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VOLUME
.43
EDWARD
JOSEPH
DERWINSKI
SECRETARY
OF
VETERAN
AFFAIRS
WASHINGTON -
EdwardJ.
Derwinski,
the
man chosen by
President
Bush
to
head
~he
new
Department
of Veterans Affairs,
moved from
the
right
wing toward
the
polit-
ical
center
of
the
Republican
party
in
the
cour!'!e of a
24'year
career
in
Congress
representing 8
suburban
Chicago
district
.
He
wa
s
not
deeply involved in legislation
affecting
veterans.
although
he
is
B World
War II veteran. having served as
an
Army
in-
fant
ryman
in
the
Pacific theater.
When he arrived in Congress in 1959.
at
th
e
age
of 32. he was an aggressive
anti·
Communist, denouncing
State
Department
officials
as
"s
gang
of
fuzzy. headed idiots,"
But
he
has
worked
at
the
State
Department
for almO!lt six years.
First.
as
counselor,
he
was
8 general
troubleshooter
and
adviser
to
•
Secretary
of
State
George
P.
Schultz.
Push
ror
Arms
Sa
les
Since
March
1987, he has been
the
Under
Secretary
of
State
for Secur
iLY
Assistance
,
Science
and
Thchnology. In
that
position, he
has
used
his
contacts
on Capitol Hill
to
win
suppo
rt
for
arms
sales to friendly countries.
He
has
supervised
efforts
to
restrict
the
ex-
port
of advanced te<:hnology
to
Soviet
bloc
countries
and
was in charge of
Operation
Staunch,
the
American
program
to
prevent
arms
sa
l
es
to Iran.
He
has
also coordinated United
States
Government
activities
related
to
interna
-
Lional
sports
events
like
the
Olympics in
Seoul
South
Korea,
this
year.
Representative
G.V.
(Sonnyl Montgomery,
the
Mississippi Democrat, who
heads
the
Committee
on Veter
ans
Affairs,
said
Mr.
Derwinski
had
not
been prominent in House
debate
s on legislation
affecting
vete
rans.
But
he
said
Mr
.
Derwin
ski was
"a
good
choice"
to
run
the
veterans agency, which
has
an
annual
budgetoU28
billion
and
245,000
emp
loyees.
The
new
department
will inherit
the
work
of
the
Veter
ans
Administration,
which
manage
s 172 hospitals
and
112
cemete
ries
around
the
co
untry
. By
giving
the
depart-
mentCabinet
status.
Mr. Montgomery said,
I "We hoped
to
improve care
for
veterans.·'
The
Secretary
should be
"a
stro
ng spokesman for
veterans."
and
one
of his
first
jobs
will be
to
defend
veterans
programs
from
the
knife of
th
e
White
House
budget
cutters,
Mr
. Mont-
gomery
said
.
PITIS8URGH,
PA
-FE8RUARY, 1989
COMMANDERS
REPORT
While
we
hav
en't
had
an
executive board
meeting
since
the
last
Quan
there
continues
to
be
activity
with
some
of thecommitt:ees.
I
am
pleased
to
report
the
membership
is
subscribing
to
the
"Go
ld Card'· with en-
thusiasm.
Secretary
Elmer
Long
and
Treas·
urer
John
Kostdescrve
a l
otof
credit for their
work in
getting
the
"Go
ld
Cards·'
out.
Of
course
the
Convention
Committee
is
prep
a
ring
their
final
report
for
the
n
ext
board
meeting
in
NewO
rleans.
At
this
meet-
ing, final
plans
will
be
approved by
the
Ex-
ecutive Board. All members
are
invited to st-
tend
espedally
those
in
the
New Orleans
area
.
Our
National Service Direct.or John Erne
....
ick ha.s
been
preparing
his
VA
section
and
the
wives
program
for
th
e convention.
John
and
Ken Colley are working on
0.
plan to
try
to aid
the
widows. especially
those
whose in·
come
has
them
below
th
e
poverty
level.
With
the
changes
in WashingtOn
both
at
the
national
level
and
within
the
Veterans
Administrat
ion. there will be a
lot
for
our
Washington
Rep.
Pau
l
Rutter
to
report.
John
Crago.
the
publicity
chairman
has
performed his
task
well. H
ehasgo
t
themes
·
sage
to
anyone who could have
an
infulence
on
our
convention.
My
hat's
orr
to
all
who
are
making
A.D.RC.
the
respected organization it is and
will
continue
in
the
future
.
When he left (A:)ngress, squeezed
out
be
redistricting
in Illinois.
Mr
. Derwinski
wa.s
the
ra
nking
Republican
on
the
Hou
se
Post
Office
and
Civil
Service
Committee.
He
played a large role
In
passing
legislation
to
overhaul
the
Civil Service in 1978. He resist.·
ed
the
Carte
r Administration·s
effort
to
cu
....
tail
the
advantages
in
hiring
and
promotion
given to Federal employees who
had
served
in
the
armed
forces.
An
Upset
Victory
Edward
Joseph
Derwinski was
bo
rn in
Chicago on Sept.
15,
1926,
the
son of Casimir
Ignatiu
s
and
Sophia Derwinsk
i.
He received
a bachelor s degree in
history
from Loyola
Univenlity in Chicago
and
was on his way
to
a career as a savings
and
loan executive when
he
ran
for
the
Illinoi
s
SLate
Hou
se
of
Representatives and won
an
upset
vi
cto
r
y.
He served
there
in 1957
and
1958, when he
ran for Congress. In 1964. he was
the
Illinois
state
chairman
in
Barry
Goldwater's unsu
c-
cessful
ca
mpaign for
the
Presidency.
Number.4
NORFOLK
Seems
like yeste.rciay
we
were
packing
in
Louisville
to
go home. Now
we
are
ordering
our
plane
tickets
to
Norfolk.
Sorry
to
say
time is
pa
ss
ing
us
by
so l
ets
hang
on.
Besides
our
regul
ar
business
meetings.
VA
and
wives seminars.
we
are
planning
several
sightseeing
tours.
We
will
tour
the
Navy
base
and
of course
we
will have busses
stop
at
Waterside
and
th
e
Ma
cA
rt
hur
Memorial
Because
we
are
80
close
to
other
nliLional-
ly
and
hi
storica
lly known
areas
we
have ar-
ranged
to
have
0.
tour
oper
ator
offer
to
OUf
membenl several worthwhile trips
we
think
you
might
enjoy.
Of
course
the
evenings
in
addition
to
the
banquet,
Quan
nite
will
be
planning
get
togethers.
everyone is
....
-e.lcome;
as
usual
we
will
do
our
best
to
see
that
you have a good
time.
A
few
of
th
e
organizations
are
planning
a
lunch
ordin
n
er
for their
private
meetings. If
any
ot
her
group
wants
1.0
do
the
same
con·
tact
Austin
Patrizio. he will give you
fu
r
ther
details.
We
hope
to
see you in Norfolk.
TABLE TOP SALES
The
executive
has
approved a
method
to
permit
our
members
and
friends to make
available
their
books,
handy
works,
and
products.
etc.
to
the
convention mambe",.
The
Convention
Committee
wiU
set
asidean
exhibit room in which tables
will
beset
up
for
display
of
your
items
.
The
room will be
open
from
the
2nd
day
of
convention
and
will be
open
daily while
the
convention continues.
The
cost
of one
tab
le
s
pac
e will be $25.00 for
the
convention.
The
A.D.S.C.,
its
officers
and
executive
board will
not
be responsible (or
the
produ
cts
sold
at
the
convention.
Our
best
advice, buy·
er
beware.
Becauseof
a
connicto
f events
the
Nort
h-
we
stern
States
Chapter
has
been forced
to
change
the
daLes of their
meeting
to
~he
sec·
ond weekend of June.
The
newdates
are
June
9th,
10th,
and
11th of
June
1989. Members
will
receive a detailed letter of
the
time, place.
lind schedule
of
events
in April.
Hugh
E. Branch
Secretary
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With
this
issue of
the
Quan
we
are
25% of
o
ur
stated
goal when
this
program
started
about
seven
months
ago.
We
think
this is
Co.
Jack
H.
Heinzel
Grover
C.
Bump, Jr.
Co
l.
Jay
B.
Harrel
son
Dwight
0.
Woodall
•
great
and
we
feel
sure
ot
h
er
members will
come aboard.
As
time goes on,
it
is probably
easier now
to
part
with $100.00 than it might
be five
or
10
years
from
now.
Major
Ralph Levenberg PNC
Elmer
M.
Roberts
Merle E. Lype
James
O.
Bass
Col. Doris A. Kehoe
Col.
John
J.
Brennan
Dario
G.
Gerola
Walter
C.
Lamm
Robert
R.
Craig
•
•
One only needs
to
look
at
the
de
at
h notices
in
the
Quan
to
realize how
t.
he healt.h of
the
members is failing,
yet
I
think
even though
we
may
pass
on yet we would
want
to see
A.D.B.D.
be
a viable organization, able
to
stay
i
ndependent
and
function
as
we
do
to-
da
y.
The odd
part
the
expenses for 300
mem-
be
rs 20 years from
now
wi
ll
cost
as
much
Of
more
than
todays expenses.
As
to worry
what
happen
s
to
the
money
that's
left
we
have faith
the
last
man
closing
the
door will
have enough good
sense
to dispose of it to a
worthy cause. And
will
say
"we
did our part.
"'
GOLD
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OF
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B.
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K.
Schmidt
ANC
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Donald
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Joseph
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Valdemar
O.
Zialcita
Robert E. Thompson
Spero Dadaris
Dr.
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G.
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Stanley
G.
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Donald
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gs
Charles A. Francis
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Retterath
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Arthur
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G.
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F.
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P.
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QOI..O
CAaD
NO
.
YEAR
NAME
UNIT
IN
PHILIPPINES
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_
YOUR
PREFERRED
NUMBER
__
,-
_______
_
(P.O.w.
Number, Life Membership. etc.)
SERVI
CE
NUM B
ER
(Army, Navy, Marines)
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_
C-NUMBER
(VA)
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SOCIAL
SECURITY
NUMBE
R
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Mail to: E.lmer E. Long.
BOl(
2052, New Bern.
N.C.
28561-2052.
Japanese.American
Pay
Delay
Feared
WASH
INaroN
(AP) -Sponsors of a law
to
compensate
Japane
se-Americans who
were forced
to
live in
internment
camps dur-
ing
Wor
ld War II
say
it
would
take
60 years
to
make reparations under
the
spending plan
propo
sed
by President Reagan.
"Unless Congress appropriates
the
autho-
rized maximum
amount
...
many of
the
eligible recipients may die before receiving
their token compensation," Sen. Spark Mat-
su
naga, D·Hawaii, said.
Matsunaga
and
the
other
lawmakers who
sponsored
th
e 1988
law
said they would press
the
House and SenaUl budget committees
to
vast.ly increase
the
820 million in
the
presi-
dent's
1990
budg
et
for
the
reparations.
Up to 5500 million
can
be
appropriated in
any single year
until
$1.2 billion has been
paid
out
.
No
payments
have been
made
under
the
law.
which promises 520,000 each to
an
esti-
mated
60,000
su
r
vivors
of
inte
rn
me
nt
camp
s,
where Americans of
Japanese
ances-
try
were forced
to
live from 1942
to
1946.
Matsunaga
called
the
Reagan proposal
"woefully inadequate" and expressed. hope
the
new Congress "will be sympathetic
wour
request."
The
senator
said some of
the
survivors
"are in their 80s and 90s and have been
"'
wait-
ing
more
than
40
years for
the
apology and
token compensation provided by
the
1988
act." The
law
requires
the
oldest survivors be
paid first.
Officials
at
the
Office of Management and
Bud
get
had
no
comment
.
Edit-orial Comment: Those of you who
feel
as
I
do
should
get
busy
and deluge y
our
eon-
gressmen and
senators
especia
ll
y if they
ser
ve
on
the
Appropri
at
ions Committee,
with letters howev
er
sho
rt telling them your
feelings.
It
appeafS
the
way
to
slow
the
"rape" of
the
treasury
is by not
budgeting
eno
ugh
money
to
fund
the
program.
We
have 8
duty
to
t.he war veterans,
the
aged and
the
handicapped which
must
be
provided first before
we
help those
wh
o
don't
deserve it. Enough
ha
s been written on
th
e
treatment
and advantages
th
ese people had
over
the
brutal
treatment
handed
out
by
their relatives in
the
Philippines and
Japan
.
Write
to
the
following Members of
the
Senate Appropriations Committee: Senator
Robert C. Byrd, Chairman; Senators Inouye;
Hollings;
J.
Bennett
Johnston
: Burdick;
Leahy; Sasser; DeConcini: Bumpers; Lauten-
berg; H
ark
in; Mikulski; Reid: Adams;
Fowl-
er; Kerrey; Hatfield; Stevens; McClure; Gam;
Cochran; Kasten; D'Amato; Rudman: Spec-
ter:
Domenici;
Grass
ley; Nic
kles
and
Gramm;
U.S.
Senate
Appropriations
Com-
mittee,
U.S.
Senate,
S·
145
-
Capitol,
Washington,
D.C
. 20510·6025 and of course
Pre
sident
Bush
at
the
White
House.
FEBRUARY,
1989
- 3
War,
Remembrance
Survivors
Recall
Palowon
Atrocities
WASHING'fON
(A
PI
- It was 44 years
ago,
but
to
those
who were
there
the
horrible
but
largely unknown
atrocity
at
Palawsn in
th
e Philippin
es
remains
a vivid m
emo
r
y.
"Today we s
peak
for
those
who
endured
the
unendurable," said
Dan
Crowl
ey,
67,
of
Simsbu
r
y,
Conn., who organized a memori-
al
se
rvice in honor of 140
Ame
rican prisoners
of
war
massacred by
Japan
ese
forces on
Dec.
14,
1944. "
It
's a cleans
ing
process,
that
these
men possibly will beremembe.red by their fel-
low
Ame
ri
cans."
GlcnnMcDole, 67,
adeputy
sheriff in Polk
County, iowa, was
one
of
11
men
to
escape
the
Palawan massacre,
du
ring which J
spa-
nese troops lured
the
Americans
inw
air
raid
holes, doused
them
with
gaso
line and burned
them
to
death.
McDole was
among
the
first
of
the
POWs
to
ar
rive
at
the
is
land.
Ja
pa
nese forces
used
the
prisoners
to
carve
an
air
st
rip out
of
th
e
jung
l
e.
Prisoners were
beaten
daily.
Captured
fu·
gitives were beheaded. Tiny
rations
of
rice
left
them
emaciated,
many
weighing less
than
loo
,pouI'!ds. Their beards grew down
to
their
exposed. ribs.
"I
remelI\~reve
r
y
bit
of
it.,"
said McDole,
who
underwent
an appendectomy
without
any
anesthes
ia
during
h
is
ca
ptivity.
The
morning
of
the
14th
, McDole remem-
bers overheari
ng
J
apaneseso
ldiers talking.
He
said
the
Ja
panese
be1ieved
an
American
convoy was h
ea
ded toward Palawan.
After
two years of h
ell
the
POWs spirits
....
'Cre final-
ly lifted.
"Get
to
your
air raid trenches,
the
Ameri-
cans
are
coming
," McDole recalled his
ca
p-
tors ordering.
"Without
a doubt., we
th
ought
we were going
to
be liberated,"
he
sa
i
d.
The
air
raid
siren was sounded.
The
men
cr
ammed
into
the
tren
ches.
The
next
th
ing
McDo
le reca
ll
ed seei
ng
was
a
platoon
of
Japane
se
troops
en
tering
thecamp
compound, some
carrying
buckets.
ot
he
rs
torches.
"I couldn
't
believe
what
was goi
ng
to
hap-
pen_
Th
e;;
threw
gasoline
in
the
trenches.
then
the
torches
ca
me
in
an
d
it
was ju
st
an
explosion," he
sai
d,
"My
God, they're killing everybody!"
the
prisoners
shouted
as McDole watched
some
of
his comrades, knowi
ng
they were
about
to
die,
run
out
of
the
tre
nch
es
and
grab
on
to
J
apanese
soldiers
to
take
them
to
death,
Someof
the
Americans
had
dug
a tunneL
th
inking
they
could
escape
if
U.S.
troops
bombed
t he
is
land_
McDole
an
d
about
a
handful
of
ot
hers
ma
de
it
out
of
t he trenches, rolled down a 60-
f
oot
bank
a
nd
tried
to
run
to
the
channel
to
swim
away_
Many
were s
hot
down. McDol
e,
pinned
down by
machine
gun
fire. crawled
under
a
garbage
pile
and
staye
d
there
through
the
n
ight.
4 - TH
EQUAN
INFORMATION
PLEASE
De
ar
Sirs:
I l
ost
a
brother
in World War I I
that
was
in
the
same
area
of
opera
ti
ons
that
your
gro
up
appears
to
have
been_
H
ewas
atCiark
Air
Force
Base
when war broke out, was in
th
e
Bataan
D
eat
h March,
and
died
inJapa-
ne
se
Pr
ison
Camp
O'Donnell
of
dy
senta
ry
.
I
am
enclOSing a picture ofT-3 Walter Th
o-
mas
Olinger, born in Glasgow, Montana, Au-
gusst
18, 1922, d
eceased
June
8, 1942,
at
Camp
O'Donne
ll.
I f any
of
you served
with
him, I would be
very
grateful
if you would
drop
me
a
now
with
any
informat
ion you might
be
able
to
su
pply
about
his
se
rvice.
Most
sincerel
y,
Emma
Olinger Boyd
2510 Terra
ce
Driv
e
Billings,
MT
59102
THANKS
We wi
sh
to
thank
Tony Bilek, 508
\4
W.
Grove Ave., Rantoul, 1 L 61866 for
hi
s gener-
ous
cont
ribution
to
honor
two
of
his
d
e-
«,aaed
buddies: Charles
Schmidtof
the
27th
Material
Sqd
n_ who
died
Nov.
26. 1988
and
Russell
Gerleman
of
the
20th
Pursuit
who
died Dec.
7.
1084. This
is
a good
gesture
to
hon
or
your
deceased
buddies
and
it
helps
to
keep
the
AD BC solvent.
The
next
day, he
made
it
to
a nearby cave
and
stayed
there
until
nightfall
when he
swam five mil
es
to
another
island,
The
next
day.
trying
to
swim across
an
inlet. he beame
entangled
in a fish trap. eve
ntu
ally saved by
a
passing
boat_
Crowl
ey.
McDole
and
others
lament
the
fact
that
the
massacre
of
Palaw
an
is
known
by
few
Americans. but
Lhey
said
the
simple
memorial
se
rvice will help heal
the
wounds
of
the
living
and
remember
the
victims.
"We d
idn't
come
here with
hatred
in our
heart
s,"
Crowley told
about
40 people who
attended
the
service in
the
shadow of
the
Washington
Monument.
"We
want
to
re-
member
those
who paid
the
uitimateprice."
VA
ANNOUNCES
PLANS
FOR
SMOKE-FREE
HOSPITALS
As
part
of
the
national
effort
to
achieve a
smo
ke-free society by
the
year
2000,
the
Vet-
erans
Administration
is
annou
n
cing
its
in-
tent
toestablish
a smoke-free environment in
acute-care
sections
of
all
VA
hospita
ls and
outpatient
clinics.
Th
e po
li
cy
is
expected
to
be
impl
emented
by mid-1989.
In
announcing
the
proposed policy,
VA's
Chief Medical
Director
John
A.
GronvalL
M.D., said. "As the largest sing
le
hea
lth
care
provider in the na
tion
,
VA's
Department
of
Medicine and Surgery should make every ef-
fort
to
create
an
environment
tha
t will pro-
mote
the
health
and
we
ll
-being of
patients,
visitors
and
em
ployees."
P
atients
in long-term care wards
or
facili-
ties, such
as
nursing
homes. domiciliaries,
spinal-cord
injury
units
and
psychiatric
units,
will be
exemp
t.
The
poli
cy,
however,
will apply to all
Department
of
Medicine
and
Surgery
employees, as
we
ll
as
o
ther
VA
em-
ployees l
ocated
at
medical
center
sites.
Surgeon General C
Everett
Koop, express-
ing his
strong
su
ppor
t for
the
proposal,
said
that
all
VA
hospital
emp
loyees, p
atients
and
visitors
will
benefit
from
the
poli
cy,
In a let-
ter
to
the
agency, Koop said,
"Yo
ur
action
to
eliminate
smo
king in
the
VA
hospita
ls
is
an
invaluable contribution to reducing smoking
prevalen
ce
in this
country."
VA
INSURANCE
DIVIDEND
PAYOUT
TO
TOP
BILLION
MARK
The
Veterans
Administ
r
ation
will
pay
more
than
S 1 billion wor
th
of
dividends
in
1989
to
veterans holding
act
.ive
VA
life insur-
ance po
li
cies -
the
largest
amount
in
the
70-
year
history
of
the
program.
The
record
payout
will be
sent
automat
i-
cally
tosome
2.9 million policyholders on
the
anniver
sary
date
of
their
policies in the form
of
dividend checks
or
one of five
other
pay-
ment
options
th
ey selected.
VA
Ad
ministrator
Th
omas
K.
Thrnage
sa
id
the
dividend -which exceeds
the
1988
p
ayment
by $44.6 million -reflects
both
favorable claim", experience
and
high
yields
on t
rust
fund.sinvested in U,S,
Government
securities.
Government life insurance policies were is-
sued to \
cte
ran
s of World
Wa
rs I
and
II
and
the
Korean Conflict from 1919 to 1966. Only
those
policies t
hat
have been
kept
in foreerc-
ce.ive
annua
l dividend di
stributio
ns_ No ap-
plication from individual policyholders is
necessary.
The
lar
gest
grou
p r
eceiving
1989
pay'
ments
will be
almost
2,5 million
veterans
of
World War
II
with National Service Life In-
surance (prefix "V" ) who will each receive an
average
of
S350,
ARE YOUR
DUES
PAID?
•
•
•
Third
Star
For
Bulkeley
John
D.
Bulkeley
became
a Vice Admiral
on
August. 25, 1988.
The
"frocking" ceremo-
ny was held in
the
Chief
of
Naval
Operations
Carlisle
Trost's
office
at
the
P
entagon.
•
The
promotion,
at
Bulkeley's insistence,
was
awarded
in
a
simple
but
dignified
man·
ncr with
only
a few guests present. The CNO
placed a new
epaulet
with three st.ars
on
one
should
and
Mrs. Alice Bulkeley
attached
the
othe
r.
A
secon
d
ceremony
followed
VA
DM
Bu
lkeiey received his
third
Distinguished
Service
Medal,
the
highest
decoration
for
noncombat
achievement.
Excerpt
s from
the
citation
read:
Vit.
:e.
Admiral
BulkcJey's
operat
ional
ex
·
perience, courage. Bnd in
itiative
br
ought
honors
to
the
Navy
and
victories
to
his Na-
tion
...
he
performed
the
greatest
service
as
the
President.
Board
of
I
nspection
and
Survey
for
the
past
21
years
.
With
an
une-
qualed
appreciation
for
the
challenges faced
by
sailors
se
r
ving
in
our
men·of·war. he
devoted his life
toe
n
sur
ing
that
they
aresup-
por
ted
by
th
e
best,
safest,
and
most
su
rviv·
able
sh
ips. Vice
Admira
l Bulkeley's selfless
efforts
guaranteed
the
Navy's
ca
pa
city
to
conduct
prompt
sustained
combat
opera·
tions
at
sea
and
significantly
upgrade
d
warfighting
readiness.
By
his
distinctive
pe
rf
ormance, meticu·
l
ous
attention
t.o
detai
l,
and
inspiring
deva--
tion
to
duty,
Vice Admiral Bulkelcy reflect-
ed
grea
t
credit
upon
himself
and upheld the
•
highest
tradit
i
ons
of
the
United
States
Na·
val Service.
In
August
1941
Bulk
eley took
command
of Motor Thrpedo
Boat
Squadron
Three. Pri·
or
t.o
this
co
mmand
he served
as
Commander
of
Submarine
Chaser
Squadron
One.
Bulkelc
y's
role in the
safe
transport
of
Genera
l
Doug
l
as
MacArthur
and
his st.aff
from
Corregidor
and
B
ataa
n, Philippine Is·
l
ands
is well kn
ow
n.
He is identified w
ith
the
breakthrough
of
Japan
ese
Jines leading to
MacArthu
r
's
subsequent
comman
d
of
Sout
hw
est
Pncific Armed Forces.
The
Admiral hol
ds
these
awards
and
cita·
tions for service
in
dcfenseof
the Philippines:
The
Meda
l
of
Honor,
the
Navy
Cross,
the
Army
Di
stinguishe<l Service Cross with
Oak
Leaf Cl
uster,
th
e
Army
Silver
Sta
r Medal,
the
Army
Di
stinguishe
d Unit Badge.
the
Republic
of
the Philippines
Distinguished
Conduct
Star,
t.he
Purp
le
Heart
Medal.
He was awarded
the
Combat
Legion of
Merit
as
we
ll
a9
the
Croix
de
Guerre
with
Star
for service
wit
h
P'T
s
quadron
s
and
mine
sweepers in
th
e
spearhead
invasion
of
the
Chcrbourg Side to
Lurn
back
German
Forces.
The
Croix de Guerre was personally present.-
ed
by
Genera
l
de
Gaulle.
Other
awards
and
recognition have
fo
l·
lowed Bulkeley
throughout
his 60·year naval
•
career. He
has
held many
commands
in wa
....
time and peacetime.
The
February
1964 con·
frontation
with
Castro
and
the
government
of
C
uba
made
headlines when Butkel
ey
cut
the
wa
te
r
pipes
to
our
Navy
base
at
Guan·
tanamo
Bay.
. -
~
Dear
Mr.
Vater,
I am
writing
in reference
to
a phone
ca
lli
made
to you
last
week
about
a
photo
I
ha
ve
of my father,
General
Wainwright
and
3
other
men, unknown. AcconHng to my
moth·
er
this
p
hoto
was publi
shed
in
the
Chit·Ch
at
or
Quan,
sometime
in
l
ate
1946
or
1947;
that
it was "something
about
EX POWs". General
Wainwright is front l
eft
seated
and my
father
is
pictured
cente
r rear. My
parents
were
sta·
tioned
in
San
Antonio. Lackl
and
Airforce
Base
at
this
time.
This is
all
theinformatdon I have
about
my
fathe
r.
MIS Alfred
A.
Taylor
454
ORO
!AVN)
Co.
B
27th
Bomb
Group
Se
riallAF6
390218
SS
1565·52·1592
Pr
isoner 11338
He was a
part
of
the
Bataan
Death
March
and
spent
42 m
onths
as
a POW
en
ding
at
Mukden,
Manchuria.
Mr. Vater would you
put
this
photo
in
the
next
issue
of Quan? I would n!ally like
to
In
1967 he became
Pre
sident
of
1 NSU
RV
serving
in
that
capacity
until
September
n!tirement. H
is
immediate
recall
as
an
advi·
so
r to
the
CNO and Sec-Nav is
butone
indi·
ca
tion
of
the
contr
i
butions
he
ha
s
made
to
his
count
r
y.
The
followi
ng
parag
r
aph
from William
B.
Breu
er's
for
thcoming
biography
of
the
Ad·
miral cl
ear
ly
contrasts
Bulkel
ey's
humility
against
a renowned and much
decorated
ca·
reer. "J
ohn
Bulkel
ey,
America
n
History's
most
decorated warrior, took nis elevation to
t hree-star rank philosophically. ·Promot.ions
and
medals
are
nice,' he declared.
"But
what
really
counts
is
the
inne
r
sat
is fa
ct
i
on
of
knowi
ng
t
hat
I have
cont
r
ibuted
toward
pre
se
r
ving
the
peace
by hel
ping
to
keep
America militarily
strong
in
a volatile
and
dangerous wor
ld
.
That,
to
me,
is
t.
he real pay·
off.""
know who, what,
why.
anything.
It
wou
ld
add
one more
li
ttle
bit
about
a
man
t
hat
I loved
and
thought
was w
on
derfuL My
father
died
just
over eleven years ago.
Anyone
that
would like
to
contact
me
can
w
rite
or
cal
l:
Sand
ra Taylor Jefferi
es
5106 Mauritz
Houston,
Texas 77032
713·442·2368
You
promised to
se
nd a
form
so
1 could
s
ub
sc
r
ibe
to
Quan.
Thank
you
so
mu
ch,
Sandra
Taylor Jefferies
Lt.
Co
l.
Donald E.
Evett
, USAF, Ret.
3100
South
975
East
Bountifu
l,
Utah
84010
I read in
the
cu
rrent
issue
of
the
Air Force
magazine
that
you
wi
ll
be
holding
a n!union
f
or
those
who
fought
on
Bataa
n and Cor-
regidor,
It
is for
this
reason
tnat
I write
to
you with
hopes that. you
can
help me
contact
a
very
spec
ial friend
that
I
met
many
years
ago
while in
Japan
. I d
on't
remember
the
friend's
first name,
but
I
can
te
ll
you this much
about
him,
Th
me he was:
SSgt.
Knapp
,
and
he
served
on
Sataan
. I believe he was a
search
light
operator
with
an
Army
unit
. He
man·
aged to live through
the
hell. and he ended up
being a
prisoner
at
Sen
dai,
Japan
. Wh
en
1
was a very young
Sergeant
with
the
9th
Corp
Headquarters.
I
met
SSgt
Knapp.
He
had
been a
prisoner
not
from
the
IX
Corp
head·
quarte
rs.
When
he arrived
at
our
unit,
I was
assigned
as
his sponsor, and I shall never
for'-
get
the
many
experiences
he told me
of
Ba·
taan
and
l
ater
being
a prisoner.
ARE
YOU
INTERESTED
IN
A
MEMORIAL
BOOK?
SEND
IN
YOUR
BIOGRAPHY
TODAY.
FEBRUARY,
19
89 5
THOMAS
L.
AITKEN
Aitken:
Thomasl.yaJl.
age66.
of Phoenix,
AZ. Died Dec.
4,1988
.
• He
was
w
it
h
724t
h Aviation Ord. A p
d·
vat.ewhen
captured
and
retired BsT1Sgt.
He
was
ca
ptured
on
?Nicho
ls Field?
was
in
Cabanatua
n.
but
not
li
ber
ated
by
6Lh
U.S.
Rangers, probably was in Bilibid, wife did
not
know.
He
worked
fortheCityof
Phoenix.
Mai
n
t..
Dept
. He w
as
born
in
Sc::ot
l
and,
lived in Ari·
zona
for 96 yrs.
Survivors include wife. Barbara:
three
so
ns. Ralph. J
ames
and
Richard; two
sisters.
an
d a gtandchlJd.
ADBC was represented by a floral
ar
·
rangement,
and
member 8iIJ Galas
and
Na
omi
.
SALVATORE J.
BARONE
Salvatore J. Baron
e.
MISgt.. U.s.
Army
Re-
tired
passed away October
17
, 1988
at
his
home
after
II
long s
nd
galla
nt
fight
with
can
·
ce
r.
Sa
l
vatore
had
been a
reside
nt
of
EI
Paso
for
thirty
years
and
will
be
missed by his
many friends of
the
communit
y.
He was a
veteran
of
World War II and
the
Konlan Con-
flict. He w
as
captured
by
th
eJa
p
anese
in
the
Philippines
and
was a p
riso
ner of
war
for
some
throe
an
d
II
ha
lf
years
in
POW
Cam
p
Cabanatuan
and
Mukden
Manchuria
Salva-
to
re was
buried
wit
h full
military
honors
at
the
Fort
Bliss
Nationa
l
Cemete
r
y_
He
was
a
•
member
of
Ame
r
ican
Defenders
of
Bataan
and
Corregidor.
Our
co
nd
ol
ences
to
his
wife.
Mary
Louise,
and
ch
ildren, C
hri
sto
ph
er,
Carleene. Paula,
and
Patrice.
THOMAS
JOHN
BRECHT
Thomas
John
Brecht,
70,
of
108
Seas
h
ore
Manor
,
Bi
loxi, Miss.., formerly
of
Winchester,
husband
of
M
argery
Mead
Br
ech
t,
died
Tuesd
ay,
J an.
19.
1988
at
th
e Biloxi Region-
al Veterans H
08
pi
La
I foUowin
ga
long iUness.
A
native
of Tracy, Minn
..
he was
t.hesonof
the
l
ate
Louis
an
d Margare
tO'
Hearn
Brecht.
H
ewas
aretircd
United
States
Army
master
se
r
gea
nt
, a
veteran
of World
War
I I
and
the
Korean Conflict. H
ewasame
mbe
rof
Ameri·
can
Legion
Post
119. GuUport.. Miss., a
memo
ber
of
t he
Atomic
Veterans
Association,
a.
vete
r
an
of
the
Bawan
Death
March
during
World War
II
and
a
members
of
Lhe
Disab
l
ed
American
V
eter
ans
of
Gu
lf
po
rt, Miss. He
was
awarded
t he Silver
Star
an
d
LWO
purple
hearLS
and
was a
member
of
the
Nativity
B.
V.M.
Catholic
Church,
B
il
oxi.
In
a
ddi
tion
to
hi
s wife.
survivors
in
clude
a
son,
Thomas
C.
Brecht,
three
grandchi
l-
dren,
Tatiana
Brecht
, Vernonia
Brecht
an
d
Gregory
T
hom
as
Brecht
;
two
s i
sters,
Kathryn
Carlson
and
LuciUe
Brecht
.
•
RHYNARD
BYARS
Rhy
nard
B
ya
rs,
76
,
l-
'iardal
e,
died
Sa
tu
r-
day,
Sept.
24
in
th
e Veterans Hos
pi
tal,
Pargo.
Services were
at
2 p.m.
Satu
rday
, Oct. I , in
Our
Redeem
ers
Lu
t he
ra
n Church, Fairdale,
wit
h Rev.
Brian
Armen
officiating.
OBITUARIES
Rh
yn
ard
Bya
rs
was
born
Dec. J, 1911, in
Silvesta
To\\'Tlship, Walsh County,
th
e
son
of
William
and
Jane
(
Dyn
es)
By
ars. Hereceived
his
education
in
Silvesta
Township
School
and
attended
Han
son
Au
to
Sc
hool in Fargo.
He
entered
the
U.&
Army
on
Feb
.
4,1941
,
servi
ng
in
t he Philippines. He
was
ca
p
tured
by
the
Japanese
on
Corregi
dor
and held
in
a
prison
camp
in
Lhe
Ph
ili
ppin
es
until
Jul
y
when he
was
take
n
to
J ap
an
where
he
wa
s
held
until
October
1945. He
was
dischw-ged
from service
March
18, 1946.
After
th
eserv-
ice
he
lived
an
d
fanned
in S
il
vesta
Thwnship,
Walsh Count
y,
retiri
ng
in
t
he
spring
of 1988.
He
was
a life
membe
r
of
Faird
ale
American
Legion Po
st
No.
267; life
member
of
Ameri-
can
Ex-Prisoners
of
War; life
member
of
Di
s-
ab
l
ed
American
Ve
te
ran
s:
lif
e
member
of
Def
en
ders
of
Bataan
and
Corregidor:
Fair-
dale
Fire
Departme
nt
and
Fairda
le
Booster
Club.
Survivors
include
four
siste
rs, R
ac
hel
Byars,
Caroline
Bagle
y,
Ma
ry
Skaar
a
nd
Edith
(Mrs. Francis) Kennedy:
two
brot.hers,
Au
gust
and
Geo
rge.
RICHARD
H.
BUSH
Graveside services for
Richard
H.
Bush
, a
retired
communicatio
ns
technicia
n for Lhe
Bureau
of
Land
Management,
w
ere
held
in
th
e
Golden
Gate
Natio
nal
Cemete
ry in
San
Bruno.
He
died
Monday, Nov. 11. 1988 in a local
hospital
after
a
month
lo
ng
illness.
Mr. Bush, 69, was a 10-year
Amry
veteran
a
nd
had served
overseas
duri
ng
World
War
II
.
After
being
capt
ured
by
the
Japanese
at
Corregidor,
he
as
a
prisoner
of
war
for 42
months
in
Japan
.
Mr.
Bu
sh
le
ft
military
service
in 1948
and
set.
tled
in
Sacramento.
Mu
ch
later, h
ejoi
n
ed
the
Federal Protective
Serv
ices in
Sac
ramen-
to
and
t.
r
an
s
ferr
ed
to
the
de
se
rt
ran
ge
rs
department
in
Southern
California
in t he
early
1970's. He
ret
i
red
from
the
BLM'
s
Rivers
ide office in
1979
and
returned
to
Sacramento.
He
was
a
member
of
Ame
ri
can
Defe
nd
ers
of B
ataan
and
Corregi
do
r,
Sonsofthe
Ameri
·
ca
n R
evoluti
on
Sac
r
ame
n
t.o
Chap
te r,
Sac
ram
ento
Commandery
No.
2
of
Knight
s
Thmplar,
and
the
American
Association
of
Retired
Persons
.
M.r.
Bush
is
surv
ived
by
his wife
of
40
years,
Marilyn;
children
Ly
nda
ScoLti
,
Marlee
Bush
and
R
ichard
K.
Bush
and
two
grandchildren
.
SAMUEL
G.
CARR
Serv
i
ces
for
Samue
l G.
Car
r,
70.
of
C
hardon
Village, a U
.s.
Army
veteran
who
served
on
th
e isl
and
of
Corregi
dor
in
the
PhilippinesduringWWTI
and
becameaJa
p-
anese
pri
sone
r
of
war
for
31A
years.
Mr.
Carr
died
Thursday,
Nov, 24, 1988
at
Veterans
Ho
s
pital
in Cleveland fo
ll
owing a
lengthy
illness.
Born
J
uly
27, 19 1
8,
in Chalmers, Ind., he
was
a
pa
st
commander,
serv
i
ce
officer, and
II
former me.m.ber
of
the
American Legion
Post
167, Chardon,
ame
m
be
rof
the
American
Le-
gion
Post
in
Bu
rton, life m
embe
r
of
th
e Dis-
abled
American
Veterans,
Chapter
96
in
C
hardon
, life
mem
ber
an
d
serv
ice o
ffi
cer
of
Lhe
American
Defenders of
Bataan
and
eo
....
regidor
and
member
of
the
Buckeye Barbed-
wire!
in
Cleve
land
.
He rec::eived the
Bronze
Star
in
J
946
and
agai
n in 1986,
given
to
all f
ormer
POW's..
He
also received a
number
of
citat
ions f
rom
Vet-
erans
Admin
st.rati
on
in
Cleveland, D
isabled
American
V
ete
ran
s,
Geauga
County
com-
mi!lsioners,
Geauga
Co
unt
y AmV
ets
an
d
former
U.s.
President
Jimm
y
Carter.
For
th
e
last
five
years
he
was
a vo
lun
teer
teac
her in
the
indu
s
trial
arts
(lepartment
at
Ch
ardo
n
High
Schoo
l.
From
1946 to 1971, he worked in
the
au-
tomotive
industry
in
th
e
Chardon
area
From
1965
to
1971, he was a Soldiers R.elief
Co
m-
mi
ss
ioner
f
or
Gea
uga
County.
And
from
1971
to
1981, he
was
V
ete
ran
s
ServiceOffi-
cero
f
Geauga
Co
unty.
He
retired
in
198
1.
S
urviv
ors
are
his
wife, Lillian (Meyerl
of
Ch
ardon
Village;
daughter
,
Mrs
:-
Dennis
(Edyt
h
e)
Heinz; sons Gerald (Jerry) Carr; sis-
ters
Hazel Howe
and
Hel
en Baer; brother,
Bernard
;
and
four
grandc
hildren.
Three
brothers
and
a
siste
r
are
deceased.
JAMES
"HANK
"
COWAN
F
uner
al
se
rvices for
James
"
Hank
"
~
wan were he
ld
in t he
Lutheran
Church
of
the
Resurrection.
Burial
was
at
t he Mo
unt
Ve
....
non Memorial Park.
Mr
. Cowan, a Roseville re
si
d
en
t for
39
years.
died
o(
cance
r Nov. 29, 1988,
in
a local
hospital
at
age
68
.
Born
in
Hunt
sv
ill
e.
Ark.,
he
se
rved
with
the
Ar
my
Air
Corps
during
World
War
I I
a
nd
was
ca
pt
ured
by
the
J
apanese
in
the
Philippines. He s
urv
ived
the
Bata
an
Death
March
and
was
a p r
isoner
of
war
for
32
m
on
th
s.
He was
awarded
the
Bronz
e
Star
and
the
Pris
on
er
of
War
M
eda
l.
Mr. Cowan moved
to
Roseville
and
start-
ed
working
as
car
penter
at
McCleUan
Air
Porce Base. He re
t.
ired
after
24
years
in
1973.
He was a life
member
of
the
American
Def
en
d
ers
of
Bataan
an
d Corregidor
and
the
Disabled
American
Veterans,
and
a mem
ber
of
the
American
Legion
Alyn
Butler
Post
No.
169 in Roseville.
He
also
served
as
a
sco
utm
aste
r of'lToop
No.
1
of
Roseville for 12 years
until
197
3.
Mr
. Cowan
is
su
rvived
by
his
wife
of
43
years. Virgin
a:
a
daught)f,
Carol
yn
Mang
ler;
so
ns
Robert
a
nd
Randall:
sisters,
Be
ula
Patrick
and
M
au
de
Pennington
.
RUBEL
GONZALES
Go
nzales. Rubel, 73 - A life long resident
of
Santa
F
e,
N.M.passeda
w
ayathis
ho
meon
Friday,
Augu
st
19,
1988. He w
as
preceded in
death
by
his
wife, Bea
trice
V.
Gonzales
in
1986. Hubel
wall
a l
oving
husband
and
f
at
her
(Continued on PogeBJ
FEBRUARY,I989
- 7
(Continued from Page
7)
who worked for
the
U.S.
Posta! Service
for
34
years. He was a veteran of World War I I and
was a recipient
of
the
Bronze
Star
and Pur-
ple
Heart
for
distinguished
service.
He
was
a survivor of
the
Bataan
Death
March servo
ing in
the
Illth
Calvary and
the
200th Coast
Artiller
y.
He was a member of
St.
Anne Cat.holic
Church.
the
American Defenders of
Bataan
and Corregidor.
the
American Legion,
the
Disabled
American
Veterans.
Knights
of
Columbus, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Noc-
turnal Adoration Society. and La Union Pfo.
tectiva.
Rubel enjoyed
the
out.doors.
going
for
daily walks
and
occasional long hikes. He
liked animals. especially his dogs. He was an
avid student. of history and languages.
Mr.
Gonzales is survived
by
hisdaught.er.
Juanita
Ortega
and
husband
Joaquin. a son
Frank
R.
Gonzales and wife Diane. brothers
Jose
Gonzales and
Juan
Armando Gonzales
and wife Cecelia and two grandsons. Gabriel
and
Santiago
Ortega. He was laid
to
rest
at
Sant
Fe
Nm..ional
Cemetery with
full
military
honors.
EUGENE STUART
"GENE" CORDER
Eugene
Stuart
"Gene" Corder,. 68, of 309
Seventh St., was
dead
on arrival
at
Mariet-
ta
MClfIorial
Hospital
at
8:49 a.m. Monday.
Dee..
5,
of an
apparent
heart
attack.
He waslborn
at
Madill. Okla.
to
John
Fe-
lix, Sr. and Maggie
Jane
Jewel DartcrCord-
cr. Heretired from
Smith
and Burrows
Heat.-
ing
in 1985.
He
was a veteran of
Wor
ld War
I I and
the
Korean Conflict. He was captured
by
the
Japanese
and
survived
the
death
march.
He
wasa
prisoner of war from May6.
1942, to Sept.
14,
1945, when he was liberat-
ed
by
American troops.
He
served with
the
Am
ry in Korea from
Nov.
I.
1950
to
Sept. 3.
1952.
He
was a life
member
of Disabled
American Veterans. He was a member of
Vet·
erons of Foreign Wars. Post5108, and Ameri-
can Defenders of
Bataan
and Corregidor.
On
July
7,1973 he married Anise "Annie"
PJaughen who survives with one stepson.
Ralph
V_
Tryon: two
stepdaughe
rs. Alana
Jude
and1tober
la
Evans: six grandchildren:
one brother,
John
Felix: and two sisters,
Vera
Suddertli
and
Mabe
l
Lancaster
.
,
,LLOYD M.
DIBBLE
Dibble. Lloyd M
..
passed away December
31, 1988:
atage
70.
He
is survived by his be-
loved wife Virgina Dibbl
eof
Palmdale, 6 chil·
dren,
James
Howard Dibble of Encino, Tho-
mas
Lloyd
Dibble
of
Sturgis,
Michigan,
Glenn Richard Dibble
o~
Canyon Count.ry,
Paul Allen Sadd of Lancnster. Linda
M.
Put
·
nam
of Glendale and Lori
C.
Nard of Lan-
caster. 1
sister
Bess McGee of Arcadia_ Also
survived by 15 grandchildren and numerous
nieces and nephews. Mr. Dibble had been a
veteran of
Wor
ld War II in
the
United
Slates
Amy
and had served in
the
war
in
the
Philip-
pines
and
was
a
surv
ivor of
the
Bataan
Death
March and a POW for
3
Y~
years. He
8-THEQUAN
was also a member of
the
Disabled American
Vets, Golden
State
Chapter
No.
56 and had
been a
truck
driver for 12 years.
PAUL C.
HARMON
HAMPTON -Retired
U.S.
Army
War-
ranLOfficer 1 Paul Claxton Harmon. 78. died
Wednesday, Dec.
21.
in
Sentara
Hampton
General Hospital.
Hewasa
native of
He
rtford County,
N.C
..
a Peninsula resident. for 23 years. and a mem-
ber of Riverdale
Baptist
Church_
A
veteran
and
prisoner
of
wa
r
du
r
ing
World War I
I.
he
retired from
the
Army after
22 years of service. He also retired (rom Fort
Monroe
after
10
years of civil service.
Harmon
organized Virginia
chapter
of
American
Defenders of
Bataao
and
Cor-
regidor, J
ne..
Survivors
include
his
wife. Hazel
R.
Har-
mon: one daughter. Paul
H_
McCord; three
sisters.
lola
SlISt.are.
Elsie Snipes and Wilma
Snipes:
one
brother, E.J_ Harmon: and two
grandchildren.
ALBERT N. HUGHES
PORTSMOUTH -Albert Neal Hughes,
a retired Navy
lieutenant
who was a prison-
er of war
during
World War I I. died Dec. 19,
1988, in a hospital.
He
was 74 and lived on
Byers Avenue.
A
native
of Auburn.
Ky.,
Mr.
Hughes
en-
listed in
the
Navy after graduating from high
school.
He
worked his way through
the
en-
listed
ranks
and was promoted
to
lieutenant_
He was heavily decorated during World War
I I combat. and his medals included
the
Pur-
ple Heart. He
spent
three years
as
a prison-
er
of war in
the
Philippines and
Japan.
After
the
war, he was stationed in
Puerto
Rico and California before moving to Nor-
folk, where
he
was stationed
at
Litt
le Creek
Naval Amphibious
Base..
He retired from the
Navy
after
24 years of service.
He
later worked
at
Norshipco as a rigger
for
13
years before retiring a second time.
He
wss a member of
the
Retired Officers
Association
and
the
Honorab
le
Order
of
Kentucky Colonels. He also was a member of
the
American Association of Retired Persons
and
Port.smouth Moose Lodge 898.
He
was
a
member
of
Simonsdale
Pre
s
byterian
Church.
Survivors
include
his
wife.
Marie
M.
Hughes:
a daughter, Gayle Williams: a son.
Rodger
N_
Hughes; two stepsons.
Jerry
W.
Deaton and
James
H.
Deaton: a sister, Gene-
va
K.
Hunt:
two brothers, Harold Hughes
and Harvey Hughes;
eight
grandchildren:
and
a great-grandchild.
DR. NELSON N. KAUFFM
AN
INDIANAPOL
IS - Nelson
N_
Kauff-
man. a survivor of
the
Bataan
death
march
during
World
WfM
I I. has died
at
age
74.
He died Thesday,
Dec.
29.
1988.
at
a
Vel.Cr-
ans
Administration medical cenl.Cr in Indi-
anapolis_
Kauffman practiced obstetrics and gyne-
cology in Indianapolis in 1947 until
he
re-
tired in 1972. He was a
graduate
of
Indiana
University and IU Medical SchooL
Kauffman was a World War
II
Army
vet-
eran.
AsaprisonerofwarinJapan
from 1942
to
1946. he risked ruslife in dealing with t.he
Japanese
to
obtain
food and medical sup-
plies for prisoners
of
Bataan.
the
scene of a
Japanese
vistory
over
Ame
rican·Filipino
forces.
ALVIE McDANIEL
Alvie McDanieL 69, of Jefferson City. Mis-
souri, died October
24,
1988
at
the
Harry
S_
Truman
Memorial
Veterans
Hospital
in
Columbia. Mo.
He
served with
the
4th
Ma-
rines in China
prior
to WWI I and on Cor-
regidor_ He was a POW of
the
Japanese
for
3
l1t.
years.
He
is survived by his wife Orpha,
onedaughl.er, Bertic,'son·in-law Randy and
grandson. Mitchell Parsons.
LANA
N
ORRIS
Mrs. Lana Nor
ris
-born
Jan
.
17,
1894;
died Mar.
25,
1988 -94 yrs. young.
passed
away in a Mesa.
AZ.
nursi
ng
home; was bu-
ried in Marion, ILL.
She
had lost two sons: Peter and
Car
l, in
the
Philippines. One a
31st
inf
. was l
oston
a
"hellship" bound for
Japan,
the
other
was
killed on
the
"rock"_
She
is survived by four
daughters.
Mrs.
Martha
Durham, of Mesa,
AZ,
Geneva
Rol-
lind, Mary Thompson.
Ve
l
da
Heltslity, Doro-
thy Powell. and 3 sons. Albert. Clyde and
Harold.
Mrs_
Norris. in anticipation to
our
banquet
at
National
Convention
of
the
ADBC held in 1987
at
PhoeniX. AZ whilst
having her hair done and (presumably excit.-
ed
about
making
her
appearancel
had
a
stroke from which
she
never recovered which
progressively became worst"till
her
demise.
May
the
Lord caress you for your loss.
E.M. "
RED
" PITTS
Funeral services for E.
M.
"
Red"
Pitts. of
Woodville were scheduled
for
3 p.m. Wednes-
da
y,
Dec. 7
at
Edwards
Funeral
Home
Chapel.
He
died Mouday. Dec.
5,
1988.
A nativefll'
Ea
stlan
d. he was a WW
II
and
Korean War Veteran. with
the
Air Force. He
was a mflmber of V FW
Post
2033 in Wood-
ville,
1'h~
A merican Defenders of
Balasn
&
COlTCgidor
Inc.. charter member of
the
Gold-
en
Triang
le
Chapter
of
the
American Ex-
POW·
s.
a member of
the
DisabledAmeri
can
Veterans.
the
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
He was also a
Pow
for
43
months
during
WWII.
Survivors include his wife. Evelyn Pitts;
his mother, Mildred "'reeman and his
ste
p-
mother. Mabel L.
Pitts.
all of Woodville.
Other
survivors
ar
e hi s
daughter.
Stephanie Granger: his brothers, Hugh Lynn
Pitts
and Paul
Pitts
and one
great
grand-
child.
•
•
•
JACK
J.
ROCHER
SUFFOLK -
Ja
ck Jerome Rocher.
69,
a
retired
Navy
chi
ef
peLt.y o
rfi
cer who was a
prisoner
of
war
during
World War II, died
Oct.. 27. 1988, in a
Portsmouth
hospital. He
•
was
69
and
lived in
the
6000 block
of
Scup-
pemong
Drive. Suffolk.
VA
.
•
•
Born in
Er
i
e,
Pa
.•
Mr.
Roch
er moved to
Portsmouth
88
8 young
man
when his father
accepted a
job
at
No
rfolk Naval Shipyard.
He
graduated
from Cradock High School in
1937
and
enlisted
in
the
Navy
lhe
foUowing
ye".
He
was
stationed
in
the
Pacific and
wa
s in
the
Philippines
when Pearl
Harb
or was
bombed.
Jack
was a crew member
on
the
U.S.S.
Canopus.
As
8 prisoner of war for
Lhreeyears. he lived on a
dietor
rice
and
salt,.-
water
in
camps
in
the Philippines and later
in Hiroshima. where he Wa!! when the Unit·
ed
States
dropped
the
first.
atomic
bomb.
After his release and medical treatment,
Rocher
resumed
his military career.
se
rving
in
the
Korean War. He retired from
the
Navy
after
20
years
service. He moved to Chicago
to
wo
rk as a sheetrmetalcrolt.!lman,
but
later
returned
to
Cradock.
He
was a
member
of
Disabled American
Veterans.
Survivors include his wif
e.
Nancy Rocher;
a
daugh
ter,
Jacqueline
Murray; t
....
"O
sons.
Michael J . Rocher
and
John
J . Rocher:
and
a
grandchild.
SAUL
RUBENSTEIN
Longtime
Marin
resident
Saul
Ruben·
stein. a survh"Or
of
the
Bataan
Death March,
died unexpect.edly Thursday.
Nov.
17. 1988,
at
his
home
in Siln Rafael.
li
e was 69.
Mr. Rubenstein was a
native
of
Brooklyn.
NY
He
lived in
Marin
lor 28 yeurs.
During
World War
II,
he
endured
the
Ba·
taan
Death
March.
II
65·mile walk described
by
many
A meri
ca
n
and
Filipino veterans a8
one
of
the
worst
atrocities
of
the
war
in
t he
Pacific.
"I
still have nightmares about
Lhe
march."
Rubenstein
sllid in
an
interview
years
ugo
with
the
Marin
I
ndepend
entJou
rnaJ.
"But
now I wake
up
from
them
. Then.
it
was a
hideous nightmare. uwake
or
as
leep."
In 1967,
Mr.
Ruben
ste
in
returned
to
the
Philippines
to
re-enact
part
of
the
walk
OYer
the
dusty
road winding from Marivel
es
on
the
sout
h
ern·
most
tip
of
th
e
Bataan
Penin·
sula,
north
beside
Manila
Bay.
Mr
.
Ruben
stein was a prisoner
of
war for
four
years
.
He l
ate
r was
secreta
ry-treasurer
of
the
Western
Staw
Chap
t
er
of
the
American
Defenders of
Bawan
and Corregidor. He was
to
be
comman
d
er
of
the
500-member
group
next
year.
He
also
was
a
member
of
th
e Masonic
Or
-
der.
For 10 years. he was in charge
of
the
phila·
telic window
at
the
Sa
n Harael
post
office.
H
is
wife.
Shirley
Rub
enste
in
of
San
Rafae
l.
sai
d he
had
"a
great
s
ense
of
humor.
a wonderful disposition -and a
st
rong will
to
surv
ive."
ln
addition
to
his wife, he
is
su
rvived by a
son,
Scott
Ruben
stei
n: two
sisters
,
Doris
Lan
e
and
Juliette
Kroszer;
and
two
grand·
children.
MARTIN C. SIBITZKY
At
his
request.
there
was no
service
for
Martin
Conrad
Sib
it.z.k
y,
82, of
Port
Angeles.
Mr.
Sibitzky
died
Friday
,
July
22, 1988. in
Sequim,
WA
.
He w
as
born
March
29, 1906, in Camden,
N.J.,
to
Martin
Conrad
August
and
Emily
Sibit:r;ky.
H
emarried
Zelma Rae Cash in 1932 in
Los
Angeles.
She
died
June
6,1984.
Mr
. Sibit.z.ky was in t he
Navy
for over
30
years,
retiring
as
a
captain.
His career took
him
to
Iceland
and
North
Africa, where he
skippered
sh
ip
s.
His mili
tary
honors includ·
ed
the
Congressional
Meda
l
of
Honor.
the
Bronze Star.
Purp
le
Heart
and
the
Navy
Cross for his
ass
is
tance
in t he rescue
of
th
e
Squalus
submarine
during
peacetime.
M.r.
Sibitzky
moved to
Port
Ange
l
es
in
1958
after
his
retirement
from
the
Navy. He
had
worked on a
sa
lmon troller
since
his
retirement.
He was a
member
of
the
Masons,
Retired
Officers Associations, Diver's
Association
and
the
Legion
of
Valor.
Survivors
include
two
sons,
Stuart
Sihitzky
snd
Donwd
Sibit.z.ky;
fi
ve
grand-
children
and
two
great·grandchildren
. A
brother, Conrad
Sihiuky.
and a sister,
Betty
Sihitzky
, preceded him in
death.
MATTHEW
STECKEL.
JR.
Matthew
Steckel
Jr
.. who was held in a
Japanese
war
camp
for
41
month
s
during
World War I
I,
died Thursday.
Oct
. 6, 1988,
at
his home in
Charlotte
after
a le
ngth
y illness.
Hewa
s7
1.
Born in R.ocheswr, Mr.
Stecke
l
graduated
from Madison High
Sc
hool and
entered
the
Army
when he was
17
. AfLer
serving
in Chi-
na
in 1937,
then
briefly in
t.he
United
States,
he was
sent
to
Manila.
On
the
night
01
Dec. 7, 1941, he was work·
ing in
the
code room of a
Signw
Corps outfit,
Mr. Steckel
sa
id in a 19
52
interview.
"
We
were
expecting
a
high
priorit
y
meso
sage
on
the
wire.·· he said. "
We
knew
it
would
be an all-out
alert
,
wthough
we
didn't
know
exact
ly why. I n fact. I broke down
the
code
which
announced
the
Honolulu
disaster.
"
He was
put
in an ad vanced echelon
unit
which traveled
up
the
main island
of
Luzon
to meet
the
invading
Japane
se.
But
h
is
out,.
fit
became
scattered
and
he was herded
into
one
of
the
many
group
s
that
s
tarted
a 100-
mile walk, known as
the
"
Death
March
."
·'More
than
15,000 men were
ca
ptured
there." he reclll.led. He
sai
d he was given
one
howl of rice
and
a
canteen
cup
of
water
-
"but
only afl.er
the
fi
rst
80
hour
s."
The
marchers
were
beaten
several
times
during
the
march.
"They'
d
beat
you
fo
r
the
slighte
st.
thing. sometimes for fun
or
just
to
keep in practice." he
sa
id
. His front
teeth
were knocked
out
when he was st.ruck
with
the
butt
of
a rifle.
Steckel was
beaten
for his
sense
of
humor
and
breaking
ranks
for
getting
water from a
well along
the
route. " I
was
lucky." he
sa
id.
"Most
guys
got
sh
ot
when
they
t ried
it
."
He eventuaUy
became
ill
and
was
sent
to
die in a room under a hospita1's bamboo
Door
.
He recovered,
but
spe
nt
nearly
two ye
ars
in
WOl'k
camps
on Luzon.
Hehad
only his shoes
and
sho
rt
s to wear.
Mrs. Steckel was forced
to
march in
the
Japanese
"victory man:h" in Yokohama
"W
e
marched from Yokohama
to
Tokyo
so
the
people would
think
we
were freshly
captured
troops." he said.
"That
was more brut.al
than
t he
"Deat
h March" because
dogs
would bite
us. people would
spit
on
us
and
throw
rotten
tomatoes. One woman kicked me in
the
groin
and when I doubled over in pain, a
guflTd
beat
me
because
I couldn't walk."
Then
he was
shipped
to
Manchuria
to
work in a
fa
cto
ry
unt
il he was freed
10
days
after
the
war ended. He
entered
the
service
weighing 1
80
pounds
and
was di
sc
ha
rged
from
th
e
cam
p weighing
about
95 pounds.
He
sai
d he often
ate
snakes
and
monkeya to
stay
al
ive.
After
the
war, Mr. Steckel was hospital.
ized in
the
U.
s.
for
14
month
s.
Hedecided
to
leave
th
e
military
after
he
recovered
and
studied
to
become all
architect.
But
he re-enlisted in 1947. He was
sent
back
to
Japan
and
Korea. working as a road
and
bridge
eng
ineer. his
wif
e.
the
former
Agnes
Erbland,
said.
Mr.
Steckel
returned
to New
York
in 19
51
and
worked
as
an
Army
recruiter
in
Hoshes·
ter.
Horne
U
and
Ithaca
fo
r 1
!<i
years,
then
continued
his
wo
rk as
an
Army
engin
eer
in
Germany,
San
Francisco
and
Ala
ska.
Mr
. Steckel retired from
the
Army
as a
mastersergeantin
1962 and immed.iately
be-
gan
wor
king
for
Eastman
Kodak
Co.
as a
security officer. He retired from Kodak in
1980.
His
wife
sa
id Mr.
Steckel
enjoyed
his
retirement
by worki
ng
at
home
in his work·
sho
p.
He especia
ll
y enjoyed
making
wooden
butterflies
and
dominoes.
"He
enjoyed woodworking," she said. "He
was
quite
talented
with
his
hand
s."
Besides his wife. Mr.
Steckel
is
su
rvived
by a
daughter.
Patricia
Oster; a
8On.
Mat
-
thew T. Steckel; five grandchildren:
sisters
June
McCaU and
Marion
Lanham
; several
nieces
and
nephews.
ALBERT
J.
TYBUR
Albert
J . 'IYbur.
HMe.
USN, Ret. died
Dec. 10, 1988. He
was
a
Pharm
acists
Mate
First
Class. U.S. Navy,
attached
to
the
4th
Regiment, USMC.
Captured
on CQrragidor
May 6. 1942. Held in Bilibid, Manila.
P.I
. On
13
December 1944, he
boarded
the
HeU
ship
Oryoku
Maru
with
1600
other
POW·
s.
The
ship
was hit by planes from
the
u.S.S.
Hor
-
net
on
the
14th
and
sunk
on
the
1
5t
h. Sur"
vivors were
transferred
to
San
Fernando.
Pampanga by truck and by boxcar to
the
Lin·
gayen Gulf where they boarded
anoth
er ship
for
Takao,
Fo
rmo
sa
At
Takao
surv
ivors were
hit
again by
plan
es.
Put
aboard
a third ship
(Continued on Page 10)
FEB
RUARY, 1989 - 9
about 300 su
rv
ivors arrived
inJoji,
Kyushu,
J a
pan
.1Y
bur
was se
nt
to
Camp
17
Omut
a,
Japan
. Repatriated from there at the war's
end.
He is survived by his wif
e,
Maerita, two
sons
and
two da
ugh
ters.
CHARLES HENRY SOSVIELLE
Charles Henry SosvieUe - Chief
Petty
Of
-
fi
cer, USN, Retired. Born
91511907
-
Died
10
125188
from a
heart
seizure
at
Lederman
Hospital,
Sa
n Francisco. CA. Henry w
as
a
member of
th
e Cecelia McKie C
hapter
. Hen-
ry
joined the u.
s.
Navy in 1923. He w
as
Port
Director in
Shanghi
until
shortly
before
Pearl
H&Thor
, when he w
as
transferred
to
the
Philippines. After the
attack
on
the
Philip-
pines, He
nry
commandeered a l
&Tge
yacht,
recn
li
ted a
crew,
managed
to
supply
it.
with
guns, ammo and
oth
er
needed supplies, had
it
commissioned by
t.he
u.s.
Navy and was
fighting
t.h
e J aps and deli
ve
ring
su
pplies
to
o
ther
troopson
the Islands until ordered by
his superiors to surrender when Corregidor
fe
ll
H
en
ry completed his first
20
years of
service in
Japanese
prison
ca
mp
. He
re-
mained in
the
Navy
until
the
mandatory
retire
ment
at
age
70.
He
nr
y was married
twice
and
pre-deceased
by
b
ot
h wives.
Memorial serviceS were held November
1,
1988 in
the
Chapel
at
Moffit Field.
San
Jose,
Califor!fi~
:
Lorn\ B.
COlt,
age 81 of Ocean Park,
WA,
passed' away 9
12
61
88_
He served with the
Medica]
Co
rps on Bataan and
was
a POW
for
31
",
ye
ar
s_
He is s
ur
vived by a son and a
d
aug
h
te
r. Wife preceded in d
eat
h.
Rubel
Gonul
es, age
73
of
Santa
Fe,
NM
,
passed away
9119188.
He se
rv
ed in C Btry.
200CACand
wasa
POW
for3
~
years.
H
eis
s
ur
vived by wife Beatrice
V.
Gonzales.
Herbert
Harrell
of Henderson, Texas,
passed away 9/2
8188
. He served with 34 Pur-
suit
Sqd_
and
was a POW for 31
",
years. He
was a Life member of ADBC.
Col. Andrew E, Krieger,
Jr
. born Oct.
29,
1918811ddiedOct.
29
, 19880fcerebrovascu-
l
ar
'disease..
Col
,Krieger was a pilot with
the
3rd Pursuit. S
ur
vived by his wife E
dith
R.
Kriegt!'r_
No
other
details_
FIOfd
R.
Besher, 70, of Mountain
View,
MO,
passed away
July
1.1988. He
se
rved in
th
~
A/my
during
World W
ar
II, and was a
prisoner of
th
e
Japan
ese for
42
months. He
is survived by
hi
s
wi
f
e,
Mildred. twoson
sand
three grandchildren.
Merrell Wendell Best, 70, of Adel, GA.
pa
ssed away October
22,
1988. He was a life
member o
fA
XPOW,
charter
member and
SVC
of the Fl
at
lander Chapter. He
wa
s a sur-
vivor of the Philippines. held in
Ca
banatuan,
Bilibid and Tarlac. He is survived by his
wife,
Mildred.
dau
gh
te
r
and
son-in-law, two
adored grandsons and a brother.
Richard J . Cowen, age
72
of W
ate
rville,
N.
V" passed away 10
12
2
188.
He served with
3rd Purs
uit
Sqd.
an
d was a POW for
3
~
years. He is survived
by
wife:
Frances
M_
Co-
wen.
lO
-
THEQUAN
Floyd R. Lamb
pa
ssed away
8119188.
He
served
withD
Btry.
131
FA
36
Div.
and was
a POW for
31A
years_
He
is survived by wife
Fay.
Fr
ank D. Chambers of Oklahoma City,
OK. died
Jul
y
21,
1988.
Hewa
s stationed in
the
Philippines, Ar
my,
A
Co.,
31st
Regt_,
then
Bataan
until captured Feb. 1942 while
scouting. He escaped
but
was recaptured
March
5,
1942, and held POW in Bilibid,
Caba
n
atua
n, Nielson Field detail. Zablin
Field, on a he
ll
ship
for
40
days,
an
d Sendai
Camp 3D, J apan. He is s
ur
vived by
hi
s
wife,
Mary. a daughter, a son. a grandson, and two
brothers.
Jam
es Ellis
RobinSOD,
72,
of Vallejo.
CA,
died J
an_
4,1988
. He served with
t.he
Ma-
rines in Ch
ina
prior
to
WW
II
and
on
Cor-
regidor,
P.L
He was a POW in the Philippines
from May 1942
to
Feb. 1945. He is s
ur
vived
by his wife, DolQres, two
stepso
ns, four
daughters, eighteen grandchildren and two
great
gran
dchildren.
Aubr
ey
Dunn,
u.s.
Navy served on
the
U.S.s. Cano
pu
s,di
ed Se
pt
.
II,
1988. He was
a P
OW
for 3
It.!
years. Surviving are
hi
s wife
Ni
n
a,
t
wo
son
s.
one s
tepdaughter
and
five
grandchildren.
Milton A. Giasier.
72.
died
Nov.
4,
1988. A
construction
wo
rk
er
on Wake Island, he was
inducted intot-he U
.s.
Navy on
Dec.
8,
1941.
He was captured Dec.
23,
1941. Survived by
wife Lorna and two
sons_
Howard
D_ Miller, S
prin
g House,
PA
19477_ Born Oct.
14,
1920 and died
Oct-.
28,
1988. No
othe
r details.
William Wallace of Phoenix, AZ. died
re-
cently
after
a long illness. No
other
details.
Thomas E. Richards d
iedJui
y
16,
1988
at
ageo!
68. Served in
u.s.
Army surviving 45
mont hs
Jap
POW camp. Survived by wife
Anna Loui
se.
daughter, two sons, and seven
grandchildren.
RIADM
F,V.
Berley, 18060
Scott
Mill
Rd.
,
Ja
cksonvill
e.
FL
3221
7.
passed
away
on
1
J
anuary
19
89. He was a navy doctor, was
stat
ioned with
the
4th Marines
at
Shanghai,
and Philippin
es.
He w
as
a POW
fo
r 3
)11
years.
William Grayson, PO Box 323, Geor-
getown.
FL
32039,
pa
ssed away on I Jan-
uary
19
S9
at
th
e Gainsville
VA
Hos
pital
.
Gainsville,
FL
. He h
ad
been a
patient
for
about six weeks. He was interned in Savan-
nah, GA, Bill was a member of
the
19th BO
30th BS. Flowers were sent from
Nat
ional
and
the
Florida Chapter.
Lt. Col. E.B. Gilmore, Ret.
No
tified
by
Mrs. Gilmore. No o
th
er
details.
Theodore Paras died of a
heart
attack
in
J une 1988. Notified by Mrs. Paras. No other
details.
A card from Paul
V.
Rou
se. 1120 McCon-
ne
ll
Ave..
Erie,
Fa.
reports his wife of
47
years
Betty
Rouse died l
ast
June
30th
of
conge
s·
tive he
ar
t failure. Paul made a model
ofMa
·
j
or
Johnson
's kitchen in
Cabanatuan
where
they served
lOOO-1200
men a
da
y.
Th
e mod·
el was donated
to
the Erie Museum
but
ha
s
been lost.
MELVIN
McCOY
I am writing
to
tell you
the
sa
d news of
my
father, Melvyn McCoy's
death.
in
ear
ly D
e-
cember. I knew him
as
a
man
of
hi
gh
s
pirit
s
and active in
te
lli
gence, who enjoyed life en
or-
mously. He loved
the
Navy and took pride in
..
his military
se
rvi
ce.
His friends
and
family
~
also
meant
a l
ot
to
him,
as
he to u
s.
We
shall
miss him greatly. Sincerel
y,
Anne Soule
RADM McCoy will
be
remembered
as
the
Leader of the first mass escape from
the
Davao prisoner of w
ar
camp in Mindanao
and
as
the
last
voice to be heard from the
Philippines when Corregidor was surren-
dered and the radio of
the
16th Naval Dis-
trict fell silent. Clyde
C.
Childress
CORRESOPNDENCE
D
ear
sir,
Stevin
Oudshoom
Pinksterb
lomstr.
44
1636
XP
Schermerho
rn
Holland
27th December 1988
I wr
ite
to
you because of a hobby of mine,
with which you can help
me.
Since 1985
I'm
co
rresponding
wi
th
Wo
rld War I I veterans.
a
ll
over
th
e world.
I'm
very interested in
those people
'a
war time career_ I'm n
ot
so
much intere
ste
d in a
ll
the
arms
used in the
war,
bu
t in what
the
veterans have to te
ll
me
about
what happened to
th
em
and h
ow
it
af-
..
fected them.
Of
course, 1 can read books
II
..
do)
but
per
so
nal co
nt
acts
with
veterans
means much. much more to
me.
I'm proud to
aay
that
some
of
the
veterans I correapond
with are my friends. So I hope you
und
e
r-
stan
d what I would like to know from t he vet-
erans. They
te
ll
me
just
the things they want
me
to
know, if
it
is
the
truth
.
that
is,
about
their
combat
expe
ri
ences_
I'm
not
especial-
ly see
king
for heroic stories, I
just
want
to
know
what
happened in
the
war
an
d to esch
soldier individual.
If
somebody
got
heroic
stories. that's alright with me, but everybody
who saw
combat
is more
than
welcome
to
wr
ite
and te
ll
me about it. I'm
trul
y interest-
ed in
what
those people have
to
te
ll
me.
Now.
I
wou
ld like to ask you if you
co
uld
put
a
sort
of call in your publication for your
members who saw comb
at
in WW I I and
would like
to
te
ll
me about
it
. Everybody is
welcome
to
write.
If
people have probl
ems
with
writing
, maybe they can
put
things
onto tape. In
the
hope you can
pl
ace a ca
ll
.
Yours
trul
y.
Stevin Oudshoorn
P.
S.:
I'm 18 years old and still in schoo
l.
HELP
Thmas
C.
Baza,
91
Fairview Ave.. E. Es- 4
sex, Ontario, Canada. N8M3R9wouid like to
con
tact
anyone who has knowledge of him
in
Caba
natuan
or
at
the
time
the
'Rangers'
liberated the POW camp
Jan.
31, 1945.
War
Cr
i
mes
Documents
cal service, can co
nsult
outside
doctors
and
go to hospi·
Reveal
J~panese
Government
tals
.
Permitted
read books, papers, listen
to
radio,
and
go
out
with
permission.
Agreed
To
Abide
by
Geneva
Convent
i
on
"-
No verification
of
preceiding
by
Swiss.
because
no J sp-
of
1929
on
P
ri
soners
of
War
anese
permission
to
visit
internees
.
Documents
introduced
at
the
War Crimes Trials in
Manila
by 9.
Spain
24
Feb
24
(Memo by
Spanish
Embassy
toState)
A.
Japanese
view on Geneva ';Tresty
of
1929
";
notobligalr
the
United
States
government., reveals
its
efforts
to have
theJap-
ed
OD
POW Convention
but
will
apply
"Corresponding
anesegovenunent
abide by
the
Geneva Prisoner of War Convention
simi
l
ar
st
i
pulation
s
of
the
Treaty"
to
civil,
88
well
as
of
1929. Although
the
J spanese government did
not
sign
the
treaty,
military
prisoners
.
it
agreed
to
the
pr
incipl
es
of
the
treat.y.
B.
Similar
stipulations
will
he
applied
8S
far as possible, on
On
December
18,
1941,
the
United
States
government notified
condition
of
reciprocity,
t.o
foreign civilian
internees
; no
the
Japanese
government
that
the
United
States
government
labor
for
latter
,
would
abide
by
the
Geneva
Prisoner
of
War
Convention
of
1929. 10.
Japan
9
Mar
42
On
February
4, 1942,
the
Japanese
government
notified
the
Swiss
government.
that
it
was
"strictly
observing" t.he Geneva
Red
A. Reply
t.o
Serial
No.
7,
quotes
lettkr
from
Minister
Thgo
Cross Convention
as
a
signato
ry
state.
Second
l
y,
the
Japanese
which declares U.s.
internees
receive excellent. t.reat-
government
would
apply
"mutatis
mutandis
" (with
necessary
me
nt
in
Hong
Kong
and
Manila.
and
that
Japan
"wiu
changes having been made) provi
sions
of
that
convention
t.o
Ameri· continue accord facilities
t.o
Swiss
Minister'for his vis
its
can
prisoners
of
war
in
its
power.
t.o
internment
camps".
Thereafter, there were 140 communications between
the
United
B.
Swiss
Minister
comments
authorities
hinder
and
delay
States
government
and
the
Japanese
government
relative
t.o
the
visits:
to
internment
camps.
treatment
of
prisoners
of
war. A s
ummary
of
these
communications
II.
U.S.
19
Mar
42
(Memo
State
to
Spanish
Embassy)
and
dates
thereof
is
as
follow
s:
A.
Refers
to
Seria
l No. 9.
Us.
will
not
compel civilian in·
Serial
No.
ternees
to
work
against
will.
1.
US.
18
Dec41
B.
Us.
will
present
to
Japan
proposals for procedure under
A.
Us.
will apply provi
sions
of
Geneva POW and
Red
Cross
POW and
Red
Cross Conventions
extending
POW
toci·
Convent
i
ons
to
civilian
and
military
personnel. vilian
internee
s.
B.
Invites
Japanese
apply provisions
both
conventions and 12.
US.
19
Mar
42
asks
Japanese
express
intention.
A.
Takes
note
of
Japanese
agreement
to
apply
POW Con·
2.
U.S. 13
Jan
42
vention
to
civilians.
A.
Us.
will follow Red Cross proposal
regarding
exchange
B.
Us.
will
not
compel J
spanese
civilians
t.o
work
against
list
s
of
POWs, wounded,
and
civilian
internees,
on
will.
reciprocal basis.
c.
U.s. will
present
proposals
on
procedure
regarding
B.
What
are
Japanese
intentions
on
this
point? POWs
and
civilians.
"-
US.
will
set
up
POW
and
Ali
en
Enemy
Information Bu·
D.
Statement
of
rations
gi
ven
Japan
ese
civilian internees.
•
reau.
13
.
U.S-
3
Apr
42
D.
Reiterates
request
for
Japane
se
intention
regarding
A.
Notes
Japanese
reply in
Serial
No.
10.
POW Convention.
B.
Complains
of
J
apanese
reluctance
to
permit
appoint-
S.
U.S-
20Jan42
ment
by Red Cross
of
neutral
ob
se
rvers
in Philippines
A.
Us.
will
permit
visits
by
representatives
of
protecting
and
Hong
Kong.
powers
to
civilian internees.
c.
Asks
Red Cross
stat
us of
its
attempt
to
get
Japane
se
B.
Will
Japanese
reciprocate
and
extend
POW Convention
permiss
i
on
to
appoint
delegate
in
Hong
Kong.
to
civilian
internees?
I
•.
U.S.
21
May 42
••
U.S-
26Jan42
A.
Japan
must
insure
that
all
comma
nders
understand
A.
ReiteTates
request
for
Japanese
intention
regarding ci·
Japane
se
co
mmitment
s
regarding
POW Convention
vilian
internees.
with
reference
to
military
personnel
and
civilians.
s.
Japan
4
Feb42
B.
Want
report
of
all names
of
civilians in
Shanghai
and as·
A.
Japanese
Government
informs
·'fIrst.
Japan
is
stric
tly
surance
all will be
on
first
exchange
ve
sse
l.
observing
Geneva Red Cross
Convention
as
a
signato-
IS. U.S. 7
Aug42
ry
state.
Second.
Although
not
bound
by
the
Geneva
Convention relative
treatment
prisoners
of
war
Japan
A.
Requests
Japan
cancel
sente
nces
imposed
on
Com·
mander
Cunningham
and
Naval
Architect
Teeters,
will
app
ly
mutatis
mutandis
provisions
of
that
law
to
prisoners
who
attempted
escape.
under
POW Conven·
Ame
r
ican
pri
sone
rs of war in
its
power."
6.
US.
7 Feb
42
tion
rules;
and
for
neut
ral
delegate
t.o
visit
them.
A.
Does preceding communication cover civilian internees 16.
Japan
8Aug42
by
use
of "
mutati
s
mutandis"?
A.
Japanese
continue
refusal
to
pe
r
mit
Swiss
representa·
B.
Asks
Japane
se
pennission
for Swiss visits
to
POW
and
tive
visit
POW
and
civilian
internee
camps.
civilian
internment
camps.
B.
Refusal
ba
sed
on
"pr
inciple
not
to
recognize represen·
7.
US.
14
Feb 42
tation
foreign
interests
in
territ.ories occupied by
Jap·
A.
Refers
to
report
of
abusive
treatment" of'civilian
intern·
anese
armed
forces. "
ees
in Philippines.
c.
Makes
exception
with
respect
to
Shanghai.
Visits per-
B.
Asks
for
report
and
remedy by J
span
or
u.s.
will recon·
mitted
on
consent
of
"competent
authorities
that
sider
its
liberal
treatment
of
Japanese
citizen
intern
ees. place."
8.
Japan
24 Feb 42
17
. U.S. .
12Aug4
2
A.
Japan
will apply,
on
condition
of
reciprocity, Geneva
A.
US.
note
s
that
Japane
se
Government
alleges
treats
Convention
t.o
paWs
and
civilians insofar
as
applicable.
paW
s
with
humanity
according
to
theprincipje
s
of
in-
and
"t
hey
shall
not
be forced
to
perform
labor
against
te
r
nationa
llaw.
their
will."
B.
Visits
unde
r Articles 86, 88
of
Geneva Convention would
B.
u.s.
civilian internees
number
134. Food includes bread, be
best
proof
of
Japane
se
co
mpliance.
butter
, eggs,
meat.
Have
oil,
coal
and
faLS.
Can
receive
"-
Points
out
u.s.
permits
Protecting
Power
and
Red
Cross
gifts. Are i
nterned
in
vicinity
of
residence. Have medi·
t.o
visit
Japane
se
camps
in U.S. FEBRUARY,
1989
-
11
18.
Japan
20
Aug42
30.
U.S.
17
Nov 42
A.
Requeat
information
as
to U.s. treaLment.
of
interned
A. Acoount.sof
Japanese
atrocities
against
civilians. prison
Japane
se. conditions for information purpose
s.
19. U.& 27
Aug42
31. U.& 25 Nov 42
A.
Li
sts
violations
by
Japanese
of
provisions
of
Article 86
A.
RequestJapanese
compliance
with
Article
12
of Gene-
of Geneva
Co
nv
ention relating
to
right
to
visit. va Convention relaLive to furnishing
proper
clothing
to
t
20.
Japan
9Sep
"42 POWs
and
civilians.
A. J
apa
nese refuse request of Swiss
to
visit. British
POW
32. U.& 28 Nov 42
camp
on
ground
Japan
did
not
sign
Convention, hence A. Reply
to
Serial No. 24, proposes c
hanges
in procedure
"not.
bound
st
ri
ctly
obse
rve
it.8
provisions."
but
is "dis- relative to
pa
y
and
food
of
officer
POWS.
posed
apply
provision! Convention insofar applicable 33. U.& 30 Nov
42
without considering itself bound,"
"In
particular case A.
Requesu
information on use
of
POW labor;
nature
of
provisional
character
installation
prisoners
war
camps
work, hours,
pay
.
Ind
oc
hina
do
not
allow
suitable
visit."
34
. U.S.
30
Nov 42
21.
Japan
13
Sep 42 A.
Proteston
internees
not
being given full
rights
relative
A.
Japan
claims
it
made
known
to
U.s.
"as
800n
as
hostiIi·
to
visits
from
third
partiea.
ties
began
that
it
would
apply
mutatis
mutandis
to
...
U.& I Dec 42
prisoners
of
war
the
Geneva Convention although
it
had A. Requests repatriation
of
personnel charged with
Can!
of
not
ratified
it
and
is
therefore
not
bound
by
thi
s act." sick
and
wounded
under
Article
12,
Red Cross Conven·
B.
Japan
will
accept
POW packages. tion.
e.
Duly designated exchange vessels will be
used
to
tran
s·
B.
Proposes waiver
of
right
of
repatriation on reciprocal ba·
port
Red Cross Relief supplies. sis in discretion
of
senior officer
of
captured
unit, and for
22. U.&
15Sep4
2
chaplains
who volunteer to
atay
with
unit.
A.
u.s.
not
satisfied
with
Japanese
compliance with Arti·
e.
Reference is
toCavite
Naval Hospital
StaIf
and
toGuam
cle 77
of
POW Convention
and
Article 4
of
Red Cross
san
itary
personnel.
Convention,
(I
nformation)
and
requests
correction. 3
•.
U.S.
7 Dec 42
B.
Requests information on preparing
and
postingof"cap- A.
Requests
Japanese
furnish
names
of
aviators
captured
ture"
post
cards. a
fter
Thkyo
and
Hong
Ko
ng
raids
and
permit
Swiss to
23. U.& 18
Sep
42 visit,
and
to
intern men
as
POWs,
notconfinein
prison.
A.
Notes
Japane
se
refusal
to
allow relief
supplies
to
be
37.
Japan
11
Dec
42
s
hipped
in o
th
er
than
exchange vessels
and
states
car-
go
s
pa
ce in
same
inadequate.
A. Report on
undated
telegram relative
to
POWs in China.
B. Proposes
purchase
of
produ
ct in Philippines through
"Japanese
government has informed American govern·
, . Red
Cross
delegate
fOT
distribution
to civilian internees.
ment
had decided apply
mutatis
mutandis Geneva Con·
vention
July
27,1929,
regarding
treatment
prisoners
24L
Asks
Japanese
reply. war
but
without
any way
changing
Japanese
laws in
Japan
26 Sep 42 force."
Continues
to allege
Cunningham
escape
war- t
A.
States
Japanese
proposals for
pa
y
of
officer
POWS.
aI· ra
nt
s d
eath
under
1915
Japanese
law; clemency shown
lotmen
ta
to
POWs families,
reimbursement
at
conclu· in
light
sentence. Denies U.s.
protest.
sion
of
war. 38. U.&
12Dec42
25. U.& 29
Sep
42 A.
Protest
in
detail
against
treatment
of
POWs
and
civil·
A. U.
s.
informed Lt.
Commander
Smith
and
4 EM in Ward ian internees, allegi
ng
violations
of
Geneva convention.
Road
Jail
with
Cunningham
and
Teeters; reference in
39
. U.&
17
Dec 42
Serial
No.
15 applies
to
this
case. A. Refers
to
Serial No. 37 which
says
Japanese
adhere
to
B.
Deprivation of
rank
of Cunningham and
Smith
contrary
Geneva
Convention only to
extent
its
provisions do
not
Article
49
of
Geneva Convention.
change
the
effect
of
Japanese
laws in force.
e.
Requests information on
report
8 prisoners in American
B.
Request
s
Japane
se
stateme
nt
of
intention
rel
evant
to
aviator
uniforms held in jail and,
if
so.
demands
release limiting applicaWon of Convention and provisions
of
any
and
treatment
as
POWs. laws which
contravene
safeguards
of
Convention.
2
•.
U.S. 23
Oct
42
'0
.
U.8-
19 Dec 42
A.
Requests investigation rumor
that
American POWs are
A.
Request
for
Japanese
position on
distribution
of
mail
to
~
tried
by military
courts
and
penalties
up
todeath
and
parcels
to
POWs
and
civilians. proposing method
of
, imposed;
and
whether neutral representatives have been forwarding mail.
,
permitted
to
visit
such
prisone
rs.
27.
Japan
5 Nov 42
.1.
U&
4
Jan
43
(This is n
ot
a reply to Serial No. 26,
but
an informal di· A. Report on
conditions
at
Shinagawa
POW
camp
(near
,
£981.
of
Japanese
General
Staff
report.) Tokyol
protesting
mail
and
food violations.
,
A.
Enemy
airmen
who
commit
"cruel
and
inhuman
acts
" 42. U.&
11
Jan
43
shall suffer
death
or
other
severe
penalty
after
military
A. Reply
to
Japan
ese proposal
to
return
ashes
of
deceased
trial
Covers
any
area
of
Japanese
military
operations. POW,
by
(lIchange vessels unless U.s.
prefen
local
bul"-
B.
Resume
of
news
article
proposing
, "all enemy aviators ial.
who fall
into
our
hands
after
defacing
thia
blessed land
B.
U.
s.
wants
local
burial
and
record kept.
of
ours.
shall
be
beheaded without discrimination. "Min· 43.
Japan
21Jan43
ister Gorge believes
thi
s proposal will
not
be
adopted by
A.
Japanese
report
on
careof
Negishi, Urawa,
and
Sumiro
Japanese
Army
. POW camps.
Continued
stal
l
on
mail
28. U
.&
9 Nov 42
..
. U.& 4 Feb 43
A.
Reply
to
Serial
No.
18,
states
kind
of
treatment
given A. Request
change
in canteen purchase procedure
at
Zeulr t
Japanese
civilian
internee
s,
and
benevolent associa·
su;i
POW camp.
tions.
...
U.& 5 Feb 43
29.
U&
12
Nov.
42 A.
Requests
Japanese
compliance with provisions
of
Arti·
A. Request for medical care for civilian internees on recipro- cle
12
(canteen), Article
44
(communication with neutral
cal basis.
agent)
and
Article 16 (religious)
of
Convention.
12
-
THEQUAN
'6.
U.s.
15 Feb 43
B.
Repeats
request
for permission
to
Swiss
to
visit
POW
A.
Repetition of
demand
to
permit
Swiss representative
to
camps.
and
reminds
Japan
ese
that
Art.icle 7 of Geneva
visit
internees
without
witnesses. Convention requires
prompt
evacuat
ion of POWs from
47.
U.S.
16
Feb
43
combat
zone.
A.
Offers
to
ship medical
supplies
to
convenient. place for ,
•.
JapaD
Japan
12Jul43
use
by
POWs
and
internees in
Japanese
hands. even
A.
Co
mmanders
Wooley, Cunningham.
Lt.
Commander
though
duty
to
supply same is Japan's.
Smith
sentenced
10 years,
Engineer
Thelen
2
year
im·
48.
Japan
23 Feb 43 prisonment. Marines. 9 to 4 years imprisonment. All in
(Tokyo Raid -
Death
Penalty
-1'ani Note) Municipal Prison, Shanghai.
A.
Tani
note
does not.
answer
U.S
request
for spocific
data
60.
U.S.
17Jui43
on
Tokyo raid
airmen.
A.
Repeats
statement
regarding various violations
of
POW
B.
Tani notesuhstance:
(a)
J Bpan will
try
by court-martial Convention.
"and
to
punish severely as enemies of humanity these 61.
Japan
2 Sep 43
members of
crews
of enemy planes - - - - who are shown
A.
'franslation of regulationsdaUld
21
Apr
4
3,
of Japanese
Government relative
to
treatment
of
POWs.
See
nat
after inquiry, guilty of cruel and inhuman
1lCts.
---- Serial
No.
This
meaaure - - - • is based upon the supreme moral. 62.
Japan
27
Nov
43
which endeavors
to
limit
to
a minimum the horrors of
A.
'franslation of regulations
dated
14
Feb 1904, still
in
ef·
war
by
respect for humanity." feet. revised 21
Apr
4
3,
regarding
treatment
of
POW
s.
(
bl
Claims Thkyo raid
hit
non·military in
sta
llations and Note numerous conflicts with Geneva Convention.
purposely kJlled children. Also claims crew members 63.
U.S.
11
Dee
43
"declared
that
their act was natural and represenUld no A. Agreement regarding pay of officer
POWs.
discredit on their conduct."
6'.
U.S.
27
Jan
44
Ie)
Continues.
"S
uch persons are unpardonable 8a ene-
A.
Points
out
no reports
yet
s
ubmitted
by Japanese
as
mies of humanity. The Imperial Government cannot. promised (see Serial
No.
571-
treat
such guilty persons
as
prisoners of W8J'
."
B.
Complete
stateme
nt
of
mistreatment
of
U.s.
in
J apa·
Id)
States
death
penalty was pronounced
but
applied nese custody.
only
to
a
few
of
cn!W
members. 65.
U.s.
27
Jan
44
(e)
Alleges Japanese
will
treat. as
POWs
crews of planes
A.
Examplesof specific incident.a to accompany Serial
No.
"who
do
not
commit cruel or inhuman acts.··
6'.
49.
Japan
23
Feb
43
66.
U.s.
9 Feb
44
A. Repeats Tani Note. A. Asks
for
Japanese reciprocity
in
matter
of national and
50.
Japan
23 Feb
43
racial food and clothing customs.
A.
Refers
to
Serial
No.
26,
gives exact
text
of
Japanese
67.
U.S.
II
Feb
44
Sl.afhnesssge regarding captured airmen,
sta
ting
that
A.
Mentions Domei report alleging Japanese treatment of
any who are "found
to
have commit.Uld
cr
uel and inhu· POWs had been approved by Vatican and
Red
Cross.
man
acts
shall be tried before a military court
and
suf·
B.
List.s many telegrams toJapanese
on
this
subj~t.
which
fer
death
or
other
severe penalty." are unanswered
to
inadequately answered.
5
1.
Japan
23
Feb 43 C Repeats request for Red
Cross
visits
to
all
POW
camps.
A.
Repetit.ion of
substance
of Tani Note. 68. J apan
29
Feb
44
52.
U.s.
1 Mar'43
A.
Reply to Serial
Nos.
64, 65,
stalls in usual manner, evad·
A. U.s. insists
that
Geneva Convention applies in Thailand. ing all issues.
58.
U.s.
11
Mar
43 69.
U.s.
24
Mar
44
A.
U.S.
request.s report
on
POWs being se
nt
to
Thailand.
A.
Repeats demand for Red Cross visits
to
POW
camps.
54.
Japan
24
Mar
43
70.
U.s.
30Mar44
A.
Refuses to give names and sentences ofThkyo raid avi·
A.
Repeats request for attention
to
our reciprocal propos-
aton.
on ground
"no~
~reated
as
prisoners of war. Con·
aI
for
shipment of relief supplies and achangeofnat.ion.
sequently Japanese Governmentdoes
not.
intend
to
di·
also
vulge names or
state
sentences imposed or permit visit.s 71.
U.S.
15 Apr
44
tot.hem." A.
Statement
of violations reported
at
Kobe internment
55.
Japan
3
Apr
43
cam
p.
A.
Refers Serial
No.
39.
quotes basic provisions
law
Man:h 72.
Japan
10
May
44
9,1943 modifying law Man:h ].1905: "In group escape
A.
Japanese reply
to
Serial
No.s
64,
65
received, full
text
in
leader subject death penalty solitary confinement mini· next. Serial
No.
mum
10
yrs. or imprisonment
."
Full
text
requested. 78.
Japan
11
May
44
(Memo from Spanish Embassy)
56.
U.s.
5
Apr
43
A.
Note from Japanese Government answering Serial
No.s
A.
Complete
statement
of
U.S.
position on t.reatment. of 64,65.
Thkyo raid aviators. specifies violations of Convention,
B.
Protests
U.S.
maltreatment of
Japanese
internees.
intent. to hold responsible
Japanese
Government offi·
C.
Japanese
intend
"o
n purely humanitarian grounds to
cials. and
to
punish them on conclusion of
war.
apply mutatis
in
present. war provision
1929
Convention
57. Jllpan 4
June
43
treatment
Prisoners of War
to
American Prisoners of
A.
Referns
to
Serial
No.
38.
Weasel
rep1y,
no specific an· War within areas under
Japanese
administration.
swers to our categorical charges. Uses "special circum· "As regards civilian internees
..
no international agree-
stances prevailing in areas which have until recently ment exists except
that
expression of desire contained
been fields of
battle"
as
excuse.
in
final protocol to 1929 Convention. In present
war
Jal>"
B. Mak
es
distinction between "persons accused of crime" anese government have seen fit toenumeratecertain
Ill'
and "wart.ime internees." Former
will
be treated "
in
ac, ticiesofConvention and todemand their absolute appli·
cordance with the relevant domestic laws." Will
not.-ap-
cation
as
if
Japanese
government by above-mentioned
ply Geneva Convention to "persons accused or suspect- expression of intention haa admitted obligation to
ob-
ed
of
crime and detained according
to
the Japanese
law
."
serve provisions of Convention
as
party
thereto."
58.
U.s.
6
Jul43
O.
Japan
will
not.
recognize neut.ral representation
of
ene-
A.
Refers
to
Serial
No.
57.
Notes t.haLJ apanese will report my internees. and will not permit visits
to
POW
or
in·
on ellch instance of
maltreatment
of U.s. nationals. • ternee camps "in view of need of military operations."
FEBRUARY.
1989
-
13
E.
By
intent
to
apply
Convention
"it
is
meant
provisiOns 96.
Japan
19
Dec
44
of
Convention will be applied
with
modifications neces·
A.
Denies
allegations
in
Serial
No. 88.
aary
in
order
con
f
orm
with
provisions
of
existing
law
B.
States
that
av
iators
who
commit
"vio
lations
of
rec::og-
and
regulations
of
country
and
wit.h
requirements
of
ac
-nized
customs
will
be held responsible for
acts
in sccor-
tual
situations
as
i
t.
develops."
Same
interpret.ation ap-
dance
with
international
law
in
same
manner
as
enemy
pli
es
to
civilians. (At.
this
point
pp
4, 5
Spanish
Memo
soldiers
of
other
categories
who
commit
similar
acts
," •
are
missing
.
These
pages
apparentl
y
continue
discu
s-
97.
U.s.
Undated
sion
of
Japanese
position
on
POW
Convention.1 A. Detailed
spec
ific reply
to
J
apanese
complain
ts
on
han-
F.
Japan
foUowed
ovm
POW
regulations as
in
Serial
No.
62.
dling
of
internees.
in
Serial
No. 73.
G.
Remainder
of
27
page
answer
is
denials. evasions.
and
98. U.
s.
5Jan45
counter
charges
.
A.
Protest
againllt
useof
American
inte
rnees
as
laborers.
74.
Japan
20
May
44
...
.
Japan
6
Jan
45
A.
Facts
on
imprisonment
of
Father
Kuopke. A. Refusal
to
a
ll
ow Red Cross
visit
to Ho
ughton
,
Stuart,
75.
Japan
23 May 44 (Report by
Swiss
Minister) Bowen.
A.
Refers
toSerial
No.
71
, no
heat
in
hom
es
or
offices in
Ja
· 100.
U.s.
29
Jan
45
pan
winter
of
43·44.
A.
Protest
on
conditions
at
Kawasaki
ca
mp
.
76. J
apan
6
June
44
(Spanish
Embassy
Memo) 101.
u.s.
29
Jan
45
A.
Protest
regarding
shooting
of
Soichi
Okamoto
at
Thle
A.
Protest
on
failure to deliver
or
to
sen
d mail
written
by
Laka
Stuart.
Houghton
and
Bowen
at
Peking.
77.
Jap
an 10
Jun
44
102.
Japan
I Feb 45
A.
Further
protest
on
Okamoto
case
requests
segregation
A.
Denies allegations regarding killing
of
aviator
at
Aitape.
of
Japane
se
subjec
ts
and
Nisei.
see
Serial
No. 85.
78.
Japan
19Jun44
103. U.S. 20 Feb 45
A.
States
American.
CO
Greelich,
shot
attempting
escape
A.
Refuses
to
accept
Japanese
reply
to
our
Serial
No. 38
{rom
Formosa
POW Camp.
Apr
I.
1943. (Reference to
Japanese
reply
not
clear.
presumabl
y is to
79.
U.s.
21
Jun
44
Serial
No. 73.)
A.
Repetition
of
request
for Red
Cross
visits
to
POW 104. U.
s.
Undated
camps.
A.
Refuses
to
accept
Japanese
reply
to
our
Serial
No.
85
80.
Japan
27
Jun
44
regarding
killing
at
Aitape.
A.
Concemsexecution
of
American POWs.
Basuun,
Merin· lOS.
US.
9
Mar45
go
ld, Palliotti, for
attempted
escape.
A.
Prote
st
against
POWs
being
located
near
military
in·
81. U.
s.
7
Jul44
stallations.
A.
Request
for
proper
treatment
of
aged
internees
at
106.
u.s.
9
Mar45
Shang
hai.
A.
Same
as
Serial
No. lOS.
82.
Japan
16
Aug
44 107. U.
s.
10
Mar
45
• A. Alleges POW
ration
s now
contain
unhusked
rice and A .
Protest
against
conditions on pri
so
n ship
sunk
offLiloy,
concentrated
vitamins
. Philippines.
on
7
Sep
44, and
against
massacre
of
POWs •
83. U.
s.
25
Aug44
after
ship
was
torpedoed.
A.
Protest
on
treatment
of
internees
in China.
10
8.
U.s.
10
Mar45
8'.
Japan
30Aug44
A.
Further
protest
on
treatment
of
POWs involved in sink,
A.
Japanese
break
promise
to
Minister
Gorge
to
permit
ing
referred
to
in
Serial
No.
107.
him
to
visit
POW
camps.
B. Covers
conditions
at
La
sa
ng
Air Field POW camp.
8
•.
U.s.
31
Aug
44 109. U.
s.
17Mar45
A.
Japanese
will be held responsible for
torture
and decapi-
A.
Protest
against
cremation
of deceased POWs.
tation
of
American
aviator
at
Aitape. New
Guinea,
23 110.
U.s.
31
Mar45
Mar
44.
A.
Further
details
on
Aitape
beheading.
86
.
U.s.
11
Sep
44 111.
U.s.
6
Apr
45
A. Requests remova.lof internees from region
of
Ft..
McKin·
A.
Protest
regarding murder of
u.s.
citizens Grinnell, Dug,
ley
ammunition
dump
. gleby.
John
so
n,
Larsen
,
at
Santo
Thmas
Camp.
or or
87.
U.s.
14
Sep
44 (
1bJapan
via Spain)
about
15
Jan
45.
A.
~uest
for
Red
Cross
visits
to
camps.
112.
U.s.
30
Apr45
88.
u.s.
15
Se
p
44
A.
Protest
regarding
Japanese
failure
to
revea1location of
A.
Protest
against
failure
to
treat
U.
s.
airmen
ca
ptured
in
certain
POW
camps
.
Siam
as
POWs
under
order
of
Japanese
unit
in area.
11
3.
U.s. 4 May 45
89.
-
Japan
190ct44
A.
Protest
against
failure to move
internment
camps
near
A.
States
C.D. Greelich sh
ot
at
Taiwan
camp
I
Apr
43. Thkyo
military
insWllation.
90
. U.
s.
I Nov 44
A.
Prote
st
on
treatment
of
POWs
at
Saigon
Hospital
114. U.S. 7 May 45
91.
US
. 1 Nov
44
A.
Protest
regarding
transfers
of POWs
without
proper
no-
A. Points
out
shooting
of
c.o.
Greelich violates Article 77 tice
and
failure
to
di
sclose
camp
l
ocat
ions.
of
POW:
Co
n
vention.
11
5.
US.
7 May 45
92.
Japan
1 Nov 44
A.
Prote
st
against
food
su
pplied
at
H
yogoCamp.
A. Alleged
fact
s on
Bastain,
Meringold
and
PaIliotti
cases
. 116.
U.s.
12
May
45
93.
US.
4 Dec
44
A.
Protest
against
orders of
Japan
ese 14th
Army
in Philip-
A.
Protest
on
conditions
at
Urawa,
Fut
atabi.
Kanagawa
,
pines
for
murder
of
all
persons
surre
nde
ring
to
or
cap-
K
oiob
ikawakii.
tured
by
Japanese
forces,
with
details
regarding
secre-
9
•. U.
s.
5
Dec
44
cy
of
murders
.
A. Reply
to
Japanese
memo
on
Marine
recruiting
poster
, 117. U.s.
19May45
•
relating
to
failure to
treat
remain
s
of
Japanese
so
ldie
rs
A.
Charge
of
murder
of
George J . Louis
at
Los
Banos
with
proper
retlpect. Camp.
9
•.
Japan
II
Dec 44 118.
U.s.
19 May 45
A.
Protest
against
alleged labor of
Japan
ese
civilians in·
A.
Charge
of
murder
of I
SO
American
POWs
at
Puerto
temed
on
Saipan
.
Princesa,
by
burning
and
machine-gunning.
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U.S.
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May 45 131.
U.s.
17
Ju
l
45
A.
Protest
against
Japanese
failure
to
report names of
A.
Asks report
on
Japanese broadcast to effect
u.s.
airmen
POW,
in recent Kyushu raid have been executed.
120.
U.S.
22
May
45
132.
U.s.
21
Jul45
A.
Protest
against
locating POW
camp
near military in·
A.
Protest
against
failure
to
provi
de
POW
death
certifi·
stallations
at
Pentagi. cates.
121.
U.s.
22
May
45
133.
Japan
26
Jul45
A.
Protest
against
movement of POW
camp
at
Shanghai A . Alleges
no
POW camps
near
military installations.
to Sacred
Heart
Hospital. 134.
U.s.
31
Jul45
' i
122.
U.s.
24
May45
A.
Protest'
against
POW food
supp
l
y.
A. Protest against
tortUJ"e
and massacre of POWs
at
Puerto 135.
U.S.
6
Aug
45
-,
.
Princesa Camp.
A.
Protest
against
treatment
of POWs arid
i~ternees.
123.
U.S.
24
May 45 186.
U.S.
6 Aug
45
A.
Protest against
treatment
of internees
at
Hyogo Camp.
124.
U.S.
29
May
45
A. Additional facts on Commander Cunningham and four
A.
Correction to Serial
No.
119.
U.S.
Marines.
125.
U.s.
29May45
137.
U.S.
7 Aug
45
A.
Protest
against
use
of POWs on military
re
lated labor
A.
Note accompanying Serial
No.
138.
at
Shinagawa
and
elsewhere. 138.
U.s.
7
Aug45
126.
U.s.
8
Jun
45
A.
Reply to Serial
No.
73
.
A.
Protest against conditions
at
Shanghai internee camps. B. Reference
to
Domei dispatch of Feb
12,
1942,
"Harubiko
127.
U.s.
Undated Nishi vice Foreign Minister revealed before the session
A.
Protest
against
failure
to
keep proper record of POW of the
lowe
r house
that
Japan
and the United
States
deaths. agreed mutually through a
third
nation
to
treat
their
128.
U.s.
23
Jun
45
respective nationals placed in concentration camps in
A.
Protest against location of POW camps near military in· accordance with the international
treaty
governing war
stallations
at
Bangkok. prisoners." Substance repeated in Domei dispatch dated
129.
U
.s.
26
Jun
45
Geneva Feb
14
, 1942.
A.
Protest
against
moving internees in Shanghai area. 139.
Japan
23
Aug45
130.
U.s.
9
Jul45
A.
Reply denying POWs do work on
military
installations.
A.
Protest against location of Futatabi Camp near military 140.
Japan
24
Aug
45
installation
s.
A. Reply
to
Serial
No.
120, denying allegations.
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Colonel Lewis Kilkpatlic award·
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the
Silver
Star
to
Joe
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othe
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a
ne
ighbor of mine who was
sent
to t he Philip-
pines when
WWII
started
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Hewasin
theNa
·
tional
Guard
.
He
also
wa
s supposed to have
been in
the
Bataan
Death March. He went
by
two names: Leon Elli
ott
or Leon Eliopulu8
Isp.
?).
He lived 80me o(
the
time in
Oa
kl
and
and
the
rest. or
the
time
in Sili
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CA.
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My purpose in wri ti
ng
is
the
orr
chan«
that
you may have known l
or
know someone
who did) my wire's
brother
who died on Cor-
regidor
about
April 1942. His
name
-
Walter
B.
Dmohoski
ASN 33
008
316
P
vt
., 454th Ordnance Company
Avaiation iBI
He s
ailed
on
the
Pr
es
ide
nt
Coolidge
November
1941
to
the
Philippines via
Ha
-
waii. He had trained in various
southern
c
am
ps and never got home.
His family (mother,
ro
ur
sisters. one youn- _
ger
brotherl wrote him from November 1941
..
to February 1942,
but
by
th
at time a
ll
his
mail
was
returned
with
the a
nn
otatio
n
"Service suspended." His family was never
told
an
y
thing
until
the
war
ended
and his
mother received a le
tter
indic
ating
he had
died on
Co
rregidor.
Hi
s
mother
received a
form card from General M arshall61pressing
condolences. Later his mot.her decided not to
have his remains
returned
to
the
US -he is
buried
at
Ft
. McKinle
y,
Philippines. This de-
cision was probably based on her hea
lt
h
at
the
tim
e,
because in 1944 her younger son
wa
s wounded
at
Sale
rn
o while
serving
wi
th
Darby's Rangers.
(
fyou
know of any s
ur
vivors who served
on
Bataan
whom
we
could write.
it
would be
appreciated. Also, if your organization
ha
s a
periodic
new
sletter perhaps this query
about
Wa
lter could be inserted. Sincerel
y.
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LCol. USAF, Retired
1709
Ja
mes Payne Circle
McLean,
VA
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BUS
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Chapter has chartered a bus
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ste
rn
PA,
e
as
tern
OH
a
nd
northern
_
W:VA interested, ca
ll
Joe
Vater
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leave
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PA.
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