Deadline : Captain Charlie's Bataan diary / by Charles Underwood, Jr.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-225).

The early years -- Training the bamboo army -- The Japanese bomb Luzon -- MacArthur's plans and initial probe landings by the Japanese -- The invasion of Luzon -- War plan orange: being pushed from all sides -- The siege of Bataan -- The Japanese breakthrough and the fall of Bataan -- The death march -- In captivity: prison camps on Luzon, Philippines -- The voyage on the Taikoku Maru -- Prison Camp Hitachi -- Charlie as camp mess officer -- Christmas season 1944 and Red Cross packages -- Spring 1945: contact from the U.S. Air Corps -- The surrender of the Japanese at #8 Camp Hitachi -- Commandeering the train -- The war crime charges -- The transition -- Interviews.