Bataan Surrendered. One Officer Didn't — and His Family Heard Nothing for Three Years
In April 1942, as Bataan fell and tens of thousands of American and Filipino troops laid down their weapons, one U.S. Army major walked the other way — into the jungle, with no plan beyond a direction: north. For nearly three years, Major Russell Volckmann lived in the mountains of northern Luzon, officially unaccounted for, slowly building a guerrilla force out of nothing. This is the story of USAFIP-NL: eighteen months of total radio silence before a single signal finally reached the outside world, a quiet rescue of the Philippine president's own family from an occupied city, and a final campaign that pushed what remained of Japan's army into the very mountains where this all began. By 1945, the men who once depended on strangers just to survive were the ones doing the hunting. What came out of those mountains went on to shape the U.S. Army's Special Forces. If your father or grandfather served in the Pacific, this is a story he may never have heard either. This video uses archival materials and original terminology from the World War II era for historical research and educational purposes only. It is not intended to offend, glorify, or target any individual, group, nation, or organization. #WWIIHistory #PacificWar #USArmy #Philippines #MilitaryHistory #GreenBerets #WW2
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