title: Midnight on Mindanao: Wartime Remembances 1945-1946
author: Mel Amler DDS
description: Mel Amler, DDS, MS grew up in New York City and was educated at City College and New York University. He was an infantry dental officer in the Philippines during WWII, and entered Hiroshima shortly after Japan surrendered. Returning home, he launched a successful dental practice and conducted biomedical research.
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  The Battle of Bayan and Other Battles
  
  
    
  
  
    
  [NOTE BY THE AUTHORS.  
  
  
    
  [THE SOLDIER'S DEATH IN MINDANAO.  
  
  
    
  [PREFACE.  
  
  
    
  [THE BATTLE OF BAYAN.  
  
  
    
  [REWARDS.  
  
  
    
  [BATTLE OF GAUAN.  
  
  
    
  [THE BATTLE OF MACIU.  
  
  
    
  [THE 27TH INFANTRY.  
  
  
    
  [THE 25TH BATTERY OF FIELD ARTILLERY.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # The Battle of Bayan and Other Battles
  
  
  ### James Edgar Allen
  
  
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  [NOTE BY THE AUTHORS.
  
  
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  [THE SOLDIER'S DEATH IN MINDANAO.
  
  
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  [PREFACE.
  
  
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  [THE BATTLE OF BAYAN.
  
  
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  [REWARDS.
  
  
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  [BATTLE OF GAUAN.
  
  
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  [THE BATTLE OF MACIU.
  
  
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  [THE 27TH INFANTRY.
  
  
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  [THE 25TH BATTERY OF FIELD ARTILLERY.
  
  
  
  
  
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