
Kalinga Province, 158
kamikaze, 238
Kangleon, Ruperto, 233–34
Kawazu, Seizaburô, 79
Kempeitai, 29, 55, 73, 88–92, 192–96
Peggy’s arrest, 177–78, 179
Kennedy, Douglas, 277–78
KGEI, 163, 203
Kiechel, Walter, Jr., 283
Kihlstedt, Foke, 202
Kimmel, Edward, 14
King, Edward P., 47, 49, 51, 53
Kobayashi, 188–89, 225
Komina, Colonel, 164
Korean War, 278, 291
Krueger, Walter, 233–34, 243–44, 247
Kummer, Mrs., 173–74
Kuroda, Shigenori, 157, 189–90
Lady of the Tropics (movie), 80–81
La Farge, Oliver, x, 268
La Loma Cemetery, 186
Lalor, John, 119, 128, 175, 202, 243, 253
Lamarr, Hedy, 80–81
Lapham, Robert, 243–44
Larson, Tommy, 128–29, 130
Latta, Frank, 190–91, 193
Laughing Boy (La Farge), 268
Laurel, José, 77, 153, 155–56, 169, 180–81, 189–90
Laurel, José, III, 180
Laycock, Blakey, 31
Legazpi, 18
Leroy, Bert, 171
Lewis & Clark College, 274, 288
Lichauco, Jose M., 88
Lichauco, Marcial
background of, 83
Bataan death march, 316n
Battle of Manila, 252, 254
beating at Fort Santiago, 88
Japanese occupation of Manila, 117, 152, 198, 204
propaganda film, 90–91
Life (magazine), 31, 194, 246–48
Lim, Vicente, 159
Lingayen Gulf, 19
Invasion of, 243, 245
Lockard, Ted, 170, 171–72
Lolita (nanny), 14–15, 16, 17, 22, 23–24, 35–36, 44–45
Loo, Richard, 277–78
Los Baños Internment Camp, 154, 168, 187, 241, 246, 251
love letters, 140–43, 174
Loyd, Frank Riley, 54–55, 82, 193, 224, 242–43
LST-463, USS, xi, 234
Luneta Hotel, 62, 137
Luneta Park, 25, 77
Luzon, 23, 79, 99, 182
Battle of (1945), 237–38
Luzon Stevedoring Company, 33, 56–57
MacArthur, Arthur, 19–20, 48
MacArthur, Douglas
formal surrender of Japan, 267
guerrilla activities and, 98–101, 102–3, 160–61, 184–85, 216–18, 271
New Guinea campaign, 100, 153, 202–3, 213–14, 233
Parsons and, xiv–xv, 101–4, 158–59, 160–61, 192
Pearl Harbor attack, 13–14
Philippines campaign (1941–42), ix, x, xi, 11, 13–14, 18–21, 40, 48, 98–101
at Corregidor, 19–20, 28, 40, 48
escape to Australia, 48–49, 98–104
Philippines campaign (1944–45), 228–29, 246, 247
Battle of Leyte Gulf, 233, 234–35
Battle of Luzon, 237–38
Battle of Manila, 237–38, 240–41, 253–54, 261
liberation of Santo Tomas, 248–49
post-war life of, 293–94
Presidential Medal of Freedom, 273, 277–78
pre-war life in Manila, 12, 14, 27–28
MacArthur, Jean, 19–20, 48
McCarthy, Joseph P., 278
Mack, Edward
at Cabanatuan, 121–22, 132, 140–41, 200, 205, 210
confirmation of Jack Utinsky as POW, 121–23
interrogation, 206
Oryoku Maru transport, 236–37, 245
Maglaya, Joffie, 207
Makata at Paraluman (Poet and Parallels) (Vera Reyes), 194
Malacañang Palace, 179–81, 190, 253
malaria, 36, 43, 52–53, 61, 62
Malate Church, 128, 199, 200, 202
Malinta Tunnel, 19, 21
Manaloto, Horacio, 118, 127, 133, 176, 200, 206, 207, 208, 209, 221
Manchuria, 11
Mandaluyong Prison, 243, 246, 249–52
Manila
Battle of (1945). See Battle of Manila
expatriate American life in, 25–28
history of, 25–26
Japanese invasion of (December 8, 1941), 13–18
Japanese occupation of. See Japanese occupation of Manila
map, xvii
pre-war life, 7–13, 25–28
U.S. forces raid (September 21, 1944), 230–32
Manila Daily Bulletin, 26–29, 87
Manila Espionage (Phillips and Goldsmith), xi, 267–69, 274, 277, 281, 286–87, 323n, 326n
Manila Herald, 28
Manila Hotel, 12, 14, 34, 253
Manila Internment Camp. See Santo Tomas Internment Camp
Manila massacre, 238–41
Manila Polo Club, 98, 181
Manila Tribune, 28, 78, 136, 152, 153, 155–56, 162, 163, 168–69, 184
Mann, Thomas, 214
Manzano, Narciso, 195–96
Manzano, Rosario, 195–96
Mao Zedong, 147–48
Marfusa Restaurant, 208
/> Mariana Islands, 215, 228
Mariveles, 19, 40, 91, 269
Markova, Walterina, 137
Marshall, George, 100–101
Martinez, Maria, 270–71, 279
arrest and interrogation of, 226, 231–32
at Mandaluyong Prison, 243, 246, 249–52
Masamoto, 84
Maury, Tom, 206
Maya Maru, 32
Meet the Press (TV show), 262
Meisinger, Josef, 88
Mencken, H. L., 262
Metropolitan Theater, 165
Mickey Mouse money, 132
Midway Islands, 5, 100
Mindanao, 14, 33, 48, 53, 70, 103, 158–59
alleged assassination of General Roxas, 92–94
Mindanao Sea, 190–91
Mindoro, 191–92, 217
miscegenation laws, 9
Missouri, USS, 267
Miss U (Utinsky), 272–73, 290
Mitsubishi A6M Zero, 14
Miyazaki, Shuichi, 202
Mona, 84, 165
Mongolia, 5, 11
Moreno, Elena, 202
Morocco (movie), xi
Morotai, 228–29, 240
Morse, Wayne, 271–72
Mount Malasimbo, 35–37
Mount Pinatubo, 161–63
Mucci, Henry, 244–46
Mudge, Verne D., 246
Muir, Capt., 138–39
Multnomah Bank, 280
Multnomah County Court, 288
Murphy, John F., 244–45
Mydans, Carl, 31–32, 246–48
Mydans, Shelley, 31, 246–47
Nacht und Nebel, 29
Nagahama, Akira, 179–86
arrest of General Roxas, 179–81
capture and execution of Straughn, 182–83, 184–86, 194, 269–70
counterinsurgency operations, 148, 156–57, 185, 192–96, 209
the Kempeitai, 88–90, 91, 181, 192–96
post-war life of, 294–95
war crimes trial of, 269–70, 294–95, 323n
Nakar, Guillermo, 99, 185–86
Nakayama, Motoo, 49
Naparo, Juan, 215
Narwhal, USS, 190–93, 216
Nashville, USS, 234
National Archives, xi–xii, 268
Naval Base Cavite, ix, 14
Navy Reserve, U.S., 34
Naylor Company, 272
Nazi Germany, 75, 85, 113, 153, 163, 178, 215, 230, 265
Neibert, Evangeline, 205, 272, 288
Cabanatuan supply and relief operations of, 127–28, 130, 132–33, 168, 176, 198, 200, 208
Clavier v. US, 285
New Britain campaign, 202
New Guinea campaign, 100, 153, 202–3, 213–14, 233, 262
New York Times, 279
Nielsen, Eugene, 240–41
Nihon Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, 57
Noble, Arthur “Maxie,” 53–54
Nogi, 109–10
Normandy landings, 235, 247
North American B-25 Mitchells, 55
Norton, Nancy Belle, 109–10, 118
Obama, Barack, 330n
Ohta, Seichi, 71–72, 73, 88
O’Malley, Edward P., 292
155th Provisional Guerrilla Battalion, 162
Orani, 23, 50
Osmeña, Sergio, 203, 235
Ozamiz, José, 158–59
Pacific Basin, map, xvi
Painton, Frederick C., 261–62, 327n
Pajota, Juan, 244, 246
Palawan massacre, 238–41
Paluan Bay, 192
Pampanga River, 23, 117, 244, 246
Pan Am Clipper, 85
Panaon, 160
Panlilio, Yay, 264
Papaya, 226, 231
Park Avenue School POWs, 105, 138–39, 168, 170–72
Parsons, Charles “Chick”
aboard the Narwhal, 190–92, 216
arrest and detention at Fort Santiago, 55–56
background of, 33, 310–11n
Battle of Leyte Gulf, 233–34, 254
Battle of Manila, 254–55
departure from Manila, 56–59
diplomatic immunity of, 32–35, 55–57
espionage operations, xiv–xv, 56, 57–58, 70, 102–4, 157–61, 190–93, 228
on the move, 157–61, 190–93, 320–21n
post-war life of, 291–92
Parsons, Katrushka Jurika “Katsy,” 33, 34, 56, 57, 193–94
Parsons, Louella, xii
Parsons, Michael, 33
Parsons, Peter, 32, 56, 57–58, 158, 159, 291–92
Pasig River, 25, 29, 156, 168, 170, 238, 251
Pearl Harbor, ix, 13–14, 15, 307n
Peggy. See Utinsky, Margaret Doolin “Peggy”
Peralta, Macario, 99–100
Petkoff, Helen, 208–9, 213, 221
Philippines
Japanese occupation of. See Japanese occupation of Manila
maps, xvi, xvii
Philippine Army, 49–50, 116, 185, 271
Philippine Constabulary, 54, 126, 147, 195, 217
Philippine General Hospital, 252–53
Philippine House of Representatives, 69–70
Philippines campaign (1941–42), 13–63
attack on Manila, 13–18
Bataan death march, 49–52
Bataan Peninsula, 18–21
Boone’s guerrillas, 37–42, 52–55
Claire’s chances of survival, 42–45
conversion of Santo Tomas, 29–32
initial landings, 13–21
Parsons’ diplomatic immunity, 32–35, 55–59
Philippines campaign (1944–45), 228–57
Battle of Bataan, 241–43
Battle of Leyte Gulf, 233–35
Battle of Manila, 237–41, 247–48, 252–57
Battle of the Philippine Sea, 228–30
Cabanatuan and Oryoku Maru, 235–37
invasion of Lingayen Gulf, 243, 245
liberation of Mandaluyong, 249–52
liberation of Santo Tomas, 246–49
Palawan massacre, 238–41
raid at Cabanatuan, 240–41, 243–46
U.S. forces raid Manila, 230–32
Philippines Free Press, 86–87
Phillips, Claire. See also Tsubaki Club
aboard SS John Lykes, 262–65
aliases of, 8, 72, 255, 286
High Pockets, xi–xv, 120, 141–42, 161–63, 201, 221, 286
arrest of, 211–13, 227, 231
arrival in Manila, 7, 10–11
background of, 7–10
at Bilibid Prison, 232, 266, 288
celebrity and fame of, xi–xii, 265–74, 277–79
Clavier v. US, xii, xiii–xiv, 279–87
death of, 288–89
death of John Phillips, 122–25, 169
diary of, xiv, 17–18, 22–23, 24, 63, 95–96, 125, 137, 157, 159–60, 167, 201, 209, 269, 281–82, 289–90
early life of, 7–8
espionage and intelligence gathering, 59–60, 73, 76–77, 82, 95–96, 98, 135–36, 150–51, 159–60, 160–61, 163–68, 168, 188–89, 192–93, 209, 222–23
false papers of, 84, 115
FBI and, 263–65, 267, 270, 280–81
illness and recovery of, 173–77, 199, 261–62
imprisonment at Fort Santiago, 223, 224–27, 231–32, 243, 327n
interrogation, 221–23, 225–26, 227
imprisonment at Mandaluyong Prison, 243, 246, 249–52
rescue, 251–52, 255–57
invasion of the Philippines (1941–42), 14–15, 1
6–18, 22–24
meetings with Boone, 38–42, 53, 61, 146
return to Manila, 59–63
at Sobreviñas family camp, 35–37, 41–47, 60–61, 212
“I Was an American Spy,” 261–62, 265
Japanese occupation of Manila, 67, 69–78, 104–5
surveillance, 198–200, 201, 209, 211
last years of, 287–89
Manila Espionage, xi, 267–69, 274, 277, 281, 286–87, 323n, 326n
marriages of, 8–9, 10, 12–13, 256, 264, 281, 283
to John Phillips, 22–23, 63, 261
to Manuel Fuentes, 10–11, 13, 256, 265–66, 287–88
paranoia of, 167–69
Peggy and, 115, 118–19, 127, 167, 173–74, 177, 199–200, 224, 256–57, 262–63, 270
restitution claims of, 271–72, 279–87
search for John Phillips, 37, 39–40, 43, 59–60, 73, 104–6
supply and relief operations of, 83–85, 108–10, 115, 138–39, 140–43, 146, 148, 149–50, 154, 161–63, 169, 171–72
on This Is Your Life, xii, 274, 288
Phillips, John Vincent
beginning of relationship with Claire, 12–13
capture of, 162–63
Claire’s search for, 37, 39–40, 43, 59–60, 73, 104–6
death at Cabanatuan, 122–25, 169
invasion of Philippines, 16–17, 22–24, 39–40
marriage to Claire, 22–23, 63, 261
Phillips, Lawrence, 216
Phillips, Reed, 206
Phillips, Vada May, 13, 174, 255, 261–62
Pilar, 17–18, 22–24
Pirovano, Enrico, 197–98
Pius XI, Pope, x
Pope, John Russell, xiii
Portland Oregonian, 8
Praeger, Ralph, 158
Presidential Medal of Freedom, 270, 271, 273, 292
President Pierce, SS, 10
Prince, Robert W., 244–45
prostitution, 74, 136–37
Puerto Princesa, 237
Quezon, Manuel L., 70, 101–2, 163, 169, 203, 235
quinine, 35, 52–53, 149
Radio Tokyo, 155
raid at Cabanatuan (January 1945), 240–41, 243–46
Ramsey, Edwin Price
background of, 54
guerrilla army, 54–55, 82, 145–46, 148, 150, 151, 181, 193, 243
Ramona and, 181, 194–95, 230
undercover operation, 194–95, 216–17
Rand, Sally, 134–35, 261
rations, 97–98, 167, 187, 227
Rawolle, Frank, 233–34
Red Beach, 234–35
Red Cross, 31, 113–14, 118, 120, 140, 203–4, 265
Remedios Hospital, 73, 113–14, 173, 174, 212, 224
Reminiscences (MacArthur), 294
Rendezvous by Submarine (Ingham), 291
Rescission Act of 1946, 271–72
Reyes, Bonifacio “Pacio,” 82, 150, 189, 199
Reyes, Emilio V., 43, 62