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Shadows in the Jungle by Larry Alexander Alamo Scouts WWII w/dust jacket
Shadows in the Jungle by Larry Alexander
The Alamo Scouts behind Japanese Lines in World War II
Hard Cover w/ dust jacket
336 pages
Copyright 2009
CONTENTS
Introduction The Best of the Best * 1
1. Hollandia: "Looks Like We Walk Home * 9
2. "I'll Form My Own Intelligence Unit?' * 26
3. Recruitment and Training * 44
4. The First Mission * 69
5. "God Bless You, Brave Soldiers" * 84
6. "...The Entire Shoreline Was Ablaze?' * 101
7. Final Operations in New Guinea * 117
8. "...By Far the Best Show I've Ever Seen." * 139
9. The Rescue at Cape Oransbari * 157
10. "Maybe We Can Save the World" * 170
11. Samar/Ormoc Bay * 198
12. "Only an Act of God Is Going to Get You Out:' * 218
13. First In, Last Out * 230
14. "If I Don't Make It, It's Up to You:' * 257
15. "I Wouldn't Trade the Whole Damned Jap Army for One Alamo Scout?' * 272
16. "It Would Have Been Near Suicide:' * 298
Epilogue Through the Years * 307
Appendix A Alamo Scout Team Rosters * 315
Appendix B Glossary of Terms * 319
Selected Bibliography * 321
Acknowledgments * 323
Index * 325
DUST JACKET INTRODUCTION
Shadows in the Jungle is the up-close-and-personal story of the Alamo Scouts in the Pacific during World War II. Set on retaking the Philippines ever since his ignominious flight from the islands in 1942, General Douglas MacArthur needed a first-rate intelligence-gathering unit. Out of thousands, only 138 men were chosen: the best, toughest, and most fit men the army had to offer. Their task: silently slip onto Japanese-held islands, stalk through the thick jungles, and assess enemy locations, conditions, morale, and troop strength, all while remaining undetected. It was an impossible task, doomed to failure, but incredibly, the Alamo Scouts were a valuable success.
Throughout the years 1944 and 1945, the Scouts performed a wide array of special operations, many of them classified for decades after the war. More than just a recon and intelligence outfit, the Scouts also conducted rescue missions to recover captured military and civilian prisoners from Japanese camps, organized and supplied guerrilla freedom fighters, and provided protection for General MacArthur himself. They completed at least 108 known missions against superior numbers of enemy troops, but not a single Scout was killed or captured.
Writing with the narrative power usually found in a novel, Larry Alexander takes readers in the footsteps of the men who made up the elite reconnaissance unit that served as General MacArthur's eyes and ears in the Pacific War. Drawing from personal interviews and testimonies from Scout veterans, Alexander weaves together the tales of the individual Scouts, who often spent weeks behind enemy lines to complete their missions. Now, more than sixty years after the war, the story of the Alamo Scouts has finally been told.
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