She also does her best to smuggle food, medicine and supplies to the starving GIs in the camps. In her spare time, Gina tries her best to learn what happened to Ray, who's being held as a POW. From the bestselling author of A Pledge of Silence comes a story of resistance, intrigue, and risking it all in the WWII Philippines. Meanwhile, overheard comments and stray conversations provide useful intelligence for the Resistance fighters. Their money goes to buy food, supplies and arms for the guerrillas in the hills. Before long, she's running her own club, the Pearl Blue, serving an elite clientele of Japanese officers and officials. She establishes herself as a nightclub chanteuse. Soon, however, her old vaudeville talents come to the fore. It's rough going, as Gina has to learn the basics of spycraft on the job. So, the underground smuggles her back into Manila - no small feat, given Japanese checkpoints and patrols - to scrounge cash and supplies. An Italian-American who still speaks some of the language, Gina can pass as an Axis national. Gina, who's never cooked, quickly learns how to pluck, cut off and fry a chicken (when chickens are available).īefore long, however, the guerrillas find other uses for Gina's talents. Eventually, Gina and Cheryl find their way to a makeshift camp farther into the mountains, where a ragtag collection of escaped GIs, missionaries and local farmers are forming the basics of a guerrilla force.
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