02758cam a2200325 i 4500 2357417631 TxAuBib 20170201120000.0 160121s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016002542 9781613734308 cloth : alk. paper 1613734301 cloth : alk. paper (OCoLC)936234484 NIC/DLC eng rda COO DLC BDX BTCTA YDXCP OEM FM0 IGA OCLCO TxAuBib rda Montgomery, Ben, author. The Leper Spy [BOOK] : The Story of an Unlikely Hero of World War II / Ben Montgomery. Chicago : Chicago Review Press, [2017] 266 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-259) and index. Everything is in readiness -- Fools -- Family -- Safeguards -- Bombs -- Envelope -- Boys -- Hobnailed boots -- Bastards -- Volunteer -- Leaflets -- Gone -- Espionage -- Speedo -- Spies -- Promise -- Beleaguered -- Taken -- Pledge -- I'm a leper -- Vengeance -- Landings -- Advance -- Map -- Los Banos -- Dispatched -- Leper camp -- Loose ends -- Visits -- In sickness -- Independence -- Spotlight -- Discovery -- Return to the rock -- All that is changed -- Medals -- Friends of friends -- Carville -- Old fears -- Crusader -- Fallen -- Controversy -- Fences -- Graduation -- Praise -- Bureaucracy -- Sisters -- Deportation -- California -- Sunset -- Disappear -- I am still alive -- Anonymous. "In 1944, as World War II raged in the Pacific, a young, vivacious Filipino woman with leprosy named Josefina Guerrero was swept up in the underground guerrilla movement in Manila. The convent-educated girl who loved reading poetry and listening to Chopin and Beethoven became one of the most reliable and courageous spies for the United States in the Pacific Theater, putting her life at risk for no reward but to help the Americans oust the Japanese occupiers from her homeland. She stalked through the woods, mapping machine-gun turrets around Manila Bay and delivering the maps to the United States so Gen. Douglas MacArthur's troops knew where to drop bombs. She penetrated Japanese munitions holdings and alerted underground leaders. She secreted food and medicine to U.S. prisoners of war being tortured and starved in internment camps"-- Provided by publisher. 20170201. Guerrero, Josefina. World War, 1939-1945 Underground movements Philippines. Philippines History Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 Biography. Biographies.