VOLUME 30 PITTSBURGH, PA. AUGUST, 1975 NUMBER 2

EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING I

Commander John Emerick has scheduled the Executive Board to meet on Oct. 4, 1975 at West Point. tn conjunction with the meeting will be ceremonies honoring General

~ Clifford Bleumet. A wreath will be placed on Gen. Bleumel's grave and will include the rememberance of all our members who have graduated from the "Academy."

The organization has blocked off 40 rooms at the Thayer Hotel, West Point, N.Y. 10996. Send your reservation in care of Mrs. Finneran at the Thayer Hotel as early as possible.

Schedu1e of events. Friday, Oct. 3rd - Dinner at orficers club. Saturday, Oct. 4th. - 9:00 a.m. services at chapel followed with wreath laying ceremonies. - 10:00 a .m. Tour of West Point. - 12:00 Noon Lunch at Officers Club. - 2:00p.m. Meeting at Rau Road Station. - 6:30 p.m. Dinner at Officers Club.

This meeting promises to be one of the most memorible (,f any of the Executive Board meetings. By the way remember the nag that was taken down from the main nag pole on Corregidor May 6, 1942, well part or it was carried home inside of a shirt and is on display at West Point.

CONVENTION HALL ATLANTIC CITY

, ATLANTIC CITY,

NEW JERSEY - 1976 - Invites you •••

April 25-May 2 31st National Convention

Atlantic City is American's · premier Convention City. To millions of Americans, Atlantic City is synonymous with Convention City. Here is the greatest concentration of conve ntion faciliti es available anywhere.

Many exu,l1ent convention hotels and the world's finest Convention Ha ll are ranged compaclly along the Boardwalk to make Atlantic City a one-thoroughfare convention city where everybody meets everybody in attendance.

To attend an Atlantic City convention is w experience the stimulating errecl of being on a ship at sea. Its erred is to urt the spirit.-w quicken the pulse-to broaden one's horizon-to mr.ke you feel as you stroll the Boardwalk that " all at once I am several stories high'"

The excellence of Atlantic City's con· vention. facilities and services is confirmed by the fact that hundreds of conventions meet here each year.

Situated on an island, Atlantic City rises mirage-like out of the sea, Beautiful hotels, bilarre in color and form, stand at the very edge of the surf, their loftiness sharply accented against the c lear, smokeless' sky.

Atlantic City is different! Different in color, different in architecture, different in setting. Different even in the quality of air. It Is clean-brlght-fresh-wholesome. And the pungent salt breath of the deep sea gives it the quality of crispness.

One of the nation's leading convention cities. it has played host to more than a half-million conventioneers yearly. There Is hardly a major convention, trade show or exposition 'held in the United States which has not convened in this famed seashore city.

Unique in itself Is i\'tJantic City 's famous resort atmosphere-the fresh, clean air­the magnificent broad, sandy beaches­the renowned 5 mile Boardwalk with its fascinating shops and attractions. Add tbis to the in-depth convention capabilities and you can understand why Atlantic City has earned its reputatloq as a pr'tl!ller' h.eSt city with an enviable ' past and a bright

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JAMES W. ATWELL PHILIP ARSlANIAN

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CAPT. ANN BEltNATlTUS, RET RICHARD P. BECK

DOMINIC f . GIANTONIO ENOS C. GOULD RANtIS J. MACEY ARTHUR AKULlIAN GEOttGe PICCIRILLO NICHOlAS BOSKO

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ALL INCUMBENT Sf A Tt COMMANDERS

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COMMANDER'S ACTIVITIES Your Commander had the privilege to speak before thousands

on May 25, 1975 at Mammoth Park, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania and again on May 26th at Norvelt, Pa. Also, he spoke over radio stations WHJB, Greensburg, Pa. and WMBS, Jeanette, Pa. telling thousands of listeners what the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor stand for and what they have done to help maintain the freedom of this great nation .

The Commander was again heard July 17th and 18th at the Hilton Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pa . at the American Legion con­vention where he had the good fokune to meet such people as Senator Jackson, Congressman Heinz III, Department Com­mander, John Titus, National Rehabilitation Officer, Andrew Tolazcko and many others . The reason for attending this con­vention was to seek better legislation for-all x -paW's.

He has also been in touch with State Senator Austin J . Murphy and did succeed in getting a resolution passed declaring Bataan and Corregidor Days, April 7 and May 9th, said resolution having been adopted in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as the en· closed will verify .

He has also asked that all suggestions for a Bi-Centennial celebration by the Defenders be mailed lO Benson Guyton so that we may have a comprehensive program for ' the Bi-Centennial of our great nation .

The Commander has a full schedule through November 11, 1975.

Robert M. Neil Public Relations officer A.D.B.C.

MAYWOOD CIVIC AND VETERANS' ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION

OF BATAAN DAY Our week~nd activities starts Friday evening with a cocktail

party for the survivors and Ex-POWS that are attending. This is to be held at the V.F . W. Home 8th and Main in Maywood. This is where most of the survivors checlc:,in and we know about how many will be in attendence for the week~nd.

On Saturday evening September 13th our annual Bataan Day Dinner will be held at argo's Restaurant in Hillside, Illinois. The tickets are $12.50 per person, this includes- cocktails from 6:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., Dinner and presentations, 7:00 until 9:00 p.m., Dancing and liquid refreshments from 9:00 until 12:00 p.m.

Sunday September 14th the day starts with Memorial Services at the Memorial Tank in Maywood Park. In the park the Boy Scouts are having their annual Pancake breakfast, the charge for this is very small . The annual Bataan Day Parade will kick-off at 1:00 p.m. sharp with Honored guests riding behind the Bataan Colors in one of the greatest parades yet. After the parade and everyone has rested there is a Pageant of Drwns at Proviso East High School with six great corps taking part in this annual event.

You can see by the schedule of events that this will be a weekend to remember should any of your people plan to attend.

Anyone planning on attending can contact my housing chairman: Henry Hilgenberg, 618 South 6th Ave., Maywood, lllinois 60153. Phone 312-344-8230. He will arrange to have ac· commodations (or thoee wanting them.

With the expansion to include all Ex-Prisoners of War we hope to see a large tum-out this year. Each year sees the number of Death March Survivors grow smaller, in a few years there would not be any left to honor, but with the thousands of Ex-POWS in our ranks the memory will never die.

If you can get the schedule printed in your next bulletin we would be ever grateful.

Very Sincerely Yours Jesse O. Jones President

AMERICAN DEFENDERS of BATAAN & CORREGIDOR, Inc. UNCLUDING ANY UNI T OF FORCE OF THE ASIATIC FLEET. PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO

WAKE ISLAND. MARIANNA ISLANDS. MI DWAY ISLAND AND DU1CH EAST INOII,S! i DUES·· $4 .00 PEA YEAR ··­

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II you are in the Armed Forces kindly list a name and addre~s whele we can send your mall if you ale tran!ilelled and your

mail from U$ ' $ returned undelivered. EspeCIally il you are over seas wi th an APO of FPO number .

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LlFEMEMBERSHI P RATES

50-60 ...... .. .... $35.00

60 or over .. . _ ...•. $25.00.

CLOTHING ALLOWANCES

Service disabled military retirees en­titled to $150 annual clothing allowances should apply well in advance of August 1 to receive them in September 1 checks, the Veterans Administration advised today.

Officials noted that military retirees need not waive any portion of reti rement pay to qualify.

Service disabled veterans are eligible for a llowances if their prosthetic or or­thopedic devices (artificial limbs, braces, wheelchairs, etc') tend to wear Out or tear clothing.

Military retirees who do not draw VA compensation for their disabilities must apply each year. This is because the agency does not maintain current records on retirees who elect military retirement pay in lieu of VA compensation, it was explained.

Other eligible veterans. however. in­cluding military retirees on VA com­pensation rolls, automatically receive the allowances each yea r after initia l ap­plication.

ARE YOUR DUES PAID?

AUGUST 1 97S-3

FATHER BAUMANN National CommanderJohn Emerick and

~t'vcral members from the Wes tern Penna . area celebra ted with Father Baumann the 40th anniversary of his or­dination into the priesthood. Some 500 members of SI. Canrad 's Church attended the special mass followed by dinner and a musical program.

It mak('S ont' feet proud to know Father where you see the respect he is given by the members of his Church-lets hope we can be inviled to your SOth. Father.

LOST RECORDS Eligible persons s hould not let a losl

birth certificate or marriage license discourage them from applying for veterans benefits. the Veterans Ad­ministration advised today.

Officials pointed out that for some time now. less formal proof of marriage or birth has been 31.'Ceptable when this information is required to establ ish cla ims for higher benefits.

For example. a veteran 'S or widow's (or widower's ) certified statement of marriage is sufficient for applications (or compensation and education benefits for veterans, widows (widowers) and orphan children- provided neither veteran or spouse has been married before, and VA has no contradictory information on file.

Formerly, the agency reqUIred all statements of marriages and births to be supported by formali zed documentary {'vidence.

A certified statement also is acceptable regardi ng the birth of a child of a veteran's marriage, and as proof of age and relationship, VA officials said, 4_ THE QUAN

TRI-STATE CHAPTER The Tri-State Chapter will hold its

family basket picniC at Abie Abrahams r~arm Aug. 24. 1975. Abies Farm is on Route 68 haU way between Butler and Evans City. Pa . Everyone is invited.

National Commander John Emerick invites all to the executing board meeting to be held at West Point, N.Y. Oct . 4, 1975. We wi ll honor General Bleumel formerly of Yardley, Pa .

The fall meeting will be held at Somerset, Penna. Nov . 8, 1975. join with your friends for a weekend of fun .

Looking foward to next year and the National Convention lets give our own John Emerick lots of moral support as he fini shes his year as Nationa l Commander. If there is enough support we can cha rier a bus from the Pittsburgh area .

LETTER I am herewith copying portions of a

letter I recei ved today from Mrs. Billee C, Holliman. 9210 NW, 16th Ave., Mia '~;, FL 33147. As you know Billee is the widow of Earl Holliman whowason Bataan and was in the Omine Machi, Japan POW camp with me. Billee attended the ADBC con­vention in Clearwater and her letler that I quote is about the winning ticket for the $1000 bond, which she sold to a friend in Miami . So I quote from her letter:

"Did you know that I had sold the win­ning tickel for the $1000 bond~ I did not know it until last Thursday when I got the letter from Patrizio with a hundred and fifty dollar eheck and a carbo~ copy of the letter to the winner to whom 1 sold the ticket .. ' was so happy and surprised. I sat crying and thanking God for sometime .. I don 't believe I ever won anything in

my life before. Upon telling my son, Steve said, 'Mother, don't you wish you had had the winning ticket of the thousand dollar bond~' And, honestly. up' until thal moment I had not even thought of that as I was so happy for having sold the winning ticket. And the girl who WOn it rea lly needed the money quite badly. She. is pregnant and will soon have her baby and will have naturally to quit her job at Jackson Memorial Hospital (same place I work only on different shift) for some time. She is a lovely black girl who has been buying tickets from me for severa l years. She said her reaction was .exactly the sa me as mine ... she sat the letter and check in her hand and cried and thanked God for it. When she ca me to work the next morning as I was ready to go home from my nite shifl. she grabbed me and hugged me and kissed me . .. She was the happiest gi rl YOll ever saw. Everyone was thrilled (or her. I probably will sell many tickets next yea r . . I surely hope so."

Benson Guyton

NORTHWEST CHAPTER MONTGOMERY REELECTED

COMMANDER At the 11th Annual meeting of the North·

west Chapter American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor , held June 21 , 1975 in Billings , Montana , the members reelected the following orficers for the 1976 year. Monty Montgomery--COmmander, Brigham City, Utah ; Cecil Cunningham­Sr . Vice Commander . Spokane, Washington ; Merrill Lee-Jr , Vice Commander, Roundup, Montana ; James M. Young, 121;l.25th Street West, Billings, Montana ; Gerald KellY- Adjutant , Sheridan , Wyoming ; Tom Hammel­Chaplain, Dickinson, North Dakota ; Stan Dawson- Service Officer, Powell, Wyoming.

The 12th Annual meeting will be held June 19, 1976 in Billings, Montana. An invitation is extended to all Veterans of Balaan, Corregidor, Mindanao, Wake and Quam to attend the next meeting, for details pleaseconlact any officer or James M. Young, 1213-2SthStreet West, Billings, Montana 59102. The following members attended the meeting with our wives

• joining us at the no host banquet that evening at the American Legion Club. 5th Air Base Groop Hd. Qtrs. Sqdn.: B.W.

Cline, Dwight Shaw, James M. Young. 19th Bomb Group 7th Material Sqdn.:

Cecil Cunningham, Tom Hammel, Monty Montgomery. Les Raymond. Ben Steele.

59th C.A.: Tom Hatten . 5th Air Warning: Wm. O. White. 30th Bomb Sqdn.: Gerald Kelly. Drum : Phillip Cameron. 19Z Tank: Wm. L. Arnold. 93 Bomb Sqdn.: Merrill Lee.

James M. Young, Sec'y. 1213-25th. St. West

Billings, Montana 59102

NURSES Fourteen nurses attended the ADB&C

Convention in Clearwater Florida . Col. Ruth M. Stoltz Ret. and Col. Eunice Young hosted a cocktail party from the group.

Among those who came and we were glad to see again were: Col. Valerie E.

PHILIPPINE SCOUTS INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION

CONVENTION HEADQUARTERS SAN CARLOS HOTEL

West Franklin & Calle Principal Monterey. California

Rates: Single $16.00 Double $20.00 Additional person $4.00 Get out of that old rocking chair and join us at lhe National Convention .

Reserve your room now by sending your reservation early. PROGRAM- ACTIVITIES

• Wednesday , October 15th AM&PM-RegiSlration of Delegates. Early arrivals can tour MONTEREY.

Thursday. October 18th AM&PM-Registration continues for late arrivals. 1 PM-4PM- Business meeting. Site of the 1978 International Convention will be taken

during this meeting. Will welcome any delegate who has a city or state he wishes to present. Bring all necessary information, hotel and etc. Please note this is the onl) meetingscheduJed during the convention to give delegates free time of their own.

Friday, OClober mh 7AM-5PM- A bus tour to San Francisco and other interesting tourist spots. Lunch in San

Francisco. Dutch treat. Bus fare is $10.00 per person payable when reservation is made at the registration desk. For golf enthusiasts, one of the golf courses at Ft. Ord and a tennis court are reserved and available all day. Dutch treat buffet dinner Of· ficers Club, Ft. Ord. Make your reservations early .

Saturday. Oetober 18th AM&:PM- Free time and it is all yours.

There are many interesting things to do and see in Monterey, the first capital of California. The immediate area which is in walking distance of numerous nightspots. fine dining facilities , tourist spots, and entertainment galore. Among those worth mentioning are the Fisherman's Wharf. The Speakeasy, The Jolly Rogue, Tia Maria, Cannery Row, The Pine Inn. China Row. The Outrigger and many more too numerous to mention. San Carlos Hotel offers reasonable room rates and food is delicious and service excellent. Room rates and Menu is furnished for your information.

6PM·7PM- No host cocktails, Fort Ord Officers Club. 7 PM-IO PM- Buffet dinner consisting of roast beef, fried chicken and salad galore. IOPM·2AM-Program and DanCing.

Sunday. October 9 Morning-Churcb of your choice. 6 PM 'til- Farewell buffet dinner consisting of Filipino food. Will have a keg of beer.

REGISTRATION FEES Registration fees include the Saturday night dinner dance, the farewell buffet dinner

on Sunday night plus a souvenir program. $20.00 Single }-- $35.00 Cl~ $20.00 Adwtional Membe' o'!he 'amlly

~ ~~.y ~ De above Japanese means-UNo Pay-much fun"

Do you playa musical instrument? Join the Quan-Tones for an evening of fun and en­tertainment in Atlantic City, 1976. Become a member of this combo.

Write: Herman Hausmann 171 Evans Street

N. Weymouth, Mass. 02191

Messner Ret. from nearby Indian Rocks Beach. Col. Messner was the chief nurse of the Philippine Department with headquarters at Sternberg Gen. Hospital in Manila from 1940 to Aug. 1941 where she returned to the U.S.

Also Col. Nola Forrest Ret'd. as chief

nurse of Pacific who was in charge of the hospital unit coming into Santo Tomas camp, Feb. 1945 to relieve the nurses that were interned. She was glad to see us after 3 years, were we ever glad to see her.

The nurses enjoyed another good con· vention.

AUGUST 1975-5

AIR-CORPS IN CLEARWATER

AMERICAN PRISONERS OF THE REVOLUTION

By DANSKE DANDRIDGE. Originally published. Charlottesville, VA , 1911 . Reprinted by Geaneaiogicai Publishing

Company. Ba ltimore, 1967. Library Congress Cat Card 67-28610. The book is dedicated to the author's grandfather . Lt Daniel Bedinger: "A Boy in Prison."

British treatment of Americans captured. in the Revolutionary War was extremely cruel. The British considered Americans as "Rebels" and did not recognize rebel rank since it did not come from the king. The first American prisoners were taken on 17 June Ins and thrown indiscriminantly into the jail at Boston according to Ramsey's History or Iht' I\ merican Revolution . Many Americans were captured in a baltle neat Brooklyn in Aug ,6 and at Fori Washington in Nov '76. They were confined in NY, nearly 4000 in all. They ..... ere confined in the Ne",1 Jail and the New Bridewell (the only prisons ), in three sugar houses. some dissenting churches and Columbia College. The great fire in Sept. ; Ihe scarcity of provisions : and the cruel treatment of the Provost a ll combined to produce intense suffering among the captives . Sca nt food of poor quality, lack of water and medicine combined with unusua lly harsh treatment along with many cases of deliberate poisoning and bayonetting a ll contributed to high mortality. NumeroUS at­tempts were made at escape ; many failed ; most resulted in death or extreme punish­ment which caused death. Some prisoners were parolled ; some were exchanged par­ticularly aHer Washington crossed the Delaware and took many prisoners at Trenton.

For sailors who were mostly crews of privateers there was little chance of exchange. They were confined on prison ships in the Walla bout between NY and Long Island . The most notorious of the prison ships was the "Old Jersey" where 11 ,500 died in 31h years. Britain attempted to pressure sailors into serving on British ships, but many died rather than serve Britain. On the other hand, when British sailors were captured, many readily joined theprivatecr c rev.'s . Those who refused were soon parolled because the individual colonies lacked prison facil ities and funds for caring for prisoners . This hurt the chances of exchange since Americans had few English sa ilors for exchange. Late in the war American sailors who were PW on lheJERSEY sent a memor ial to Genera l Washington, who used his influence to effect somewhat better treatment and some exchanges.

P . 25. " At the figh t around Ft. Washington only 100 Americans were killed, wl)ile the British 10511000, chiefl y Hessians. But the British took a most cruel revenge. Out of over 2600 prisoners taken some 1900 died in two months & four days in the infamous sugar houses and other prisons in the city." (NY City).

p. 31. " We cannot assert that no prisoners shut up in the churches in NY lived to tell the awful tale of their sufferings, but we do assert that in all our researches we have never yet happened upon any single instance of a survivor living to reach his home." In the Presby Ch in New Utrecht six men used one pew. One could sunnise that two slept on the bench. two Wlderneath and two in the passageway. What was called the " Brick Church" was at nrst used asa prison, but soon it and the Presby Ch in Wall Street, the Scotch Ch in CedarSt. , and the Friends' MeetingHouse were converted into hospitals. b-THE QUAN

P 878. In Capt. Abraham Shepherd's company of riflemen, 52 out of 79 died. Seventeen died in one day.

p 88. Daniel Bedinger, captured at age 16, lingered at the point of death for a long time but he recovered, reenter!'" :i the military service and was a Knight of the Order of Cincinnati. The original par­ch men t wa s s igned by Genera l Washington.

p 123 . " Prisoners were frequently supplied with water from a pump where a ll kinds of fill was thrown, by which it was rendered obnoxious and unwholesome, the effects of which were to cause much s ickness. Good water could have just as easily have been obtained." Why not?

p 125. " It seems that General Lee, while a prisoner in NY, in 1m, drew a prize of $5000 in the NY Lottery. and immedia tely distributed it among the prisoners in that city." There were many cases of poisoning inaUempt to persuade Americans to enlist in British Forces. p. 137. "The effects of the poison taken into his system were never e radicated in the life-time of my grandfather . Throughout the book there are statements of those who had been prisoners suffering the remainder of their lives from ailments acquired in prison. Many of the prisoners died soon after exchange. This made General Washington reluctant to exchange healthy British for wrecked American bodies.

p 138. Some American prisoners were sent to the Orient and Africa as slaves of the East India Compa ny. It is doubtful if any of these poor prisoners sent to the unwholesome climate of Africa ever returned to tell the story of the British cruelties inDicted upon them there-where hard work in the burning sun,-scanty fare,- and jungle fever soon ended their miseries. But one American prisoner esca ped from Sumatra, where he had been employed in the pepper fields of the EfCo. John Blatchford was born in Ca pe Ann, Mass, in 1762. In Imhewasa cabin boy on the HANCOCK, which was ca ptured by the RAINBOW, and the crew taken 10 Halifax. There they cut thru the floor with knives, tunnelled outside the wall where they were met by a British sentry who had been tipped off. The would-be escapees were placed in close confinement until two died. They were buried with irons on . Later Blatchford was shipped on the PRINCESS ROY AL from England to Sumatra . Eventually he and a companion escaped . The companion d ied, but B-escaped across Sumatra to a Dutch ship which took him 10 Batavia . Thence Spanish ship to Brazil : Portugese ship to SI. Helena 1; from there he was picked up by the PRINCESS ROYAL, where he told his story to the captain and worked his way to London . From London to Antigua I. on British ship from which he escaped in a ship's boat to Montserrat , which had just

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TANKERS AT CLEARWATER CONVENTION

ATLANTIC CITY (CONT. FROM PAGE 71 future.

Where is it? Il i! an island, seven driving miles ort the New J ersey Coast, 1211 miles south of New York City lind 55 miles southeast of Philadelphia. One-third of the nations popula tion- 70 million people­lives within 500 miles. and 50 million peop le are within 300 mi.les.

It boasts of 10,000 rooms In hundreds of hotels and motels, many on the boa rdwa lk and a ll within a s hort dista nce of each othe r . More than 100 hote ls a nd mote ls hal'e indoor or outdoor s wimming pools and many have ice-skating rinks.

' Five.mile. long Boardwalk. year.round haven for shoppers and sightseers. " 'hether on foot or on the motorited Trams : Atlantic Ocean beach for swim­ming. sunning, a nd horseba ck riding : fine shops; Boardwalk amusements: hundreds of restaurants with menus from hot dogs to gourm e t dis hes: m any night dubs fea turing top name entertainers: sigh .... seeing: six golf courses : tlrs .... c1ass tennis courts : boating a nd fishing: a nd skeet shooting.

As pa rt of Am erican history, we've come a long way since Dr. Jonatha n Pitney fi rs t drea med of developing Absecon Beach , an is land some 5 miles oU the New J ersey coast. into th e world·famous vacation a nd convention center we know as Atla ntic City, Or. Pitney ri rs t saw the need for a place to provide retit and diven; ion from the hectic pace of Ihe nalion's citiet> In 1850.

Since Pitney was well known and respected throughout South J ersey, he wl!s

ab le to persuad e a r ea businessmen (mainly iron a nd glass manuFacturers a nd large landowners) to form a railroad compa ny Ihat not only would cut the cost of sending their goods to Philadelphia. but tha t a lso would provide easy access to bis hea lth resort.

When the first Ca mden & Atla ntic Imin pulled into the newly Incorporated City In July U154. there were only six beach shacks, and three "boarding houses" to greet them. Today there are more th an 10.000 quality hotels a nd motel rooms for vis itors.

The Boardwa lk-most people assume it·s ca lled the Boa rdwalk beclluse it 's made of wooden boards. But they' re wrong. Back in the 1860's train conductors and hotel owners were getting tired of hav ing wet sa nd tramped ins ide. So two of them got together and persuaded the city to build portable wooden platrorms that people could s ta mp their feet on to get rid or the n nd, One of the men was na med Alexander Hoardm ll ll a nd, you guessed it, "Boa rdman's Walk", became the Board­walk .

A permanent Boa rdwalk replaced the origi nal. portable model and pra ctically overnight, became the nations front porch. Today, the five-mile mall we call the Boardwa lk is lined with shops of endless variety, and you ca n buy anything from donuts to diamonds, from the tackiest bric­a-brae, to girts for royally. They'r e a ll here to tempt your pala te and your pocketbook .

Allantic City is so much more than broad, sandy beaches, bea utiful ocea n and

a ..... orld-famous Board ..... a lk- it i~ a lso a vast collf't-tion of SOIllf' of th ....... orld ·s most unique shops offl'ring endless \'a rl f'lil"S . from high fashion for ladies and gt'ntlt'm en to unusual toys JOI' the kids-and sa il ..... ater larr~· for all. So ronw aht'ad in ',6 and ha\'e yourself a shopping II pret' from the Boa rd ..... a lk to Ihf' ... ·\\"I·nUI'S .. ,and beyond . 1\1111 may )'our COll\'t'lI lioli da~' s

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In Atlantk (, ity . ~a li ollal . Int l'rnali(lII:t1. Hegional. Local. You nalllt' tilt' kind of grou ll you bl'long 10. and l' han('t'S art' Ihal if YOIl h:wen't been hert' )'ourst'lf . .\·ou kllOw someone ..... ho h:ls . Why~ Bccausl'. quite s imply, ,\tlantic Ci t)· off('rs thi' rinE'SI c:onv ention Facili ties in the ..... orld. and IWI'I'

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Hf'a d a houl our COln'ention hul E' l­. 'Ma rlbor oug h-Blenheim ' '- thl' d is­tinguished and perfectly located year round resort hotel.

BENEFICIARIES The Ve terans Admin is tralion com ­

mented today t ha t contrary to a misconception held by many_ wills cannot change bencriciaries named on life in­surance policies issued by the agency.

Official s s tressed thai poi nt while reminding approximately 4.7 million veterans to make cerlain that persons whom they intended to receive their in­surance a re named on Iheir policies.

Velerans who fail to do so could add 10 emotional stress of survivors and cause unwarranted financial hards hip . especially on widows and young children. when it is discovered the inte nded beneficiary was not named, VA explained.

In such cases, the agency is obl igated by law to pay insura nce proceeds to the beneficiary of record_ Most of the agency's policyholders are World War II veterans who carry Nationa l Service Life In­surance.

The problem of insura nce benefits going to unintended recipients has a risen in most instances because the veteran simply never got a round to cha nging an ea rl ier listing of beneficia ries. according 10 VA_

In a typical case, the veteran named his mother as beneficiary when he took out his policy . Later, when he married, he forgot to notify VA to change his beneficiary.

VA urged a ny vetera n who wishes to check on or change his beneficiary to contact the VA insurance center to which he pays his premiums- eit he r in Philadelphia or St. Paul. The veteran should be sure to provide as much in­formation as possible. including policy number, full name and address, the agency said.

AUGUST 1975_ 7

EL PASOANS RECALL BAlAAM DEATH MARCH On April 9, 1942, Sixto D. Molina of 5124 Pikes Peak Drive was at Anyasan Point, ser­

ving as a Scout for the Filipino 12th Medical Regiment. It was his last day of freedom for years 10 come.

Jesse White was at Marlveles on Balasn, crew chief on a P..tO. Jonathan Burns was in the 200th Coast Artillery, also on Bataan, and Gregorio Villasenor was at Kilometer 190.

FOUR DA VS later Harry Steen and some 70 men in his battery were to come out of the hilis, where th!:!y had sought shelter and surrender to the Japanese because they had nothing to eat.

All of these men were to make the infamous Bataan Death March and to survive it. They were just five of the thousands oru.s. and Filipino fighting men who bore the brunt of the Japanese assault on the Philippines in World War n.

They were hungry and ill and poorly equipped. Their rations had been cut in haH on Jan 6, and continually reduced thereafter. Nearly 1,000 a day were being admitted to the hospital for treatment of malarua and beriberi. Only 20 per cent 0( the men on Bataan were physically able for combat, and many of these were so weak they couJd hardly lift their rines above their fox holes.

TItEN CAME the Death March. Many of the men were from New Mexico's old 200th National Guard and they had trained at Logan Heights. Ne'Vt'S of their fate sunk Americans into a slough of grief. It was to be a long time before many Imew the fate of beloved husbands, brothers, fathers, sweethearts.

But some not only survived the Inhuman March, but years of imprisonment which followed. On April 9, a group of these men observed Bataan Memorial Day in solemn ceremonies at Ft. Bliss.

" Many people Urlnk of it as just one Death March, but there were many of them" Steen recalls. " I was on the last one out, with about 1,600 men who lert around April 14. We had no food or water and the Japanese wouJd not let us stop at the artesian wells along the way to get a drink.'

"II a man tried to stop, he was bayoneted or shot. We were on the road five or six days, going to San Fernando where the Japanese had a camp, a sort of fenced com· pound."

He said later the men marched to a little town and then went by train to camp O'Donnell for internment. At the small town, the Filipino Red Cross had laid out food on Banana leaves. The starving American were marched almost to where they could touch the food, then ordered to turn and march away . Notone was aUowed to eat.

Some men marched in groups of 1,000, but Bums said he was ill a line that contained groups of 100.

"Each group was guarded by only one Japanese soldier," He remembers, "U the entire 100 contingent was not present at the various checkpoints when we slopped, one of our men wasshoLlsawooe manshot. "

WlIITS SAID the group he was in was used as a human shield for heavy equipment being moved up for the attack on Corregldor.

"As we approached the narrow bridges along the way, some of the men would be caught on the bridges . Tbe Japanese in trucks would run them down and keep going. At other Urnes they would swerve the trucks on the road and come down on others- just fot the fun of it, I guess."

Members of the 200th were inducted Into federal service in January, 1941. They came to Logan Heights to train and left for the Philippines in August, where they were stationed at Clarke Field. White, who was with the U.S Air Force, enlisted at Ft. Bliss in 1939.

The 200tb was later split up and remade into the 515th Coast Artillery, of which Villasenor was a member.

IT ALL happened a long time ago and other wars have intervened, but to these men, the memories are forever fresh , etched by days of hunger and nights of pain.

1'he6e are the things they remember: At the ceremonies, a wreath was palced on the plaque at the base of Ft. Bliss Center

Flag by Mrs. Wanda Deter, whose husband died in the Philippine defense. Her escort was Pal Varela, Department of New Mexico Commander of the Bataan Veterans, Inc.

For many citizens of Santa Fe didn't have sprung out from this parent group : know that this convention was going on as The American Ex·Prisoners of War, Inc., it wasn't too wide. publicized that said and the American Defenders of Bataan convention was underway but never-the- and Corregidor, Inc . less, this get-together was termed by Ex-POW's from as far as Oklahoma, many those attending as one of the most Texas, Colorado and even Old Mexico successful conventions ever held in the made up the nucleus of the convention. state since the first state organization was Many convention followers were sur-founded Apri114, 1M2 in Albuquerque and prised a t the attendance.

.. then known as the Bataan Relief "There were two reasons why I made Organization. this trip to Santa Fe," remarked Lorenzo

Since then two veterans organizations Aguilar {rom McAllen, Texas, "first of all, 8-THEQU.AN

I love this city because this is a city of enchantment with its naked nature beauty and its people, and second but nol the least, my friends of the New Mexico Bataan Organization."

Vicente Ojinaga of Santa· Fe and his fellow co-chairma n for regisL ti tion, Agapito Silva of Albuquerque were both amazed at the turn-out and the respond from the men living in Santa Fe.

Ojinaga reported that a total of forty­one men regislef"ed from Santa Fe.

"Sixty-four trove up from Albuquerque with men from Las Cruces and Gallup running a close third," he said.

"It was a wonderful convention, " Ojinaga continued, '.'you would be amazed at how happy many of these men were, who had traveled 50 far to be here and to find friends here that they hadn't known about during the past thrity-.odd years back," be pointed out.

Ojinaga, a state employee and also an ex-POW, said that normally to get a dozen 01 these ex-paw's together at one time was a troublesome proposition. because many are still almost down and out with health problems and some even invalids because of the wretchedness of the rigors of the Japanese prisons during the early '40's.

"I love my city of Santa Fe," Ojinaga said, "but now more so when I hear from these outsiders and friends of mine who rave about our captivating city and our rriendly people, my neighbors."

Louis Mendoza, also an ex-2OOtb CAC member and now living in EI Paso, Texas, said that the Santa Fe natives don't realize how lucky they are in living in the beauty of the past and present.

"You know, we have people from aU over the United States visit our EI Paso area because or the closeness of the Mexican border, but really, EI Paso and Juarez just can't compete with the en­chantment of the Santa Fe environment."

Ruben Flores out of Las Cruces and who recently was appointed by Governor Jerry Apodaca as a member of the New Mexico Veterans Commission, pointed out that these meetings served as a morale builder for many because of Its virtuous booster mechanism factor within its frame work of the get...together spirit.

"When you work with these kind of people and know of their own personal heart-aches, tragedies, disappointments and all those small things that make up daily living, one realizes how personal it is in these meetings that are held once a year and how much this relationship resembles this close kin between these veterans," Flores said.

The Veterans Commissioner, who also spent three and a half years as a prisoner of war under the Japanese, was NeoN Mexico's State Senate Sergeant-at-Arms during the last legislative meeting in Santa Fe this year.

Manuel A. Armijo, ex-state director of the N.M. Veterans Commission some

(Co,.,,,"ued on P. 91

Picture of swearing In of new officers attacbed standing-left to right : Varela, Silva, White and Madero.

(Contlnu..:l 'rom P. 8) years ago, was the master of ceremonies at the Memorial services held at the Balaan Memorial corner at the Capital grounds.

The ceremony brought back memories to those attending. Even after some thirty years, the remembrance of many was strong in the minds of those there, for many Santa Fe'ers will never forget , among many, Eddie Tafoya, who was around fifteen or sixteen years old when he joined the outfit and left Santa Fe for 'that trip overseas' and who returned home on1y to die a few years back in the Veterans Hospital in Albuquerque after the deprivations and the mistreatments he suffered while as a POW finally took toll.

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Leo J . Padilla of Albuquerque was heard saying a small prayer and afterwards mentioned to this reporter that he was thinking or-Juan C. de Baca, who lived then , during his boyhood days in Pena Blanca but never made it back, dying in Hong-Kong while making the trip in a Japanese cattle boat while being tran­sported from the Philippines to Japan . BOARDWALK

" You know," Padilla, making a wide sweep with his hands while talking, " we may never say much to anyone but we are always remembering our fallen friends who never did make it back and for those also who did return-but have fallen on the wayside due that their bodies never took hold after those long years of being ravished by the diseases and hunger."

Padilla pointed out that a lot of the boys were not in good physical condition upon returning and were s till having trouble with malnutrition and beriberi effects and now aCter these long years now paSSing, the effect of these are now taking hold.

Padilla is a brother of Solomon Padilla, Jr., well-known in the Santa Fe educational circles, being the school principal for the Department of the In­terior in the Northern part of the New Mexico Indian area .

Arthur B. Smith, also a Sanla Fe'er and who was celebrating his Finy-four bir­thday on June 14, the last day of the con­vention and happened to be listening in to

the conversation, was quick to point out that when the atomic bombs fell , and it was over, of 36,853 American troops captured on Balaan and Corregidor, some 3,600 survived.

" How many of us remain?" Smith wonders .

" But that was many, many years ago, it seems," Smith reca lls .

" OUr state of New Mexico looks beautiful and well·being because these men left their blood, which they shed on the batUe field to preserve this freedom you and I are enjoying today."

" I , as a native of Sanla Fe and a citizen of this country, am proud that I could represent the New Mexican Zia sun symbol over there," said the smiling and average built Sanla Fe'er.

The convention ended with a banquet at the Eagles Club on Early Street with Governor Jerry Apodaca and his wife and the Hon. Joseph Valdes, Mayor of Santa Fe as special guest.

DEATH NOTICES This is to inform you that on April 'n,

1975, M I Sgt Claude H. Taylor Jr., passed away due to cancer.

1st Lt. James O. Haburne. escapee Oapecol, Zl March 1944 , died of a heart condition July 4th, 1975. His Wife, Dee, survives. Her address : 23240 Beech Street, Dearborn. MI. 48124.

or the eleven P .O.W. who participated in the Escape from Davao Penal Colony Mindanao March n, 1944, I am now only aware of 4 survivors : Andrew Bukovinsky, Address unknown I James McClure, Address Unknown , Watson, Address above, Myself.

Following escape,the American P .O.W. joined with the Philippines Guerrillas and continued fighting until properly relieved by the return to the Islands of U.S. Armed Forces.

AUGUST 1975-9

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803RD ENGINEERS IN CLEARWATER

1410 Ad ler Road Marshfield. WI 54449 Dear Mr. Sommers :

--Mr. Stanley Sommers, Researcher

Our apologies for the delay in answering your letter of 28 September . Colonel Glenn Williams of the Army Surgeon General's Office forwarded it to us for a reply.

Unfortunately, we do not have a complete set of " Internal Medicine of World War 11" available to us, and therefore are unable to answer some of the questions you have raised regarding Ihs 'article on schisotosomiasis. We a re trying to obtain a copy of Volume 3; however . as yet been unsuccessful in doing so.

Although we have no way to know for certain, we doubt that the Army has made any attempt to fol.low-up the 300 survivors of the Davao penal colony. This would be especia lly true for those who left the service and were no longer under Army jurisdiction.

You asked about the possibility that remaining survivors of Mindinao might still have schistosomiasis, and not be aware of it. The answer is ';yes"; however, some qualification is in order . The nature of the schistosomiasis lire cycle is such that two hosts are required for complete development, i.e . the adult worms lay eggs in man , the eggs cannot hatch unti l they leave the body. As a practical matter, this means that once a man leaves an area in which schistosomiasis is found, he will not acquire any new worms. Unfortunately adult worms can live in the body for decades, and one pair (male and remale) of Schislosomiasis japonlcum worms, (the type found in the OrienD, can produce a tremendous number of eggs. Over a period of 20 years, as many as 10 million of these eggs may stay in the body. Although these eggs do not mature, they are irri tating to the body and small abcesses form around them.

In most cases, once a man leaves an endemic schistosomiasis area, his chances for full recovery a re very good, even after heavy exposure. With time. the adult worms die, the eggs and any abcesses are destroyed, and a partial immunity develops. This mayor .may not be true in any individual case, however.

Eggs have been found in ths central nervous system, including the brain, and in such quantities as to suggest strongly that adult worms may have migrated there. They can cause a variety of neurological problems. including paralysis of various extremities and seizures.

If there a re signs of neurological involvement with schistosomiasis. even a single course of chemotherapy can give very good relief and usually does not have to be repeated . Most physicians, however, would probably want to do some laboratory tests to make certain the patient stiD has these worms, before they would treat the patient. (The medicine used has some unpleasant side effects, and most physicians do not want to use it unless necessary.)

There a re a number of tests which can demonstrate schistosomiasis. Serological blood tests are available which can give a good indication of infestation, especially the quantitative lests done at the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta . Most physicians would probably insist on seeing schistosomiasis eggs in the stools or in a rectal biopsy of the va lves of Houston, before making a definite diagnosis and decision to start treat­ment. These procedures are relatively simple, and should be available in any V.A . medical racility .

We hope this will answer some of your questions. If we can be of additional assistance, please let us know.

10-n-tEQUAN

Sincerely John A. Plag, Ph.D.

Director

A.D.B.&C. Members desiring a set of either of the following crests send a money order to : JEROME A. McDAVITT. P .O. 80" 32633, San Antonio. Texas 78216. in the amount of '3.00 per set and you will be for­warded what you order and send funds to cover by return mail. in­sured on items below:

59th CA regimenta l Crests, per pair .. ... ' 3.00

60th CAe Regimenta l Crests, per pair . . . .. ' 3.00

(THE SUPPLY IS LIMITED) SO ACTNOW!!!

SMALL BITS Harriette FoY' underwent surgery in

April and hope she is fully recovered with all her problems behind her. Her new residence is 333 So. Glebe Rd. Apt. 412, Arlington. Va. 22204 .

Sorry we did not have the newly elected executing board when the June issue of the Quan went to press. We agree with many of the members the organization is con­trolled by the actions of the exec. board .

Harold J . Hart 601 Grant Place. Fredrick , MD. 21701 would appreciate hearing from anyone who worked with him at (t) O'Donnell Salvage Detan in Bataan Aprill942-May 1942: (2) Cabanatuam May 1942-June 1943; (3) Nichols Field 1943-1944 ; (4 ) Oeyana Prison Camp Japan 1944-1945. Please contact direct.

DUES PAID?

(Con'lnued from P. 6 )

been taken over by the French . French ship to the Capes just off Philadelphia where intercepted by two British cruisers and taken to NY and put on prison ship JERSEY. After a week on JERSEY he was pul on a Ca rtel (exchange ship) fitted for France as a French prisoner. The Cartel wenl 10 SI Malo, where he got to a Massachusetts privateer, joined the crew and participated in captureof Olree prizes, In 18 days. RetUrned to St Malo and learned of Peace. Rode a brig to Lisbon to take on cargo Olen to Beverly, Mass .. just 15 miles from home where he soon arrived Cor an agreeable meeting at his CaOler's house with friends after an absence of nearly six years. p. 160 Bla tchford later entered Ole Merchant Marine and died at age 33 of fever in Port Au Price.

p 161. Franklin wrote protest against treatment of prisoners but to no avail . Apparently Americans who were sent to England received better treatment than in NY. There was frequent protest in British newspapers re: inhumane treatment of A­prisoners of British.

p 199. Strong condemnation of British treatment in NH Gazette, Feb. 4, 1779.

P 202. "The prisoners taken on Long I aoo at Ft. Washington, sick, wounded, and well were huddled together, by hundreds and thousands, large numbers of whom died of disease, and many undoubtedly poisoned by inhuman attendants, for Ole sake of their watches and buckles."

p227. Chapter 23. Philip Frenau , Poet of the Revolution , captured and wrote lengthy poems condemning the crowded, di r ty, airless , pestil ent , waterless, foodless prison ships compounded by cruel inhumane sadistic guards. Four pages of poems given.

p 243. Oration by Jonathan Russell, Providence, RI, on 4th of July 1800 con· demning PW treatment. Last Paragraph: "Deep and dreadful as the coloring of this picture may appear, it is but a faint and imperfect sketch of Ole original. You must remember a thousa nd unutterab le calamities ; a thousand insta nces of domestic as well as national anxiety and distress : which mock description. You ought to remember them ; you ought to hand them down in tradition to your posterity, that they may know the awful price their ' aOlers paid for freedom."

p 256. " We were all ' rebels '. The only distinction made among us was made by the PWs"

p 258. "American prisoners a re proverbial for their ingenuity in devising ways and means to accomplish their plans, wheOler they be devised for their own comfort and benefit, or for the purpose of annoying and tormenting their keepers."

p. 276. Good story of how A- prisoners would collect lice in a can ; then dump same on British inspectors whenever opportu nity arose . Hi ghes t mortality among young, 14,16 yrs.

p 376. Comments of a sea captain PW on

60TH CAC IN CLEARWATER

Ole old JERSEY. " I do not regret my capture nor my sufferings, for the recollection or them has ever taught me how to enjoy my after life with a greater degree of contentment than I should, perhaps. have otherwise ever ex­perienced." p 366. "the JERSEY was never visited by any regular clergyman."

p 502. After the war in 1792 and 1798 attempts were made to provide a proper resting place for the ones of victims of the JERSEY scattered in Ole sands about Wallabout Bay. This effort did not progress much until the matter was taken up by the Tammany Society, thru whose efforts a sma ll bldg was erected and bones placed in a vault in 1808. Bones were placed in the vaul t in 13 large coffins, one for each of the 13 colonies.

OFFICERS OF ;i!tth COAST ARTILLERY FORT MI.LLS, P.I .. at midnight April 30, 1~2, (not including out posts)

COLONELS Simmonds, Norman B. 0-15914 Edison, Dwight D. 0-18786

LI EUTENANT COLONELS Bunker, Paul D. 0-1897 Rutherford. Dorsey J. 0-9037

MAJOR Julian, Harry, 0-18999

CAPTAINS Cleveland, ArOlur V. 0-268279 Cooper, Robert G. 0-22894 Davis, Thomas W. TIl . 0-22059

Gerlich. Frederick J . 0-21160 Hawes. Milton D. 0-239299 Ilauck. ilerman H. 0-21355 McCa rthy, Joseph L. 0-25007 McHeynolds. Sa muel McF. 0-19089 Schenck, Harry, 0-19033 Schutte, Henry J . Jr., 0-24501 Snoke. Donald r. 0-21971 Steiger, George E . 0-268185 Thompson, William G. 0-299540 Tracey. George J . 0-319226 Verde. Hobert J . 0-335974

f'lRST L.I EUTENANTS Aikma n. Robert P . 0-225747 Efird. Walter G. J r .. 0-395683 Erha rdt. Charles W. 0-370677 Fullmer. Don B. 0-327699 Gibbon. Beverly R. 0-297375 Minaker. Harry C. 0-352385 Moore. George M. 0-354624 Moorehouse, Paul D. 0-376230 Muir, Robert W. 0-360860 Simpson, Harry T. Jr., 0-23054

SECOND LI EUTENANTS Bliss. Raymond W. 0-385792 Crandell. John P . 0-394659 Dawe. Harry J . 0-401480 Fulmer. Richard P . 0-413510 Hodgson, Welles G. 0-395960 LangeJer. Alberl B. 0-373986 Moore, John I .. III . 0-395697 Scott. Walter E. 0-379582

HATTERY "A" 59 th COAST A It­TILLERY. FOHT 1\111.1..8, P.I .. at mid· night April 30. 1942

CAI'TAIN McReynolds. Samuel McF.

(Continued on p. 16) AUGUST 1975-11

BATAAN VETERANS ORGANIZATION Just berore World War lI , the men from the New Mexico National Guard. the 200th and

the 515th C.A.C., didn't know it but when they len Fort Bliss, Texas on August 31, 1941 ror an unknown but important overseas assignment, that they were destinated to be America's Forgotten Few.

And afterwards, for the few that did return were survivors of one of history'S cruelest episodes : the battles of Bataan and Corregidor, and the infamous Balaan Death March in the Philippines.

And for ma ny of the citizens of Santa Fe last month, it was a quiet and bright sunny day. but not SO for a sma ll group of these survivors, for some 110 of these, with their wives and some with their children, met in this city with excitment, enthusiasm and in some cases, with tears in their eyes upon seeing a fellow companion whom they haven 't seen in thirty years, since they were together in a Japanese prisoner of war camp.

Santa Fe, the host city for the annual state Balaan Veterans Organization, appea red to be a meeting of over-grown kids. -For the many out--of·state visitors, staying at a local motel on Cerrillos Road, south or

the city. it seems foolish that so many overgrown and middle-aged men seem to be hugging each other. with a far away spa.rkle in their eyes and gladness not seen now days among grown-ups.

Ta lking about veterans affairs! It seems so. Thls three some got together during the annua l sta te convention of the Bataan Veterans OrganbaUon in Santa Fe. New Mexico last June. Seen left to right Is Ruben Flores, an ex·pow from the ZOOth and member of the New Mexico Veterans Service Commission, Joseph S, Cordova, Director, Veterans Administration, Regional office, Albuquerque and Mel Madero, new elected state commander for the BVO, for '75-76 term . Madero Is from Albuquerque while Flores lives in Las Cruces.

12_ THE QUAN

B.V.O. Jerry McDavitt, past National Com­

mander of the American Defenders of Balaan & Corregidor just recently at­tended the 1975 B.V.O. Convention held at the Holiday Inn, Santa Fe., N.M. June 12-14. There were about 152 members present and following registration on Friday until pool s ide entertainment began that af­ternoon for all attending with fine food and more hospitality that evening. Saturday morning the business meeting followed by the elocHon of the following officers : Mel Madero of Albuquerque, N.M., the new BVO Commander ; Jesse White of El Paso, Texas, the BVO Vice-Commander ; Agapito Silva of Albuquerque, N.M., BVO Adjutant-Treasurer.

The Board of Directors for the coming year : Pat Varela, of Albuquerque, Senior Director ; Ruben F lores Sr., of Los Cruces ; Dow G. Bond, of Taos ; Lorenzo Benegas, of Las Cruces ; Pete Espinosa, of Gallup ; Ca lvin Graff, of Carlsbad; Fred Almarez, of Lordsburg; Louis Mendoza , of El Paso ; John Burns, or EI Paso; Harry Steen, of El Paso ; Jesse White, or EI Paso ; Jim Lopez, of Santa Fe; Juan Blea , of Santa Fe; Manuel Armijo, of Santa Fe; Albert M. Gonzales, of Tularosa; Tommy Foy, of Silver City.

Saturday afternoon a beauti£ul memorial service was held in front or the state capitol and the Eternal Flame besides the memorial to the 200th CA. Indeed this was a very fine convention concluded by the banquet and a fine but short talk by the new young Governor of New Mexico, Hon. J oseph Valdez ... then dancing . . .

MICHAEL COOKE It is with deep sadness and sorrow that

we announce the untimely demise of our son. MICHAEL COOKE, in the Fort Miley Veterans Administration Hospital in San Francisco. California on 3 June, 1975.

MICHAEL never recovered from the cerebral hemorrhage he sustained on 26 May, 1975 while in the hospital for treat­ment. He was a 100 per cent disability patient from service connocted injuries received in Vietnam.

With family members present at a memorial gathering, his ashes were in­terred in NICHE 18·A in the Abbey mausoleum in beautiful Westview Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia on 11 June, 1975.

We know you share our grief at his tragic loss and also cherish his memory.

Gold Star Parents John M. and Gladys M. Cooke Clearwater , Florida

Turn Monument For War Heroes Into A Pig Sty

By CARAYO S. CAOILE

A pig sty has been allowed to litter the memory of 24,1)00 FilipinO soldiers who died at the O'OonneJ concentration camp at barrio Arengoren. Capas, Tarlac.

On April 9, Filipinos celebrated the gallantry of our countrymen who gave their best but buck'ied under the might of the Japanese imperial army.

Where the ;' )ong march" ended at the Capas concentration camp, atrocities, wounds, sickness and lack of food resulted in the death of 24,000 righting men.

In their memory. a monument was erected by 125 prisoners who, though weak and sick, completed it in a month and inaugurated it in the latter part of Sep­tember, 1942 . .

The inscription which reads: "Sa Magiting na Ala-ala ng mga Kawai na Filipino na Nasawi dito ... " was no longer there but defaced and turned into a pig sly.

A young lieutenant, Guillermo A. deja Cruz, then adjutant of the 21st Engineer battalion under the 21st Division , USAF'F'E·PA who made a sentimental visit to the place, was stunned to see the desecration and vandalism done in memory of his fallen comrades.

The young lieutenant, also an engineer, who had supervised the construction is now the presidential regional officer for development and concurrent public high· ;Nays director for the I1ocos region.

Denying claims that the monument was constructed by the Japanese, dela Cruz said if the four corners of the monument were dug, "we put dedications to those dead insjde boltles."

Dela Cruz took pictures of the.monument and sent them to President Marcos who was in the same division during World War II imploring that the concentration camp be made a national shrine. He offered to make the repairs of the monument which was designed by architect Elias Ruiz, of San Nicolas, lIocos Norte, also a prisoner.

According to dela Cruz, a shack was built near the monument where an old woman now stays and makes it as her home. Here she raises pigs, chickens and claim the area has been awarded to her.

During the construction . dela Cruz recalled the handicaps the prisoners-of· war encountered with him because of lack of materials and tools. But the thought their dead com rade-in·a rms gave them vigor.

Dela Cruz told the Bulletin Today that those who were incarcerated were Col. Maximiano Janairo, chief engineer group who was the chief of the corps of engineers PA before the war, camp commander

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(Filipino group) Brig. Gen . Mateo ca pinpin and assistant camp commander Col, F'ilomeno VilIaluz who was division commander and chief of staff of the 21st Division, USAFFE·PA.

Dela Cruz said lack of food , loss of touch

or death of loved ones and sickness in the later part 0( their prison life caused some soldiers to lose their minds. But most of the'~IiW~~~f&aflnside the camp that cattle will be slaughtered for the prisoners. we could not sleep. We an· ticipated the day when we could eat a ll the meat but which turned out to be only the s ize of a mongo bean meticulously sea r· ched in the soup in our canteen cup or helmet which serves as our bowl," dela Cruz reminisced.

(Continued 'rom P. '4 J wrestling. another Japanese rushed in with a deadly bayonet charge.

"Galvez was able to parry the thrust thus making the Japanese lose balance and fall to his death into the precipice. Meanwhile. Galvez went on wrestling with the first Japanese and succeeded in gaining the upper hand.

J Japan ese df'ad "Three more J apanese then charged at

him . one at a time. By sheer physical strength . he was able to defend himself by USing the Japanese he was grappling with as his shield . The three Japanese likewise fell to their deaths.

"Although bleeding profusely. Galvez was still able to parry another bayonet charge by a fourth Japanese by pulling a .Japanese he was fighting with over him so that the iatler received the bayonet thrust instead of him ,

AUGUST 1975-13

BESSANG PASS By LEANDRO B. ARLANG

Former District Intelligence Chief 2nd-lrd Districts. USAFlP NL

No other mountain pus in Philippine history has b«n so bitterly and hotly contHted than Ressang pass, the s«H.alled western backdoor'of the Yamashita pocket in World War II .

Likewise. since 1521 , no battleground in OUr country, Bataan and Corregidor in­cluded. has produced a greater number of heroes. living or dead, than this historic mountain pass which was the scene of bloodiest battle during the Pacific cam­paign.

Tragically enough, when the smoke of battle had cleared up in 8essang Pass on June 14. 1945, no less than 5,000 guerrilla battle casualties and 20,000 bolomen perished on that Philippine thermopoiae.

Probably the most popular and the most decorated living hero of the Sessang Pass battle is Eduardo Borge, a teacher turned solider. who was dubbed the "£ighlingest Major" of the USAFIP NL, the Pil· American guerrilla unit committed to capture the pass.

And slocky and with a terrible temper like Ihat of Gen. Antonio Luna, Borje is a man of guts and principle. During the darkest days of enemy occupation when USAFFE remnants in the Hocus either chose to surrender or were captured by the Japanese, Borje decided to "remain" in the mountain fastnesses of the Cordilleras with a (ew diehard soldiers.

" In school I taught the meanings of ' bravery' and 'heroism' to my pupils for many years, " the Ilocano firebrand averred. "Now, doesn't it spell treason for me to surrender meekly to the enemy or to collaborate with them? "

Gallant stand Tru e to his words , this gallant

guerrillero defied the enemy. He reorganized the badly dedmated guerrilla outfit of the late Maj . Walter M. CUshing and struck terror in every occupied territory in the I1ocos region.

Before D-Day on Jan. 9, 1945. he com­pleted the wartime tables of organization of the 3rd and 1st battalions of the 121s1 Infantry Regiment, PA , and to the amazement of American oflicers suc· ceeded organizing a bolomen army of 33,488 men in Northwest Luzon.

For 77 hectic days, Borje led the 1st Bn., 12Is1 Infantry, in a suicidal and sa·vage attack upon Bessang Pass. Through ex­ceptional courage and grim deter­mination. his (oot soldiers stormed Japanese concentrations and pillboxes one after the other in spite of great odds and difficulties.

In fitting recompense for his heroic deeds and valor, he had the singular distinction of receiving the US Anny Silver Star from an American Ambassador within the US Embassy compound at 1-4-THE QUAN

Roxas Boulevard in the presence of ranking US army and civilian officials.

Another famous hero of Bessang Pass who inflicted " heavy" casuaJties on the enemy is 1st Lt (retired as Lt. Colonel) Avelino J . Battad, of Sto. Domingo, Uocos Sur.

Be medalled veteran An infantry officer who saw action in

Bataan in 1942, Baltad who was com­manding officer of "I" Co., 3rd battalion, 121st Infantry, was also awarded the US Army Silver Star and the Philippines Gold Cross.

His citation read in part : " ... he led his company in the bitterly contested attack against Bessang Pass, stormed and captured the gateway to Cervantes and Mt. Province."

A young guerrilla commander who demonstrated superior tactical skiD in the face of imminent danger was a handsome 1st Lt. Ricardo Moreno, of Comillas, Cervantes, llocos Sur, the son of a rich Spanish mestizo and an Igorot beauty.

The following citation for his Gold Cl'<lSS follows: 'When a 5-prooged attack by an enemy regiment threatened to envelop 'c' Co .. 121st infantry, United States Army Forces in the Philippines, North Luzon, on Nalidawan Hill , Bessang, Cervantes, 1I0c0s Moreno, its commanding orficer, direded the resistance against an over­powering hostile assault.

Sklllrul " 'Ithdrawal "Taking his place besides his men, he

used an automatic rifle against the enemy with telling effect and held his position until he suffered numerous casualties. He then conducted and supervised a skillful withdrawal to a secondary position SO yards away.

.. Although he was wounded, be refused aid but gave battle to the enemy until his men were encircled. Then he effected another successful withdrawal to the lines of the 1st Batta lion. During the fight 200 enemy soldiers were killed."

Sometime on June II, 1945, in the final assault of Bessang Pass, an Igorot guerrilla commander, Lt. P .B. Diwaj, C.O., of"G " Co., Provisional Bn., USAFIP NL, led a badly depleted company on Upper Magun HiD, an adjacent hillock to Bessang.

The assault rorce had · barely started when they were pinned down by enemy machine gun fire and barrages from concealed mountain guns and machine gun nests.

Realizing he cou1d not advance under such devastating and sweeping fire; Diwaj with bis 12 most experienced jungle fighters composed of sturdy Igorob, jumped from boulder to bou1der with in­credible agility until they came finally to · the· enemy gun emplacements.

With automatic and semi-automatic weapons, Diwaj and his men scaled the hill and destroyed the enemy position on lop of the hill. The fall of Magun HiD finally led to the capture of Bessang Pass.

Mountain nghter On June 14, 1945, the day Bessang Pass

fell, a Bataan survivor who later joined the Velckmann's guerrillas, was assigned by Maj . Conrado B. Rigor to secure Bessang proper and nearby Buceual ridge. This intrepid mountain fighter is Capt. Pio Escobar, of Burgos, Uocos Sur.

Arter gaining his position, he held it for 56 days and nights despite incessant in­filtrations and attacks by the enemy along his front aod supply tines. For his exem­plary act oMleroism and tenacity, Escobar was awarded the Gold Cross and Purple Heart.

Another soldier-hero who distinguished himself for unsurpassed intrepidity , resourcefulness, and exceptional bravery was the late Pvt . Lucero Tamate of San Gabriel, La Union.

During the heat of the operations of Bessang Pass in May 1945, Tamate killed seven Japanese soldiers aod captured rifles, grenades, Oledicinesand documents from the enemy while mopping up the area of Lower Manubac, Ilocos SUI', below 8essang.

Likewise. on June. 14, 1945, while mop­ping up Upper Magun hiD he again cap­tured Japanese soldiers and continued these unsurpassed feats of capturing alive enemy soldiers after the rail of Bessang Pass.

After the war, Tamate who became mayor or his town, received several decorations and awards from both the US and Philippine governments. Interestingly enough, Major Tamate was nicknamed the "Robin Hood" of Philippine Resistance since the exploits of this soldier can hardly be matched by any other guerriUero in the country .

Sgt. York of the Philippines "The Alvin C. York of the Philippines,"

however, is one Sgt. Gervasio H. Galvez of La Union.

A prewar PA trainee. called to active duty in 1941, Galvez fought with fanatical zeal several enemy soldiers after sustaining four bayonet wounds himself. Hesurvived the death struggle and lived to receive the Distinguished Conduct star.

This breaktaking fight between Galvez and several Japanese soldiers is colorfully described in the following citation:

"As platoon leader of " 0" Co., 1218t . Infantry , USAFIP NL, Galvez with his platoon whicil had so often spearheaded a successful attaCk, look" the initiative of counter-attacking and charging the enemy in order to make a gateway for safety.

" He took a squad of his men and dasbed loward the assaulting force. When he had nearly exhausted the ammo in his magazine, he jumped into an enemy foxhole and with his remaining bullel, shot and killed its Japanese occupant.

"He then grabbed the dead Japanese, took his bayonet, so as to ann himself but another Japanese jumped into the foxhole to grapple with him . As they were

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''THEY'' JESSE M . KNOWLES

STR~NCE THING$ WERE DONE UNDER THE TR OPI C SUN Br THE IrEN IN KHAKI TWILL, THOS E TR OPIC NIGHT S HAYE S EEN sonE S IGHT S THAt' WOULD /fAKE rouR. HEAR'!' STAND S7'IL L . THOSE IrOUNTAIN TRAILS COULD SP IN SOIfE TALES THAT NO irAN WOUL D EYER LIKE ; BUT THE WOR S T OF ALL WA S AFTER THE FA LL WHEN WE STARTED ON THAT HIKE.

T ' I/A S THE 7'1'H OF' D ECElfBER. IN ' 41 WHEN THEY HIf' HAWAII 11 3 THE OAT BEGUN : T ' WA S A SUNDAY /fOR-NINO AND .H.t. WAS CALif WHEN OUT OF NOWHERE THERE CAIfE THE BOXBS, IT DIDN ' T LAST LONG BUT THE DAMAGE WA S DONE -AIfERrcA WAS AT WAR WI TH THE R ISING SUN ,

Now OYER IN THE PHILIPPINES WE HEARD THE NEWS ; AND IT S HOOK E~ERr If AN CLEAN DOWN TO HIS S HOES, IT SKEWED LIKE A DREAIf TO BEOIN; BUT SOON grEAT SO LDIER WAS A FIGHTING J!.AN . EACH BRANCH WAS READY TO DO ITS PART -ARTILLERY. INFANTRY, NICHOLS AND CL AI/X.

ANO THEN THEY CAWE ON THAT HONDAY N OON, THEY H IT CLARK FIELD LIKE A TYPHO ON. THAT HONDAY NIGHT rHE nOOH WA S CLEAR : THEY RAZED NICHOLS FR o n FRONT TO REAR . A s TH E DAYS WENT BY ~ORE 1I0~BERS CAWE ; AND SOO N ONLY A FEW P- 40 ' s REWA INED .

THEN THE ORDERS CAnE AND S AID RETREAT, THAT NO nAN WOULD BE SEEN ON THE CITY STR EETS . SO ACROSS THE BAY WE nor~D AT NIGHT AWAT FR OII /fANILA AND OUT 0 ' S IGHT, DEEP INTO THE JUNGLES 0' S ATAAN JlHSX" 15,000 WER£ TO IIAKE A STAND.

HERE WE ForreHT A S A SO LDIER S H OU LD . A s THE DATS WENT B Y WE SPILLED OUR BLOOD . THO ' THE RUI10RS CAnE AND WENT ~ T NI OHT THAT CONYOY N~rER CAnE IN S I OHT .

APRIL 7T H WAS A 'ATAL DAY WHEN THE WORD WENT AROUND THA T WE COULDN ' T STAY , THAT THE FRONT LINE WA S DUS TO FALL : S O THE TROOPS HOYED BACK ONE AND ALL.

THE rERY NEXT DAY THE SURRENDER CAWE. THEN WE WERE HEN WI'I'HOUT A NAIfE !

You IfAY 'I'HINK HERE ' S WHER E THE S T OR Y END S , BUT ACTUALLY HER E ' S WHERE IT BEGINS , TH O ' WE FOUGHT AND DIDN ' T SEE YIC~OR Y THE STORY OF 'I'HAT jfARCH WIL L GO DOWN IN HI STOR Y .

liE WA RCHED ALONG IN COLUWN S OF FOUR LIYING AND S EEING THE HORRORS OF WAR, AND WHEN A If AN FELL ALONG ·THE WAY A CO LD B AY ONET WOULD IfAKE.nIIf PAY F OR TH OSE FOUR WONTHS HE FOUGHT ON BATAAN . THEN THEy ' D KILL Hllf ' CAUS E HE COULDN ' T ST AND:

THE TR OP I C SUII WOU LD SWEA T US DRY FOR THE PUXPS WERE FEW THAT Kf PASSED BY . BUT ON WE If ARCHED TO A PLACE &NKNOWN A PLACE TO REST AND A P L A CE TO CALL HOIfE . HonE NOT THAT YOU IfIGHT KN OW, BUT HOIfE TO HAN THAT SUFPERED A B L OW,

THeN TO O ' D ONNELL CAI1P EN I1A SSE SOI1E HEYER BACK THRU' THOS E GA TES TO PA SS , IN N IPA HUTS WE LIYED LIKE B EA S T, BAD RICE AND CAnOTES WERE CALLED A FEAST .

f OUR n INDS WENT BAC K ro DA Y S aONE BY WHEN OUR THROATS WERE NEYER D~Y -OF OUR WIYES , OUR nOTHERS , ANO FRIENDS, OF OUR BY- DONE DAYS AND OUR IfANY SI N S , AND ABOUT rOUR THOUSAND PASSED AWAY AND HO W n A NY nORE NO I1AN CAN S A Y , F OR NO TonB STONE I1A RKS THE SPOT WHERE TH I RTY TO rIFTY WERE BURIED IN LOT, PI LED TOGETHER A S A RUBBISH HEAP -THE REffA INS OF nEN WHO WERE F'ORCED T O RETREAT .

Now I WANT TO S TA TE AND ny "'"ORDS A R E S TRAI GHT , AND I BE'r" YOIf THINK THEy ' RE TRrlE -THAT IF T Ori GO TTA DIE IT ' S BETTER ro r a y AND TAKE T ilEI' WI'1'H I·OU TOO ,

IT ' s THET THA'I' TOOK US THAT FATAL DAY, I T ' s THEY THAT ffADE US PAY A .VD PAY, I T ' s THEY THAT COUNTED US ' <Y.ORN AND NIGHT , ir ' s THEY THAT. AGA IN WE WAN~ED TO FIGP.'!" , I T ' s "!'H~Y TH.tl' !fADE US A S WE ' .' E . Bu"!' IT ' S N O':' THEY THAT ' LL wr y ";" H I S WA R -FOR THE !fEN 1:1 KHAtrI WILL C O.TE sonE DAY AND "!'AKE US BACK 1'0 't'HE U , S, A ,

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1 have been authorized to undertake a one time stafl.tudy report and investigation along with making a £ina! recommendation that all Army Air Corp Penonnel along with any odd Units such as some Navy Personnel and other Army units that received no recognition for what they did on Bataan or Corregidor or In other pla~ In the Philip­pines. Therefore I need your help and as soon as possible. President Ford has agreed to takea one tiJne look at thisovenlght in our American History so I must furnjsh him with as much ammunition as possible. I have been told that he will go to bal for us only once and that we m~t furnish him with enough facts that he will not get shot down by some Bone head at the Pentagon. Therefore, I need Copies of orders. Special and General. I need to know why the 27th received (2) Two Presidential Unit Citations, any Rosten of personnel either going to the Philippines, or those that left for the south to fight. I am going to ask Joe Vater to run a story in the Quan and Jim Atwell to run a story in the ex POW Magazine, if you know d any penon who can furn.i.sb anything to addto this staff study please ask them to mail any and aU records to me at the address listed above. Once 1 have all the information collected and proof that we were on Bataan and fought as the fint and Second Provisional Infantry ,lam going to rftCODlmend that each member or the United States Air Corp and all other Units that fought as we did be giving the Bronze Star and Combat Infantry Badge. Does anyone"'have the o rders making us the second Provisional Infantry'? This would be a great help.

I know the War has been over thirty yean and nothing has ever been done about this subject. Please help me c~t a great injustice. Yours for the good of all Bataan and Corregidor Survivors.

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