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Summary: "nation who has need of a hero"
Review: It has been said, "Sad is a nation who has no heroes, sadder is a nation who has need of a hero." Lieutenant Edwin Ramsey was a hero when both the Philippines and American needed heroes. Lieutenant Edwin Ramsey relates the true-life experience of refusing to surrender after the fall of the Philippines in 1942. He helped organize and fought with a guerrilla army until the recapture of the Philippines in 1945. Lieutenant Ramsey's War is a "can't put it down book." This should be put on the reading list for all soldiers, sailors, marines, air force personnel, and anyone who enjoys an inspiring true-life story. Would make a great movie.
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Summary: "nation who has need of a hero"
Review: It has been said, "Sad is a nation who has no heroes, sadder is a nation who has need of a hero." Lieutenant Edwin Ramsey was a hero when both the Philippines and American needed heroes. Lieutenant Edwin Ramsey relates the true-life experience of refusing to surrender after the fall of the Philippines in 1942. He helped organize and fought with a guerrilla army until the recapture of the Philippines in 1945. Lieutenant Ramsey's War is a "can't put it down book." This should be put on the reading list for all soldiers, sailors, marines, air force personnel, and anyone who enjoys an inspiring true-life story. Would make a great movie.
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Summary: Lieutenant Ramsey's War: From Horse Soldier to Guerrilla Com
Review: My father in law was a guerilla fighter from the age of 12 to 16 in the Bataan area and this book brought to life for me what he went through. Unless you've lived it, this is as close as you can get to being there. I think it should be mandatory reading for high school students so they can better understand not only what the Americans were doing in the Philippines but what real honor is all about. Ramsey could have tried to escape the island, or like others, hid out til MacArthur returned to save them. He had something we all wish we have when the going gets tough. He saw the bigger picture.
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Summary: A riveting story of life on the run.
Review: This book describes what barely can be described. The hardships, the fear, the exhaustion, the hunger, the brutality, the uncertainty of ones fate. It's all right here, and all are apt descriptions of the life of Lt. Ramsey from the fall of Bataan until the time in 1945 that Gen MacArthur returned to liberate the Phillipines.Lt. Ramsey (who was promotoed to Lt. Colonel over the course of his service in the jungle) was a very important leader of the resistance. He personally exchanged a few messages over the radio with MacArthur himself, and it was years before Ramsey even knew that MacArthur was getting his messages, as he went without radio contact for the first two years of the war. Many of Ramsey's fellow resistance leaders, some of them officers he served with, or under, prior to the war, were captured, tortured, and beheaded. Informants were everywhere, and every move was a risk. Yet Ramsey never sat still, and his years were spent traveling, at great risk, throughout the Phillipines and organizing the resistance. Many close calls with the Kempa-tei, the Japanese secret police, followed. Ramsey eventually became the most wanted man on the island, after many of his fellow leaders were captured. He eventually went on to command a force of 40,000 resistance fighters. The leader of the Kempa-tei, General Baba, personally conducted many of the raids and had a picture of Ramsey on his desk. Many times Ramsey was only yards from Japanese troops. Of course, when this all started, Ramsey had no clue how to wage guerrilla war. But he learned, through trial and error, and it is amazing that he even survived the war. If that isn't enough, this is a man who survived having his appendix removed in the jungle by a doctor who had no morphine to numb the pain! This is the kind of stuff Hollywood needs to make movies about. Instead we are stuck with the same dumbed down, recycled nonsense that apparently someone finds entertaining. And sadly the exploits of this true American hero go largely unknown by the majority of this country. I'm glad I am no longer one of them.
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Summary: A Truly Heroic Man
Review: This book is a must-read for anyone interested in World War II. It tells the story of the real heroes of Bataan, the men who refused to surrender but went into the mountains to continue the war against the Japanese. Lieutenant Edwin Price Ramsey should have been awarded the Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines. ...
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Summary: LOYALTY, PATRIOTISM, HEROISM and UNSELFISH DEVOTION
Review: Those words barely begin to speak of the sacrifices Lt. Edwin Price Ramsey gave for his fellow countrymen, the war effort against the Japanese in the Philippines, the behind the scenes guerilla movement, and the Honor he bestowed upon the United States of America through his actions and his command. This gentlemanly young officer went from the glory of Army Polo into the depths of an unsuspected Hell in a matter of months to become well known as the leader of the very last Cavalry Charge in United States Army History for which the Distinguished Service Cross was bestowed upon him, at the age of 24! This in-depth bio eloquently traces the Lieutenants' life from childhood to the end of WWII. His remarkable true story has more twists than a licorice stick as well as plenty of eye filling emotional sledge hammers. I recommend this book highly to anyone who would like to know what the phrase "sacrifice for country" really means.
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