John Ryder Horton

Ninety-day Wonder: Flight to Guerrilla War John Ryder Horton

In his four years of navy service during WWII, Ensign John Horton's military career ranged from communications in Manila to commander of a guerrilla training camp for Chinese soldiers. He also engaged with the Chinese in acts of sabotage, blowing up railroads and bridges in Japanese-occupied areas. Horton experienced a fascinating yet little-known aect of the war. With eyewitness accounts from both chinese and U. S. soldiers , he provides a rare and riveting glimpse of a china filled with bravery and foreboding, a country fighting a vicious enemy while teetering on the brink of civil war.