--------------Paperback, 8 1/2" tall. 160 pages.NEAR FINE CONDITION-----------------SIGNED / INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, on first page " To Bru Brown, a lover of books, and an expert on secrets. etc, Warmest Regards, William Wise".

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Title: SECRET MISSION TO THE PHILIPPINES, THE STORY OF "SPYRON" AND THE AMERICAN-PHILIPINO GUERRILLAS OF WORLD WAR II- - signed- -
Publisher: An Authors Guild, Backinprint.com edition
Publication Date: 2001
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0595198090
ISBN 13: 9780595198092
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Near Fine
Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Chick Parsons was a shadowy, will-of-the-wisp figure, who sailed from Australia eight times by submarine, to enemy-occupied Mindanao, in the Philippines. There he coordinated the American-Filipino guerilla movement, and by wars end had become one of Americas most decorated heroes. A TV documentary film, Parsons, King Of Spies, is currently in production.

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William Wise has written several biographies and fact-based adventure histories. Secret Mission to the Phillipines tells the World War II story of Commander Charles Parsons how he escaped with his family from Japanese-occupied Manila, only to return to the islands as General MacArthurs King of Spies.

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