The Crucible: An Autobiography by Colonel Yay, Filipina American GuerrillaOn December 8, 1941, as the Pacific War reached the Philippines, Yay Panlilio, a Filipina Irish American, faced a question with no easy answer: How could she contribute to the war? In this 1950 memoir, The Crucible: An Autobiography by Colonel Yay, Filipina American Guerrilla, Panlilio narrates her experience as a journalist, triple agent, leader in the Philippine resistance against the Japanese, and lover of the guerrilla general Marcos V. Augustin.