On a Mountainside: The 155th Provisional Battalion Against the Japanese on Luzon

On a Mountainside: The 155th Provisional Battalion Against the Japanese on Luzon by Decker, Malcolm. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781881325741.

"On A Mountainside" combines scrupulous attention to historical accuracy with an intimate and personal writing style that takes the story deeper than conventional works of history. The story of Doyle Decker, Bob Mailheau, and the men who shared their struggle to survive in the jungles of Luzon is a story that needs to be told. And Malcolm Decker has found just the right way to tell it, with the feel of living fiction. While the hero of this story, Doyle Decker, always denied he was a hero, "On A Mountainside" makes it clear that this young soldier, battling the Japanese and jungles of Luzon, embodies the strength, courage, loyalty and humility that give us all something to admire. The book tells a compelling story, and it celebrates the humanity of these "ordinary" men. One quality that makes this book different from many stories of WWII is the close relationship that the American guerrillas formed with the Negritos--the indigenous people of the Philippines with whom they worked to help drive out the invaders