Johansen, Maj. Herbert O., “Banzai at Burauen,” Air Force, XXVIII, 3 (March, 1945). A popular account based entirely on American sources.
Kenney, George C., General Kenney Reports (New York, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1949).
Karig, Capt. Walter, USNR, Harris, Lt. Comdr. Russell L., and Manson, Lt. Comdr. Frank A., Battle Report, Victory in the Pacific (New York and Toronto, Rhinehart and Co., Inc., 1949) (5 vols.), V. A highly readable journalistic salty account based upon documentary sources and interviews. There are many excellent photographs.
Leahy, Fleet Admiral William D., I Was There (New York, Whittlesey House, 1950). Excellent. Based entirely on his diary and notes written at the time.
Biennial Report of the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, July 1, 1943, to June 30, 1945, to the Secretary of War (Washington, 1945).
The Medal of Honor (Washington, 1948). A history of the Congressional Medal of Honor and the official citations of the men who had been awarded the medal.
Morton, Louis, “American and Allied Strategy in the Far East,” Military Review, XXIX, 12 (December, 1949). An excellent analysis of prewar strategy up to the summer of 1941.
Reel, A. Frank, The Case of General Yamashita (Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1949). An able pleading for General Yamashita by one of his defense counsel at his trial as a war criminal.
Sturgis, Brig. Gen. S. D., Jr., “Engineer Operations in the Leyte Campaign,” reprint from The Military Engineer, November, December 1947, and January 1948.
United States Strategic Bombing Survey, Pacific, Naval Analysis Division, prepared two studies on the Pacific campaigns which are valuable for the student of the Leyte operation. The Campaigns of the Pacific War (Washington, 1946) is excellent for a study of the Battle of Leyte Gulf. The Interrogations of Japanese Officials (2 vols., n. d.) contains much highly important material but it should be remembered that the interrogated Japanese officers were naturally desirous of making a good case for themselves and at the same time were anxious to give an answer which would please the interrogator.