Description: Shadow Commander : The Epic Story of Donald D. Blackburn Guerrilla Leader & Special Forces Hero, Hardcover by Guardia, Mike, ISBN 1612000657, ISBN-13 9781612000657, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Donald D. Blackburn's involvement in guerilla warfare against the Japanese in WWII qualified him to become one of the first commanders of the Special Forces. For this career biography, the author conducted personal interviews with Blackburn and his family in 2008, with access to all of Blackburn's personal papers, documents, photos, and his war diary from 1. Th also draws on previous interviews of Blackburn conducted by others, before Blackburn was affected by Alzheimer's disease. The author recounts how Blackburn and another future Special Forces hero, Russell Volckmann, escaped from a POW compound in Bataan and gathered a guerilla army of tribesmen of the Cagayan Valley to undermine the Japanese Army in The Philippines. Blackburn's active military service after WWII is also described, especially his activities in Special Forces operations in Southeast Asia in the 1950s-1970s. B&w historical and personal photos are included. Guardia (US Army) has written a previous book on military history. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()
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Book Title: Shadow Commander : the Epic Story of Donald D. Blackburn--Guerrilla Leader and Special Forces Hero
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Case Mate Publishers & Book Distributors, LLC
Item Height: 0.9 in
Topic: Military Science, Military / World War II, Revolutionary, Asia / General, Military / Vietnam War
Publication Year: 2011
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Technology & Engineering, History
Author: Mike Guardia
Item Length: 9.3 in
Item Width: 6.3 in
Format: Hardcover
