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	Fighting under Fertig on Mindanao: One GI's Incredible Story from WWII
		Fertig was a lieutenant colonel in the Army who had been a civil engineer and who had been hired by the Army just before the war broke out.
		This process of finding Fertig on Mindanao which is an island about the size of Vermont and New Hampshire combined, was a long and arduous task that took about a year.
		Fertig ran a printing press for money he created on the promise the U.S. Government would honor it at the end of the war.
	www.rherald.com /news/2002/0815/Front_Page/f03.html (1301 words)

	CHAPTER 4
		Fertig frequently clashed with other equally ambitious chiefs, particularly Macario Peralta on Panay, but his leverage was greatly strengthened by the establishment of radio communication with the Southwest Pacific Theater in February 1943 and by MacArthur's subsequent recognition of him as the military commander on Mindanao.
		By May Fertig's army and government were operating openly to such an extent that life in the province had returned to prewar normality, except for the presence of fully uniformed guerrillas in the streets of Misamis City and on the waters of Panguil Bay.
		Although Fertig had laid plans for his troops to give ground and use hit-and-run raids against the Japanese flanks and rear, his forces quickly broke and ran in the face of the enemy onslaught.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/wwii/70-42/70-424.html (8891 words)

	Chapter 3: The Legacy of World War II (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Fertig sought to win over the existing elites and, with their support, to rein in the guerrilla forces of individual war leaders, who he thought represented as much of a threat to the Filipino social order as did the Japanese.
		Fertig moved first to co-opt Morgan, sending him as his emissary to unite other independent forces; however, in his absence, Fertig appointed new commanders and made a pact with Moro leaders and, by July l943, had largely neutralized his influence.
		Fertig appears to have determined to take control of the several guerrilla forces raised in northern Mindanao on his own initiative, beginning with a nucleus of some 200 when he issued a "Proclamation" on 18 September 1942 to rally autonomous forces to his command.
	www.statecraft.org.cob-web.org:8888 /chapter3.html (17793 words)

	Might be a teaser for you. [Archive] - Military Images Photos Pictures Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Wendell Fertig with some of his men escaped on a boat and landed on Mindanao, where they tried to establish contact with local guerilla leaders.
		These, however, were not impressed by Fertig's lowly rank, so he promptly declared himself to be the commander of all American forces in the Philippines, and promoted himself to Brig.
		It worked, he was in charge of a force of 13,000 men by the time McArthur fulfilled his promise to return, and as an official estimate said that 7 enemy soldiers would be tied up for every guerilla, he and his men must have caused a lot of problems.
	www.militaryimages.net /forums/archive/index.php/t-196.html (220 words)

	Amazon.com: Reviews for They fought alone: Books: John Keats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Griffin stated that Fertig's lack of promotion to general-officer rank, after commanding 30,000 guerrillas--the equivalent of an Army Corps, was one of the great travesties of justice perpetrated by a jealous MacArthur staff after the war.
		Wendell Fertig was one of a very select group of real heroes, not the instant, media-manufactured, post-9/11 kind.
		Fertig said a number of times that you only need to fear the bullet with your name on it.
	amazon.com /They-fought-alone-John-Keats/dp/customer-reviews/B0006AYKWI (1222 words)

	Guerrilla warfare - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Primary contributors to modern theories of guerrilla war include Mao Zedong, Wendell Fertig, Regis Debray, Vo Nguyen Giap, and Che Guevara.
		John Keats wrote about an American guerrilla leader in World War 2: Colonel Wendell Fertig, who in 1942 organized a large force of guerrillas who harassed the Japanese occupation forces on the Philippine Island of Mindanao all the way up to the liberation of the Philippines in 1945.
		His abilities were later utilized by the United States Army, when Fertig helped found the United States Army Special Warfare School at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/g/u/e/Guerilla.html (3755 words)

	TIME.com: An American Guerrilla -- Aug. 23, 1963 -- Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		And here is one modern guerrilla insurrection that was led by Americans—for this is the story of Colonel Wendell Fertig and his men in the struggle for Mindanao during the occupation of the Philippines by Japanese troops.
		Fertig and his men were rank amateurs at the start.
		But there was only hostility among the rival groups until Wendell Fertig (a mining engineer in civilian life, and the ranking American officer still loose) succeeded in imposing on them the all-important unity of command.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,875146,00.html (736 words)

	MacArthur Report - Papers of Lt. Cmdr. Frederic Worcester : MacArthur Memorial - The City of Norfolk, VA.
		Worcester teamed up with Fertig’s guerrilla command in February 1943, and was made G-2 or intelligence chief, for the 10th Military District.
		In April 1943, Worcester warned Fertig the position of the command was precarious as they were set up with no in-depth defense of their area.
		Fertig told Worcester to quit worrying about it and two months later, as Worcester predicted, the Japanese invaded Misamis Occidental in force and scattered Fertig’s command to the winds inhibiting operations for many months to come.
	www.macarthurmemorial.org /frederic_worcester_macreport.asp (539 words)

	Valor: Hero of the Philippines - May 1990
		Wendell Fertig, who commanded all guerrilla units on the island.
		Having gained detailed knowledge of guerrilla activities and particularly of the landing strips being built in anticipation of an American return to the Philippines, Colonel Fertig arranged for the US Navy in Australia to rescue Dyess and some other Americans.
		They were picked up on July 23, 1943, ending Dyess's year as a POW and four months as a guerrilla fighter.
	www.afa.org /magazine/valor/0590valor.asp (1751 words)

	The Fighting Agents: A Men at War Novel Reviews & Ratings @ reviews4vacuums.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In The Fighting Agents, W.E.B. Griffin retells the story (previously told in Behind the Lines) of Wendell Fertig, a U.S. Army officer who promoted himself to general and led a ragtag guerrilla force against the Japanese after the fall of the Philippines in 1943.
		I was a bit disappointed, however, because I chose this book for the story of Wendell Fertig and his guerillas in the Phillipines.
		As a separate counter-plot, Captain Jim Whittaker returns to the Phillipines with aid for "General" Wendell Fertig who is attempting to conduct operations against the Japanese on the island of Mindinao.
	www.reviews4vacuums.com /reviews/model_review.asp?pmid=259 (772 words)

	Wendell Fertig - Wikipedia, wolna encyklopedia
		Wendell Fertig (1900-1975) – amerykański żołnierz, kapitan wojsk inżynieryjnych Armii Stanów Zjednoczonych.
		Wendell Fertig samoczynnie mianował się generałem brygady - powód był prosty: Filipińczycy nie chcieliby współpracować z "armią", w której najwyższy stopniem jest podpułkownikiem.
		Nigdy nie została formalnie zaakceptowana przez armię i nawet po wojnie Fertig nie został oficjalnie mianowany generałem.
	pl.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wendell_Fertig (154 words)

	MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL: Municipality of Baliangao
		Morgan’s group joined the bigger and better-organized outfit under Col. Wendell Fertig which covered the whole of Mindanao and whose headquarters was first establish in Misamis and later transferred to another part of the island.
		Fertig’s Guerilla outfit was known as the 10
		The Fertig Trail constructed mostly by volunteer guards at the mountain side of Misamis Occidental greatly facilitated safe travel either by hiking or by horse riding from as far as South as Tukuran and Molave, Zamboanga del Sur to as far as Dipolog or Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte.
	oroquieta.net /MisOccidentalBaliangao.htm (3208 words)

	HyperWar: US Army in WWII: Leyte: The Return to the Philippines [Chapter 2]
		Macario Peralta on Panay and Col. Wendell Fertig on Mindanao.
		Until area commanders could be selected for the 7th, 8th, and 9th (Leyte) Districts, Peralta and Fertig had been authorized by MacArthur's headquarters, through Parsons, to organize the guerrillas on neighboring islands, as well as on their own.
		As a result of information received from the intelligence network, on Leyte and in other areas, together with information from other sources, General MacArthur's intelligence officers were able to piece together a reasonably accurate picture of the Japanese units on Leyte, their strength, dispositions, and fortifications.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USA/USA-P-Return/USA-P-Return-2.html (5064 words)

	The American Experience \| MacArthur \| The Guerrilla War
		On Luzon, which held the bulk of the Japanese army in the Philippines, guerrillas were restricted to gathering intelligence and harrassing the Japanese as best they could.
		Further south, such as on Mindanao where Colonel Wendell Fertig commanded about 38,000 men, guerrilla resistance was strong enough that the Japanese never gained full control over large areas.
		Wherever they were, however, those in the resistance did all they could to survive and prepare for MacArthur's promised return.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/macarthur/sfeature/bataan_guerrilla.html (1752 words)

	Zap2it.com - Movie news - Pitt and Fincher To Fight Again
		The story centers on Wendell Fertig, an American soldier who fought in the Philippines during WWII.
		After American soldiers are ordered to surrender, Fertig and his men team up with Filipino resistance fighters to prevent the Japanese from taking full control of the region.
		Tom Cruise reportedly considered playing the part of Fertig, which is now held by Pitt, screenwriter William Nicholson tells Empire Online.
	movies.zap2it.com /movies/news/story/0,1259,---15785,00.html (259 words)

	World War II (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		He competed with Col. Wendell Fertig on Mindanao for control of neighboring islands until General MacArthur ordered all guerrilla commanders to stay within their established areas and cease expanding and competing with one another.
		Col. Wendell Fertig, a pre-war mining engineer, evaded the Japanese after the surrender and in August 1942, pretending to be a general sent in by MacArthur, took command of the Mindanao guerrilla organizations.
		In 1943 and again in 1944, the Japanese launched expeditions to surpress Fertig, and they were fairly successful although Fertig continued to operate from the interior of Mindanao for the rest of the war.
	www.bataandiary.com.cob-web.org:8888 /Research.htm (5759 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features
		It's based on the exploits of American soldier Col. Wendell Fertig and his pursuit of victory in the face of daunting odds as he and a ragtag team of American soldiers stage a guerrilla stance against the Japanese.
		Fertig and his men harassed the Japanese so thoroughly that the Japanese could not ultimately control the island by the time Gen. Douglas MacArthur made his promised return.
		The director is David Fincher ("Panic Room") and Brad Pitt is reportedly interested in the project.
	starbulletin.com /2002/07/24/features/ryan.html (379 words)

	Fincher and Pitt reteam in "They Fought Alone" - Movie-List Forums
		They Fought Alone: According to Empire Online, David Fincher and Bratt Pitt are reteaming, their first project since Fight Club, to create a film called They Fought Alone.
		They Fought Alone tells the story of one Wendell Fertig, an American soldier who fought in the Philippines during World War II.
		When Fertig gets a message out about his guerilla actions, the American army is divided between wanting to get behind the rogue team and disowning Fertig for having ignored military orders.
	www.movie-list.com /forum/showthread.php?t=3905 (426 words)

	The Fighting Agents (Griffin, W. E. B. Men at War, Bk. 4.) - Alex Fighting Agents Baldwin W. E. B. Griffin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In 1943, Wendell Fertig, a U.S. Army officer, has assembled a band of guerrillas in Japan to bring chaos into the Japanese war effort.
		The American Office of Strategic Services (OSS) struggles to get supplies to Fertig and his men.
		In a parallel plot, the OSS is also engaged in a vital mission on another front: smuggling a pivotal atomic scientist out of Germany before the Nazis can succeed in producing the bomb that will decide the outcome of the war.
	www.biblio.com /books/53577678.html (226 words)

	CNN.com - Showbuzz - April 17, 2002
		Fincher, whose other credits include "Fight Club," "Se7en" and "Alien 3," is understood to have become close to "Mission: Impossible" star-producer Tom Cruise in recent months due to overlapping interests.
		The director had been mulling the World War II Pacific actioner "They Fought Alone" (also known as "Fertig") for Columbia, which Cruise had been circling to star as Col. Wendell Fertig.
		The actor ultimately went with the Warner Bros. war drama "The Last Samurai," but the two remained eager to find a project on which to work together.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/SHOWBIZ/News/04/17/showbuzz/index.html (947 words)

	Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
		Harry here, I have this FERTIG script around these parts somewhere, I'm gonna try to track it down and let ya know more soon as I finds my precioussss and readssss it...
		As Garth reported yesterday, Pitt spoke to Premiere Magazine and said that they (he and Finch) had lost interest in SEARED (based on the book "Kitchen Confidential") and were instead prepping a WWII movie.
		The film follows Col. Wendell Fertig, an American on a WWII era Phillipine island who leads a groups of soldiers in a guerilla movement to scare off the Japanese, who looked to seize control and gain a foothold in the war.
	www.aintitcool.com /?q=node/11173 (584 words)

	History
		The OSS was formed in World War II to gather intelligence and conduct operations behind enemy lines in support of resistance groups in Europe and Burma.
		After the war, individuals such as COL Aaron Bank, COL Wendell Fertig and LTC Russell Volckmann used their wartime OSS experience to formulate the doctrine of unconventional warfare that became the cornerstone of the Special Forces.
		In the Army’s official Lineage and Honors, the Special Forces Groups are linked to the regiments of the First Special Service Force, an elite combined Canadian-American unit that fought in North Africa, Italy and Southern France.
	www.bragg.army.mil /specialforces/History.htm (519 words)

	Forbes.com - Magazine Article
		Not surprisingly--considering current events and Spielberg's Midas touch--similar projects based on the Big One are being developed elsewhere around town.
		The Great Raid, with TV favorite Law and Order's Benjamin Bratt playing Col. Henry Mucci, is being set up at Miramax Films; also in the works is Columbia Pictures' They Fought Alone, about Col. Wendell Fertig, a G.I. who formed a guerrilla movement in the Philippines with a team of Yanks.
		Worth noting: Minority Report is based on a story by Philip K. Dick, whose novels have been rich soil for big-ticket flicks; they've metamorphosed into Total Recall, Imposter and Ridley Scott's legendary Blade Runner.
	www.forbesimg.com /2002/01/25/0125facesam1_print.html (572 words)

	Mindanao
		Cotabato City, which is not part of the ARMM, is the region's administrative center.
		An American, Col. Wendell W. Fertig had escaped Japanese captivity and organized a guerilla movement on the island, that was highly effective and had over 35,000 men at its height and were supplied by US subs, restricting the Japanese to major cities and towns only.
		Filipino Guerrillas had operated in the area through the war, commanded by Col. Wendell Fertig, a US Army reservist who had not surrendered.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /provinces/philippines_mindanao.html (1547 words)

	They Fought Alone film movie trailer review at The Z Review
		The plot follows Col. Wendell Fertig, an American on a WWII era Phillipine island who leads a groups of soldiers in a guerilla movement to scare off the Japanese, looked to seize control and gain a foothold in the war.
		The script is being written by William Nicholson and will tell the tale of an American soldier who fought in the Philippines during World War II.
		This will be their third collaboration (after Seven and Fight Club).
	www.thezreview.co.uk /comingsoon/t/theyfoughtalone.htm (417 words)

	JOINT CONCURRENT HOUSE RESOLUTION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Whereas, his harrowing struggle for survival was initially without leadership, but after a year, they joined a contingent of similarly marooned soldiers under the unofficial command of Army Lieutenant Colonel Wendell Fertig, and
		Whereas, ultimately the Fertig band received official recognition from General Douglas MacArthur and was then supplied by United States submarines, and
		Whereas, Airman Cook and his colleagues were used as look‑outs to pinpoint the location of Japanese naval vessels, and
	www.leg.state.vt.us /docs/2004/Resolutn/HCR272.htm (394 words)

	W.E.B. Griffin - The Books - Men At War (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		On an island, the remnants of American forces who escaped the Japanese have fled into the mountains.
		Led by the fiery, unorthodox Lieutenant Colonel Wendell Fertig, this ragtag army of troops and Philippine soldiers must stand against the might of the Imperial Japanese Army.
		But their supplies are low, the situation is desperate, and with a cadre of OSS agents as their only contact with the outside world, time is running out...
	www.webgriffin.com.cob-web.org:8888 /menatwar.html (872 words)

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