Behind the Lines (The Corps Series)

The boy's club aura of Griffin's primarily male world, where everything?even death?seems clear, sunny, bright and uncomplicated, is in full force here; and that should please his fans just fine.Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. Complicating matters, however, are MacArthur's public declaration that guerrilla activity on the Philippines is impossible, and therefore nonexistent, and Bill Donovan's desire to get the operation under OSS control. . Here, he uses guerrilla action behind the lines in the Philippines as foreground to tell the behind-the-lines tale of the power struggle among Marine General Fleming Pickering, Gen

Army records show that the only officer named Fertig in the Philippines is a reserve lieutenant colonel of the Corps of Engineers, reported MIA on Luzon. On the island of Mindanao, the Philippines, a man calling himself "General" Fertig has set himself up as a guerrilla leader to harass the Japanese. Before they're done, each will undergo a test of his own personal mettlewith results that will surprise even the most hardened of them.. Still, the reports filtering out are interesting, and it's Marine Lieutenant Ken McCoy's mission to sneak behind the lines and find out if Fertig is for real. With McCoy is a motley group put together as a compromise between the warring factions of Douglas MacArthur and the OSS chief Bill Donovan.Together, McCoy and his men steal into the heart of enemy territory and there, amid firefights and jungle camps, encounter more than they had bargained for. World War II

One of his best novels The Marine Corps series has maintained the level of character and story lines all along the series. Behind the Lines is an excellent example of WEB Griffin at his best. This story has been referred to in several other novels in the series. The fall of the Philippines left a group of US service members stranded and some of them, rather than surrender to the Japanese, went into the hills where they allied with Filipinos who were willing to fight the Japanese occup. Roberta Williams said The Lily Cottage Gang sans Bataan Gang, prepares to support Phillipines Guerrilla.. this book deals with the guerrilla forces of the Philipinos and Americans who "deserted" rather than surrender when the Phillipines fell in 19The Lily Cottage Gang sans Bataan Gang, prepares to support Phillipines Guerrilla. Roberta Williams this book deals with the guerrilla forces of the Philipinos and Americans who "deserted" rather than surrender when the Phillipines fell in 1942. The first chapters emphasise the tangle of competition for power within the various military and intelligence agencies as regarding the events that occurred on the Philippines during the early months in the Pacific theatre; the hard choices each soldier was forced to make, and the difficulties of getting where they wou. "The Lily Cottage Gang sans Bataan Gang, prepares to support Phillipines Guerrilla." according to Roberta Williams. this book deals with the guerrilla forces of the Philipinos and Americans who "deserted" rather than surrender when the Phillipines fell in 19The Lily Cottage Gang sans Bataan Gang, prepares to support Phillipines Guerrilla. Roberta Williams this book deals with the guerrilla forces of the Philipinos and Americans who "deserted" rather than surrender when the Phillipines fell in 1942. The first chapters emphasise the tangle of competition for power within the various military and intelligence agencies as regarding the events that occurred on the Philippines during the early months in the Pacific theatre; the hard choices each soldier was forced to make, and the difficulties of getting where they wou. 2. The first chapters emphasise the tangle of competition for power within the various military and intelligence agencies as regarding the events that occurred on the Philippines during the early months in the Pacific theatre; the hard choices each soldier was forced to make, and the difficulties of getting where they wou. . The first chapters emphasise the tangle of competition for power within the various military and intelligence agencies as regarding the events that occurred on the Philippines during the early months in the Pacific theatre; the hard choices each soldier was forced to make, and the difficulties of getting where they wou. Uniquely American initiative in the Phillipines -- a great story! This is one of my favorite installments in Griffin's "The Corps" series. In this one we are fully introduced to Brigadier General Wendel Fertig, an authentic American hero who single-handedly and with remarkable (and uniquely American) initiative, creates a 30,000 man force in the Philippines to fight the occupying Japanese. Of course, General Pickering's people are assisting in this story, and this all makes for an engrossing and hard-to-put-down story. Althoug