Dare & Live, an Untold World War II Story of Guerrilla Resistance Against the Japanese Army in Negros Islands, Philippines

M/Sgt Jorge G. Herrera, Jr. discovered just what kindWar II.
of a soldier he was when the Imperial JapaneseIt is a wonder how M/Sgt Herrera secured arms and
Forces invaded Negros Islands in the Philippines duringammunitions when the Japanese Army divested all US
World War II. His heroic tale can now be told in theand Filipino Soldiers upon their surrender, suspected as
exciting new book, "Dare & Live."non-surrenderees and killed anyone caught in
The superior Imperial Japanese Forces overrun thepossession of weapons. Herrera went on to recruit
spirited defenses that the combined United States andand train over a hundred soldiers and armed most of
Philippine Commonwealth Government Armies putthem. He established a Bivouac at the mountain sides
up in the battles for Bataan and the Island fortressof Negros Islands and equipped his hideout with
of Corrigedor. The US-Philippines defenses crumbledtelephone communication for fast intelligence. He
against the onslaught of superiority of numbers of thestaged many ambushes against the Japanese soldiers
Japanese soldiers, the naval and aerial bombardments.and was an only Filipino Guerrilla Leader who captured,
The valiant defenders had only one option:alive, 21 Japanese soldiers in one ambush encounter.
surrender. The Japanese Forces went on moppingTo try to capture him, the Japanese army even hired
operations on the more than 1,700 islands and islets ofa Filipina Spy and sent her on a secret mission to
the Philippine Archiepelago. The Island defenders underentrap M/Sgt Herrera. Read how Herrera discovered
orders of the Military High Command in Manila, thethe plot of the Japanese Army against him, before it
capital city of the Philippines, gave up resistance.could unfold.
In Negros Islands of central Philippines, M/Sgt Jorge G.How the Filipino Guerrilla Fighters fought the Japanese
Herrera vowed he would never surrender to thesoldiers in Negros Islands during the three long years of
Japanese Army; so he gathered 3 Filipinos and theyWorld War II, was akin to how the TerroristÂ
started the recruiment and training of other Guerrillamounted resistance against the United States
Soldiers. The Japanese Army cordoned Bacolod City,Army in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is of immense
the capital of Negros islands where the US and Filipinoimportance that a Superior Military Power should take
surrenderees were imprisoned. The Japanese soldierscognizance of what the enemies on the opposite side
guarded every entrances and exits of the City, still Mof the war zone could utilize to mount stiff opposition
Sgt Herrera escaped from the heavily-guarded Cityand inflict maximum destruction.
under the very noses of the Japanese Army sentinels.Dare & Live is a profile in courage, ingenuity, and
It is worth reading the whole story of Dare & Live andinnovation worthy of study and emulation times of
obtain the backgrounds that equipped M/Sgt Herrera inpersonal crisis.
his decision of fighting the whole Japanese Army thatThe lessons of World War II was true 50 years ago;
occupied Negros Islands for three long years of Worldthey still ring true today!