Sept. 1992 - Philippine Defenders Main

VOlUME47
PITISBURGH, PA - SEPT. 1992
PRESENTATION OF THE CROSS
By COL. JOHN E. OLSON, USA RET.
Mr. Boyles, Honored Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I do ubt if Ulcreare many, i.f any, here today who are not survivo~ or relatives or close
friends of survivors of Camp O'Donnell. Your program has a brief s ummary of the genesis
of this fragment of American history we are here to honor today.
Webster defines , 'Monument" as "A lasting evidence or reminder of someone or some·
thing notable"
or again
. 'A memorial stone erected in remembrance of a person or event: '
Usually, a monument is made after the person honored has died.
In the case of the 1,666 Americans who died in Camp O'Donnell that this monument
honors, about300 of them had yet to die when the Cross was created. In fact , probably some
of the 300 may have helped carry at least one of the taut skin covered skeleton of a deceased
fellow c81lUve to a water filled hole that was to be the resting place for his e maciated frame
for over three years to come.
The graves were for American captives who perished from malaria, dysentery, diph.
theria, beri·beri, malnutrition, exhaustion and, worst of a lilnanJtlon. I doubt if many of
you ha\'eever heard of the last cause, Therein , you are lucky. Our doctors defined itas " the
. lack of the will to live." In their rundown, starved and diseased condition somE!' lost hope,
They just gave up and willed themselves to die.
Unlike most monuments, this one has no physical beauty, It wears the.scars of being
neglected , forgotten , a nd battered by Man and Nature. But it has survived asdid many of
those captives who were with the hundreds who succumbed. You may notice I use the word
"captive' '. The Japanese did nOl recognize us as Prisoners of War until practically all of the
1,565 had died. We were the lowest of the low, we were Captives. Our lives were meaningless.
But, three years later, those who lived to see the enemy capitulate, were returned to
their homes. But, the Cross remained. General MacArthur, who posed beside it when his
forees overran the site of the cam p in 1945, was too busy later to remember this symbol of
hi!; early defeat. Arter the War, the bones of the I,565Americans who had been buried around
the Cross were exhumed. The Graves Registration teams rinished t heir gruesome task and
departed. But, the Cross remained.
'[\yo decades after the Cross was erected, a former inmate enr'Oute to Hawaii from Viet·
nam found It hidden in the high cogan grass that covered much of the area where the build·
ings of the American Group had been. Other than the lonely Cross, there was absolutely no
trace of the camp. The CI"OS6 itself was a pathetic sight, dirty, a large chunk missing from its
right ann and the inscription so covered with mo ld it was barely readable. Although the U.S.
Navy had established asmalJ communications Installation several hundred yards from the
Cross, few of the personnel ventured into the 8 to 10 foot high brush that fully concealed it.
The Cross's forlorn appearance so depressed theobserver he wrote a story about it on
his le ngthy flight to Honolulu . However, the pressuresof another Pacific war and other mat·
tel'S caused him to put the story aside.
Another two decades passed. and the same man in 1982 attended the 40th Anniversary Ceremoniesofthe Baules of Bataan and Corregidor. His tour group we nt toCampO·Don·
nell, but only to a sparin the former Philippine Army Camp, where a beautifully designed
and fabricated marble mo nument, to commemorate the Philippine Anny dead, wa.<; dedi·
cated. As he sat listening, his gaze caught sight of a single white objeCt on a hillside a mile
or more away. It was the Cross! He pointed it out to the senior officials of the two POW organizations present and urged !.hem to work to liberate the Cross from its captivity - tosend
.,it to the ho meland of the nle n who had been buried around its base. Each official said, " Write
Jrne." He did. They did not respond.
Later thatyeart!1.e man sent hisstory to a magazine. It was published . He got many let·
tel'S. Some said, "Bring it home:' Others wrote, . 'Leave it" . One correspondent, an execu·
tive of a large monument company orfered to build a replica in Marble, I.r.msponit to O'Don·
(COnl1'nued on PUye 7)
NUMBER2
READJUDICATION
OF CLAIMS
Dear Capt. Long:
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
has been ordered by the court to offer certain
c lass members in Natlona] Association of
Radiation Su.r vlvors v. Derwinsld, No. c;..
83· I86l-MHP (N .D. Cal.) (NARS lawsuit), a
one-year period beginning June 24, 1992, in
wh.ich to request readjudication of their
claims with the assistance of an attorney. We
would like your help in publicizing tlUsoHer.
The claimants e ligible for readjudicalion
are those who either have or have had a
c laim pending befo re VA for service connected disability or death benefits based
on a Ueged ionizing rad iation exposure in
m ilitary ser vice resulting from atomic
weapons testing or the atomic bombing of
Hiroshima or Nagasaki, Japan. This opportu·
nity is availableolily to claimants who e lect
to have their claims readjudlcated with the
assistance of an attorney. In addition, t he fof·
lowing claima nts with ionizing radiation
claims are not e ligible to take advantage of
this opportunity : 1) those whose claims faU
under the Judicial Review Act of 1988; 2)
those who received or in the future receive
a lump sum payment under the Radiation
Exposure Compensation Act, Pub. L. No.
101""26; and 3) those who have received or
have be.endetennined by VA lobeeligiblefor
!lresumptfve benefits under the Radiatio n·
Exposed Veterans' Com pensation Act of
1988, Pub. L. No. 100·321.
A claimant may request readjudicatlon of
his or her ionizing radiation claim by sending
a written reQuest to the VA regional office
havingjurisdlction of h.is or her claims file, or
to the office that made the prior decision on
the claim. Upon receipt of the written reo
quest 1 VA will examine the records for the
purpose of detenninlng eligibility for readju.
dication. Claimants found e ligible will be
notified that they and their attorneys may
proceed to have their prior claim readjudicated based on the evidence in the present
record, as well 8.'1 any additional evidence the
claimant wishes to submit. If successful on a
readjudicated claim, a veteran would been·
titled to benefits dating from his first claim
for disability o r death compensation concemingadisease whiCh resu lted from his ex·
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For those who could not attend the Dedication of the "Sack of Cement;' also known
as the "The O'Donnell Cross" at theAndersonviUe National Historic Site on July 4,
1992 , I offer this copy of your Chaplain's
dedication address:
" Few occasions or experiences can produce such a variety of mixed feelings as we
experience here today at this dedication of
the O'DonneU Cross.
"Conside r grief. ThesadncssWto feel today
is due to many pains we have experienced ;
no one source of pain can explain the depths
of our hurts.. We grieve for those whose lives
were 'to end at O'Donnell and for the inhumanity which we shared togethe r a nd w ith
them . We grieve rorthe insults to lhedigni-
ty of man , as experienced In O'Oonnell and
other camps. We grieve that human-kind has
descended to such a sub·human level as we
have seen and experienced.
" O' Oonne ll and the eventslhat bring us
together today stand as a mic rocosm of all
that you and I endured during our years of
captivity. Magnify the O'Oonnell story by a
thousand and one would have the story of a il
of our captivities.
"Our response to thls grief Is not to be violent, revengeful or angry. Any of those acSkelton Is pictured with hospitaJ director, Ric hard A. Silver. He 8tated that. he Is proud
tions would give cause to more grief, and the
to have the Ske ltons on h.ls staff, who brLng s uch outstanding recognition to the hospicycle would be perpetuated .
tal and teUow start me mbers.
" Ourresponseistobe thankful. And our
thanks are ascom plicated &."1 our grief, for we
memorials of the prisoners from other Wan!
are so greatl y indebted to others that words
and other continents. In so doing, we proseem inadequa te. We give thanks to those
claim that our 'one nation unde r God , In·
who died there, to a grateful natio n which
divisible. . .' will bring liberty andjustice to
pressed the wartoasutteSSful andjustconWiUiam P. Ske lto n, JII , M.D., a primary
a ll of its people a nd will lead t he nations of
elusioll . We giVe thanks to our loved ones and
care clinic physician at the James A . Haley
the world to do likewise.
families whose memories and support lifted
Veterans' Hospital, was honored by the Na"And, finally, we would offer our praye rs
the spirits of all of us.. But above all we gi"e
of petition ; petition that the sufferings entional Comma nde r orthe American Defendthanks to o ur God, whose nlercy and loving
e rs of Bataan and Corregidor. He was predured under the s hadow of this Cross should
kindness prevailed over the forces of darknot be In vain. We pray that the God of me rsented a plaque which read : ··In dee p apness and evil . The sure and perfect knowlcy will protect mankind from itself. We pray preciation of your dedication and concern
edge that God was on our side was inspirafor you r fe llow prisoners of war. You.r outthat by His Grace He will lead all ma nkind
tion and a90urce of strength. The sign of this
unto Himself; that t he lion and t he IambshaJl
stand ing abilities, compassion , and friend Cross was erected by prisoners In O' DonneU
lie down toget.her. Inde ed, we pray that the
ship have been invaluable tothe organization
to proclaim that even In the most hopeless of
lamb shall proclaim the goodnessof c reation
through these many years. You have been a
situations, God is in control. Goodness and
true friend and will be long remembered by
to a ll ma nkind .
light will prevail. And so we Lhank those who
a ll of us. A sincere and affectionate thank
"Amen:'
c rafted this simple state ment of faith to a ll
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you." Skelton , along with his wife, Nadi ne
Khouzam Ske lto n , were honored by the
who would see it.
" So we gather t oday to dedicate this
Florida Chapterof theAmerican Defe nders
O' Oonnell Cross in ho nor of those who died,
of Bataan and Corregidor, when they we re
not only in that camp, but also in other simipresented ajolnt plaque fortheir ·'outstand·
lar places of infamy. We honor those of our
ing efforts in research and writingo; concernSome of the names we missed in last issue
number who perished there, those whose
ing t he POWS in the Pacific theater and their
of
the Quan who attended the San Francis- concern, compassio n and devotion for their
faith drove them to raise high the Cross
co Convention:
patients." Mrs. Ske lto n is a physician in lhe
a midst the enemy.
Mrs. An n Bressi
"And we gather to perpetuate their memprimary care unit at the llunpa VA Hospital.
Martin Chris ty
ories and to offer this (literally) concrete
Harry and Betty Dunlavy
memorial asa perpetual reminder to all who
Hal and Jeanette Leber
... visit this place; a reminder that gallant men
Guy
and Virginia J ones
• have offered lbeir very Jives fo r the princiThere was one ticket no t c laimed at the
Jac k and Viola Saunders
ples of this wonderful nation. We would have
San
Francisco Airport Convention. The un'
Adele Spooner
their me mory be as long lasting as the ce claimed ticket number is 327317. If you are
Laurie Giantonio
ment of this memorial.
holding t his ticket mail t<J Joseph A. Vater, 18
Kimbley Macey
" We place this symbol of hope in time of
Warbler Dr. , McKees Rocks, PA 15 138.
Gladys
Macey
despair a mongst the other reminders and
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QUANS RETURNEDDECEASED
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ROBERT V. BALL
Robert v. Ball of Dale passed away on May
19th at the Vetemns Hospital in Waco, TXafter an extended iUness. He was 76. He was
born on April 30 ill 1916 at Hampshire Ufinois, sonot Lester.H. and Mae Ball. He en·
listed in 1940 and served in'the Phili ppines.
He was a POW of the Japanese, and was
awarded the Legion otMerit and Bronze Star.
He worked for General Electric, and was
MORRIS BIRMINGHAM
RANDOlPH FARMER
Morris Birmingham, 76, of 674 Beacon St.,
Manchester, New Hampshire, died July B,
1992, in a local hospital after a brief illness.
a lifelong resident of Manchester, he was
the son of William F. and Vivian (Martel) Birmingham, Jr.
Mr. Birmingham served in the U.S. Army
Air Corps as a technical sergeant with the
28th BomberSquadron. He was aprisonerof
warfor more than three years and witnessed
the Bataan Death March.
He was the recipient of two Bronze Stars,
the Purple Heart, t he American Defense
Service Medal a nd oak leaf clusters..
Prior to his retirement, Mr. Birmingham
had been a self-employed contractor.
The family includes his wife, Rita O. (Pinsonneault)Binningham of Manchester; five
sons, Morris A. Birmingham, ~arc C. Birmingham, Michael W. Birmingham, Martin D.
Birmingham and Paul K. Birmingham; three
daughters, Mrs. Maureen R. Curtis, Mrs.
Maurice (Marjory) Gibeault and Mrs. Marc
(Melanie) Pouliot; 15 grandchildren; two
brothers, Donald Birmingham and Wayne
Thcker; and several niect!s and nephews.
Randolph Perry Fanner, 82, of Route 3
Newport, died Thursday at Craven Regional
Medical Center, New Bern, N.C.
His funeral was held at the Memorial I
Chapel , Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry
Point, with Chaplain Paul R. Wrigley officiating. Burial, with full military honors, will be
at4 p.m. in Forest HiiI Cemetery, Nashville,
with the Rev. Bettie M. Kirkpatrick officiating.
Mr. Farmer issurvived by his wife, Martha
Reuter Fanner; a daughter, Martha C. Fanner; a brother, Horace Fanner and one grandchild.
Mr. Farmer was a prisoner of war for 39
months during World War n. He was awarded the Purple Heart. He was also awarded
the A merican Defence, Asiatic Pacific,
Philippine Defense, U.N. Service, Korean
Service, Korean PUc, National Defense Service and World War II Victory medals.
LAWRENCE A. CULLEN
Lawrence A. Cullen of St. Louis, Mo.
passed away Thesday, June 16, 1992 in his
sleep. He has been fighting cancer. He served
in the Philippines and was held P.O.W. He is
survived by his wife Mary Ellen. His burial
mass was celebrated by his son Kevin. Burial was at Jefferson Barracks.
recalled to active duty dwing the KOrean
conflict. He later worked for Bumup and
Simsuntilretirementin 1984. Heis survived
by his wife, Mickey, of 46 years, twosons Bob
and Brad and two grandsons, Luke and
Joshua. A memorial service was held at 10
a.m. on May 22 and cremation followed.
ANTONIO J. BARELA
AntonioJ. Barela, a resident of Albuquerque, former POW, survivor of the Bataan
Death March, the 200 Coast Artillery, member of the D.A.V. , V.W.F. and American Legion, passed away June 16, 1992. Heremembered with reverence and loved by his fami ly and friends. He is survived by his wife,
IsabeUe; four daughte~ Karla Y. Barela, Sylvia Barela, Caryl J. Goodman and husband,
Jim and Debra h Barela and husband, Bruce
Ryerson;oneson, RonaldM. Barela and wife,
Linda; one Sister, Joan Calcutt; grandchildren, Brian, Kevin, Shane, Tisha, Jessica,
Joy, Jamie, Ansha and Adam . Funeral services were held .at Holy Ghost, where Thny
wasalongtimemember, on Friday, June 19,
1992, U :OOa.m. , with burial atSanta Fe Nationa! Cemet~, 1:30 p"m.
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DOYLE DECKER
Doyle v! Decker, 77, Seneca, died 6/12192
at 11:50 p.m . Friday at St. John's Regional
Medical Center, Joplin, after a short illness.
Mr. Oecker was bom May 13, 1915 1 1n Barnett. He moved to Seneca 28 years ago from
ttle Joplin area. He was a member of the First
Baptist Church, Seneca. He was a retired
captain in the Anny (luring World War n. He
served in the 200th Coast Artillery ofN.M.
Philippine I and 155 Guerrilla Squadron. He
was a member of the American Defenders of
the Bataan and Corregldor. He was a member
of the Disabled American Veterans and a tife
member of Retired Officers Association.
He married Evelyn Barton on Dec. I, 1945,
in Springfield. She survives..
Additional surVivors inc1ud~ four sons,
Malcolm Decker, Marshall Decker, Dwight
Decker, and Eric Decker; one daughter,
Laura '4Ynn; two sisters, F10ssie Allee, and
Marguerite Bodrucki, and eight grandchildren.
Serviceswere at FirstBaptistChurch. The
Rev. Aaron Weibel will officiate. Burial was
in Seneca Cemetery.
DR. R. JACKSON
Memorial services were held Wednesday
at 2 p.m. in the chapel of the Mish Fuoerai
Home for Dr. R. Jackson Scott, 69, who
passed away May 2nd, 1992 in Wadsworth
Veterans Hospital in West Los Angeles.
Dr. Scott was born in Albuquerque, New
Mexico, March 12, 1923. He spent his youth
and was ed ucated in the Glendale City
School system. He received his Masters
Degrees at UCLA and Glendale College and
received his Doctorate in Mathematics.
He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, having served during World War
n and was captured at Corregidor and spent
3lh years as a prisoner of war in the Philippines and Japan. Because of his experience
in the warand POW camps, he decided to become a teac her and received his credentials
to teach in 1952. His entire teaching career,
1952-U1l8 at the Richland School District in
Shafter, CA. He retired on disability.
Dr. Scott was active in many serviceclubs,
education association, military organizations, including: MOPH, DAV, ADBC, American Legion, American Ex-POWS and was a
member of Masonic Lodge #224. He devoted
hi! fmal years helping other military personnel obtain assistance when needed.
Dr. Scott is survived by hls wire, Dorothy
of Bakersfield; daughte~ Kathleen Senechal
of Bakersfield.
JOSEPH T. KNAPP
Joseph T. Knapp, 81, p8.'lSed awa,y from a
m8llSive hean attack on July 6, 1992 at the
VA Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. Joe was a
member of the 22Bth Signal Operations Co.
(SEP) in the Philippine Islandsduring WWll.
He was surrendered on Bataan, made the
Death March out of Bataan and hisfirst POW
camp was Camp O'Donnell. Then he was
transferred to Camp Cabanatuan. He stayed
at Cabanatuan until liberated early in 1945
by a group of U.S. Rangers who penetrated
the Japanese lines to rescue the 500 American POW's at that Camp.
WILLIAM E. GALOS
WilliamE. Galas, 69, died July 2l, 1992 in
Mesa, Ariz. He was a member of the B03rd
Engineers in Bataan.
Galos lived through the Bataan Death
March , butthat wasjUSl one oC many events
he survived. He was born in Russia on March
23, 1923. When he was just an infant,his
m other smuggled him outoC herrevoluUontom homeland and the two traveled. by box
car to Japan and on to Shanghai, China.
There he attended English schools until the
Japanese moved into Shanghai when he was
17. Once more he and his mother ned, this
time to the Philippines, where he worked in
the gold mines until the Japanese again
made their presence known.
Because ofrus mining backgroWld, he was
skilled in the use of dynamite and thererore
assigned to the S03rd Engine.ers. Mter the
Death March, he spent three-and ahalfyears
in captivity. Although many of his comrades
lost their lives to malnutrition , dysentery,
malaria.and torture, he lived to see the liberation from Cabanatuan by 6th Rangers on
Jan. 30, 1945. He often compared the shock
of renewed freedom to winning the lottery.
Hesettled on the EastCoastofthe United
States and had four children by his flf5t wife.
The Communist Chinese finally released his
mother and allowed her to join her son in
America. The Galos' moved to San francisco, where Bill and his wife were divorced. He
married Naomi in 1964, and they remained in
California for anot her 14 years before mov~
~ ing to Arizona.
Unfortunate1y, his health began to fail
him , but he somehow managed to survive
two open-heart surgeries and a near-fatal
embolism that put him in intensive care for
two weeks. Afterfourtri,ps to intensive care,
venacavai surgery and nearly losing his Jegs
five years in a row, his doctor called him the
'·Miracle.Man.' '
His last six months were healthy and happy, however. He attended the ADBC Convention in San Francisco!n May and never forgot'
his POW brothers. His mother passed away in
1991 in Arizona. Galos was a National
Sojourner and a member or Masonic Lodge #
84 in New Hampshire.
Naomi would Iiketodedicate this poem to
Bill, who we know would urge others to "carry on without me."
JAMES R. JOHNSON
James Richard ,Johnson, 73, ofThmpa died
Wednesday 7/16192 in Thmpa. A native or
Chicago! hehad lived in theThmpa Bay area
since 1974, coming from Chicago. He was a retired groundskeeper for the city of Clearwater and a veteran of World War II. He was
Protestant. He was a forme r member of the
American Legion and Veterans of Foreign
Wars. both in Clearwater, and a member or
the Sataan Corregidor Survivors. He is survived by o.ne son, James of Thrpon Springs;
one daughter, Donna Rose of Clearwater;
and five grandchildren. Holloway Funeral
Home, Oldsmar.
IRVEN RAY KING
Mr. Irven Ray King, 70, of 4516 Randolph
Rd. , Apartment U4, died May 25, 1992 , at
home. Funeral mass was 11 a.m. Wednesday
at St. Gabriel catholic Church chapel. Burial was in Sharon Memorial Park. Visitation
was at the funeral home foUowingthe rosary.
Mr. King, a native of Peoria, m., was a
World War II Marine Corps veteran and retired In 1961 , after 21 years. He was a City of
Norfolk civil service police officer and retired in 1974. A member of the FraternaJOTder of Police in Norfolk , he was a poly·
graphist with A. Madley Co. and retired in
1988. He was a member of St. Gabriel Cath ·
olic Church.
Survivors are his wife, Joan; sons, Richard
King, John King, WilUam King, Gary King;
daughters, Mrs. Joanne Hubbard , Mrs. Trish
Lener, Mrs. Anne Crain , Ms. Maureen King,
Ms. Margaret King; brother, Chris King; 12
grandchildren ; two great-grandchildren.
ROBERT E. LEVIS
Robert E. Levis, 70, or Spring Hili n orida
died Wednesday (June 17, 1992) at HCA Oak
Hill Hospital. He came here eight years ago
from his native Pittsburgh. He was a retired
public.relations manager ror U.S. Steel Corp.,
Edgar Thompson Work ~ Braddock, Pa. , and
a Protestant. He was an Army veteran of
World War 11, a membe,r and commander of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10209, the
treasurer oC the Military Order of Purple
Heart Chapter 560, and the American Exprisoners of War, lh~ noridaState Chapter 1,
all of Spring Hill , the American Defender of
SataQn and Corregidor, the BrooksviJIeElks
Lodge 2582, the Masonic Lodge 546 F&AM,
Penn Hills, Pa., and the West Hernando
Charnberor Commerce. SUlvivors include his
wife, Marie; ason, Robert , Thipei, 'llUwan; a
daughter, Debra Ann Cearns; Three stepsons, Lany Gharle~ and Phillip Crabtree and
Charles Crabtree; a s tepdaughte r, Teresa
Kingerski, a brother, ~atT\es; a siste~ Martha
Rose Kastin; and nine grandchildren. Bob
selVed·with the 1st Air Warning Group on
Bataan.
PAUL KUDLAC, JR.
Paul Kudlac, Jr. passed away in Riverside
May 31, 1992 at the ageof78 years. Loving father of: Victoria Lloyd, Merry, Martha,
Jeffrey, Paul and Charles Kudlacj dear brother of : Margaret, Helen and Mary. Also survived by 12 grandchildren and 2 greatgrandchildren. A memorial service was conducted Friday, June 5, 1992at,9a.m. in Harvest. Christian Fellowship. A graveside funeralservicewasconducted at II a.m. in Riverside NationaJ' Cemetery 'With' Pastor Rick
Meyers and VFW Post 8547 officiating.
CATALINO MADRID
Mt Catalino Madrid age SO, and a resident
of Albuquerque, NM since 1970, died Sunday
in a local hos pital. He is survived by his
daughter, Darlene Saiz and ~usband, Jimmy;
one sister, Molly Lovato; tWO brothers,
Charlie Madrid and wife, Felie, and Phil Rios
and wife, .Roberta; two grandsons, Leonard
Espinosa and wi(~ Thmmy an.d Gary Rlos;
one step-son , Fil Rlos; and fo ur greatgrandchildren , Frnnclsca Saiz, Danielle Espinosa, Felicia Rios and Patrick RiDS. He was
preceded in death by a daughter, Joann Es·
pinosa, in 1983. Mt Madrid was a POW for3 11.!
years in the Philippines. Mass of Christian
Burial was celebrated Wednesday morning.
ll :OOa. m.., in Santa Fe at Our Lady ofGuadalupe CathollcChurch, witt, the Rev. Fr. Francis Eggan, Celebrant. Interment followed i~
the Santa Fe National Cemetery.
RICHARD G. MANUELL
I'm writing to inform you of the death of
my father, RichardG . M,anueU. Hedied February 29, 1992atSt. Vincent Hospital in Erie,
PA, following a 4 month illness.
Most of the members of your chapter that
lWdSawareorhavebeen notified. My father
really enjoyed the comraderie of the reun·
ions, dinners, trips, etc. I personally thank
you and the Mid-AtianticStates Chapter for
those special events he shared with you all.
~.~
ANTHONY MARANGIELLO
When I come t,o the end of the road
And the sun has set for me
I want no rites in a gloom·rilled room!
Why cry for a soul set free?
Miss me a little, but not too long
And not with.your head bbwed low!
Remember the lov~ that we once s hared
Miss me, but let mego!
For this is ajourney we all must take
And each must go alone;
It's all a part of the Master'S plan
A step on the road to home.
When you are lonely and sick of heart
Go to the friends we know
And bury your sorrows in doing good deeds.
Miss me, but let me SO.
Author Unknown
Anthony D. Marangiello, 75, of Glen Cove,
Long lsland , died of leukemJa on June 13,
1992. Thny was a member of the 228th Signal
Operations Co. (SEP) in the Philippine islands. He was among the many American
and Filipino troops taken prisoner of war after resis ting the Japanese forces on Bataan
in 1942 . Thny survived the Death March and
three and a half years of forced labor as a
POw. Of that time, Thny spent one year working in a copper mine in Manawa, Japan. He
would like to be remembered for his eleven
yearsas a Little League coach in Glen Cove.
In 1991 the city of Glen Cove honored Thny
by renaming the street heand his wife Rose
lived on to Anthony Marangiello Street. In
addition to his wife Roge fOl'thlrty nine years,
Thny is SUn'ived by a daughter, two sons, a
sister and a brother. We'll all miss Thny.
Mias Me But Let Me Go
SEPT" 1992 - 5
E.DGAR J . MciLVAIN
JAMES C. WILSON
FATHER JOHN A. WILSON
EdgarJ. MeDwin, 74, 0(224 W. MainSt.,
Fredonia, died Thursday (July 23, 1992) a t
Medina Hospit.al, Medina, Ohio.
The owner of Hobby Shop Store in FredDnia, he was born July 4, 1918, in Red Oak,
Iowa.
He was a 1937 graduate of Fredonia High
School. He was also a veteran of World. War
James C. Wilson, Ex-Prisone r of War expired July 13, 1992 after a lengthy illness.
Born in Red RiverColUlty in ,I920, Mr, Wilson
served. his COlUltry In the United States Marine Corp. He was attac hed to the U.S. Embassy in Tientsin, China when Pearl Harbor
was attacked in L941 . He Wilt! captured and
endw-ed more than alAI yean; as a Japanese
P.O.w. when discharged he carried the rank
of Staff Sgt.., and was awarded sevenservice
medals. ME. Wilson was a memlx!rofthe Beltline Road Church of Christ in Irving, Tx. He
was also a member or the Masonic Lodge,
Rosalie Chapter, Bogata, TX.
Among those who cherish ltis memory are:
SOIlS, Carl Wilson and David Wilson; sisters,
Nell Wilson, Carmen White.man , Leopal
Lambert and Dorotha Petty; nephe ws, Wade
Petty, James White man , Bob McLendon ,
Fred Wilson and John Wilson ; and three
nieces, Margie-Langley, Bonnie Wafford, and
Virginia Ann Gilmet; and several greatnieces and nephews; as well as devoted
fri e nds, Mildred Caplinger and children.
Father John A. Wilson, c.pp.s. was born in
Celina , Ohio on October 10, 1004. John enrolled at Sl. Mary's, BurlcettsvUle on September 11, 1918, W85 professed on December 3, ~
1923 and ordained to the priesthood on May
3, 1930 at St, Charles Semlnary, Carthagena,
by Bishop Albers..
His first assignments were.as assistant at
Precious Blood Church, fbrt wayne, Indiana
(1930·35), Fenwick Club, Cinc innati (1935),
St. Mary 's, Hyde Park, Cincinnati (1936·36),
Miss.ionary stationed at Havre de Grace,
Maryland and New Cumberland, PA (193638), St. Joan or Arc, Hershey, PA (1938-39),
St. Aloysiu.s, Wttletown, PA (1939), and Pastor of S1. Paul, Lyons, KS (1939-40).
Father John was a ReserveChaplain hav·
ing entered the Reserve Corps in April 1937
and wu called to active duty on September
1, 1940 and terminated active duty on June
17,1946. Durlngthistime he W8Sa Japanese
prisoner or war (Apri l 1942-September
1945). On April 7, 1942 he stated that he and
thousands or other POWs began the " BalUn
Death March."
On October 29, 1946 Father John Left ror
Chile, to become the first Vicar Provindal of
the Chilean Vic:ariate, a position he hekt until
September 1950. He remained in the Chile.·
an Missions until August 1952. Returning to
the U.S. where he worked for the Propagation o r the FaIth, Diocese or Thledo until
November 1953, when he. returned to the
missions of Chile until 1958.
Upon his return from Chile he was as- ~
signed to parishes in McQuady and Hardinsburg, Ke ntuc ky, the n a short stay at St.
Theresa, Rockford, QhioaspastOr and inJanuary 1959 to Sacred Heart Parish, Miami ,
Oklahoma M pastor. In 1963-65 he was pastor of Mary HelpofCh~ Fort Recovery,
Ohio. He then became chaplain at the Deuel
Vocational Institute, Tracy, California(l96567), returning to St . Charles (1967-68) tern·
porarily. He then became paswrofSt. Joeeph
Church , Stilt City, Indiana(I968-74), thence
to AssoCiate at St. Micnael Parish , Kalida ,
Ohio (1974 -77).
Ft. John retired to S1. Charles on March I,
1977 and immediately drove to Versailles to
inquhe it the pastor would be in need of c:Iergy asststance. He immediately was most welcome and helped with the Sunday masses
and whenever c:alIed to do so and in other
parishes surrounding the Seminary.
He leavH one brother, Paul E. Wilson, Salem Oregon; niece, Marjorie Moorman, Salem, Oregon; nephew, John Wilson, Salinas,
California.
His parents were Earl Wilson and Ida
(Weber) Wilson .
He died Thesday, I,..pril7, 1992 .
II, servingasa sergeant in the U.S. Army Air
Co",.
He spent two years as a prisoner of war In
the Philippines, where he participated in the
infamous Bataan death march. Healsospenl
two years asa POW1n Japan.
He was a tne mberor the Dunkirk-Fredonia
Uonll Club, American Legion Post 69 and
Gordon "#. Scott VFW Post 1395. He was also
a charter member of the fonner Chautauqua
County Ge m and Mineral Society.
Surviving arehis wife, the fonner Barbara
Sey mour; 8 son, John Alan; a daughter, De·
borah Brendt; three brothers: Euge ne, James
and Roberti two sisters: Isabel Kruth and
Josephine Ellis; five grandchildren; and
several nieces and nephews.
A memorial service was held Aug. 4.
LEE ROY ROLAND
Lee Roy " SARG" Roland , 73, of Yakima,
died Saturday, July 18, 1992 at his home.
He wasbom March 22, 1919 in Little Rock,
AR to Alfred L. and Florence M. (Sheffe rd)
Wyatt. Mr. Roland served in the U.S. Army
during World War 11 and the Korean Conflict.
Be WM a disabled Veteran and retired at-the
rank of Sergeant First Class. During World
War H, he was a prisoner of the Japanese and
survived. the Bawn Death March. He was
awarded the Silve r Star, the Purple Heart,
the Distinguished Unit Badge, the Philippine
Defense Ribbon , the Asiatic Pacific Ribbon ,
the Korean Service Medal with One Campaign Star and four Bronze Stars.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Roland ;
two daukl\ters, Erma Roland and Vale rie
St6cker; tl'!ree s tep-daughters, Judy Price,
Dorothy PriCe and Kimberly Price; his mother, F10rence Wyatt and three sisters, Betty
Kraus e, Mary Brackney and Margare t
Aguirre.
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Bill Lambert, 3rd Bn. Alii Station 31st lnf..
has filed as a Write-In Candidate for U.S. Rep-resentative in Congress in the newly created
22nd Congressional Districtof Florida, which
consists of a narrow conidor east of Highway
1-95 extending north from Miami to Jupiter,
a distance of about 90 miles. For furtherlnformation , wriie or phone Bill at the above
add ress. Bill solicits the support of all former American Ex-POWs, their relatiVe:!! and
friends living in the newly created 2200 CongmlSional District.
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6-THEQUANI
DANIEL W. WINTERS
I am sorry to inform you that Mr. Daniel
Warren Winters, died Fe b. 7th , 1992, in the
V.A. Hospital in Buffalo, New York. He issurvived by his two daughters Sherry L.
(Winter.» Tyra and Thrrl L. (Winters) Atto.
Also grandchild ren. He was burled there in
North Thnawanda, at the V.A . Cemetery,
with an honorable burial . I am sorry that he
will no longer be with us. His kind, giving
he art gave out on him.
My sister and I miss him greatly.
If there
any stories, ph~ etc. of that
time, we would greatly appreciate anything
you can copy and send to us.
Our father didn' t have much time or a
c hance to te'll us old wa r stories. We never
RaW any articles., photos, nothing,
Our ifa,rents separated but never remarried. So we missed our father and what he
could teac h us, show us or tell us..
I hope you can get copies, etc.
Thank You
Sherry (Winters) Tyra
2388 Raven Lane
FayetteviUe, AK 72703
are
EDMUND ZIELINSKI
I'm sorry for not writing sooner but it's
hard to do this after my husband died.
Edmund S. Zielinski, 79, died March 141
1992 in Phoenix, Arizona.
He was in the Coast Artille ry Corps on Corregidorand became a P,O,W, InJapanfor3~
years.
He s tayed in the Army and retired in 1958
after 23 years service.
SurviVOIS include his wife Katie, 2 daugh·
ters, 4 sons and 2 grandchildren . He is buried
in National Cemetery III Carefree, Arizona.
SORRY
The stationary mistakenly left LtfCoI.
Benson Gutton, USA, Ret. Sorry8en. Weare
all getting olde!; slower and I forgot what else
goes next.
IN MEMORY OF
BENJAMIN "FRANK" WARREN
DECEMBER 7, 1991
Out' Hero
, You went to war, at age fourteen ,
You fought Like hell, with the restofthe team
They found you to be too young in age
But, in your heart, a man had turned the
page
You came to be old enough in years
And, as they say, "No longer Wet
behind the ears"
So, they let yOlljoin again
Th fight for your country. with the rest
of the men.
You did your best, you fought the war
Until the enemy captured you on the
Philippine Shore
You survived " the March", only God
knows how
And then Cor 3 years they made you "bow",
They tortured, s tarved and degraded you
men ,
We can only imagine how it had been.
But, you didn't come home with bittertears
You came with the wisdom of a man of
many years.
You had a family, you loved us all
Without men like you, our country would
Call.
You loved it without limits - all could see
it in your eyes
We will never forget that wann, caring smile
That reassuring hand, so strong and so gentle
That always sheltered us when we were little
We look at your picture day after day
It hasn't been long s ince you've gone away
We will always remember in our hearts,
The way it relt when you were near
For the rest of our lives we'll be wishing
you were here.
But, we will always have wonderful
memories of you
Because the hard times, you made sure
there were few.
You are Our hearts, Our souls, and
Our lives
We Love You , Daddy
Our Hero, you wi1l forever be.
Dennis, Aloma, Bubba, l'.unmy
INFORMATION WANTED
I am writing a book on the first 24 hoursor
war in the Pacific, which, of CQurse, includes
what happened at Clark Field. I badly need
a sketch of the field as it looked that day,
showing the general location of the Head·
quarters Building, Operations tent, officers
mess, 20th Pursuit mess, EM mess, field infirmary, officers and EM quarters, tower,
hangers, revetments, layou t.. of runway(s),
bomb dUmp, and anything else that can be
remembered. Please indicate Nort h on the
sketch.
I would also like to talk to anyone about
their experiences on December 8, no matter
where they were in the Islands. Call collect
to 310·377·5619, or I'll call you if you give me
your number,
Don Young
6307 Ridgepath Ct.
Rancho Palos Ve rdes, CA 90274
PRESENTATION OF THE CROSS
(C011l.in'U.~from Page 1)
nell and bring the original back to wherever was deemed appropriate - free of charge, The
man presented the proposition to the executive committee of one of the organizations. No
action was taken.
As the years went by, he contacted officials in the Anny, Air Force, State Department,
the Congress, the American Battle Monuments Commission and the Directorof the Andersonville Historic Site. Sympathy was expressed, but only three sources have positive support.
The then Directorofthe Andersonville HistoricSite, Mr. Thcker indicated a willingness
to accept and care for the Cross. All that he asked was that an appropriate organization make
the request. No society took the initiative.
Colonel William Ryan, Chief of Operatio~ American Battle Monuments Commission,
expressed his organizations understanding and sympathy, butCQnfessed that the only positive service they CQuld render was to have their Manila Cemetery staff rehabilitate the Cross.
This they did without de lay and followed up with period cheeks of its condition.
Mr. AI Bland, Commander, American Ex·POW Society, importuned the U.S. Army Chief
of Military History to take action on the Cross as a World War II military artifact. Nothing happened.
In the meantime, the Navy communications facility at CampO'Oonnell had been enlarged and a platoon of Marines were stationed at the site to provide protection against the
Filipino guerrillas of the so called National Peoples Anny (NPA) who were terrorizing the
countryside from bases in the Zambales mountains to the west ofO'Oonnell. That the dan·
ge r to the Americans wasa tangible one was evidenced on at least two occasions when the
NPA tried to penetrate the perimeter at night to seize arms.
Now, there was a positive threat to the Cross. What better way fo r t.he rebels to express
their scorn of t he Philippine and American Governments than to smash this American relic
back into the powdered cement and sand from which it had come?
But, an inhibiting factor entered the equation. The U.S. and Philippine Governments
began to talk about Base Rights. No one dared disturb !.he status quo. Infonnal inquiries
about bringing the Cross home were met by the stem reply. "Oon't rock the Boat".
In 1989, a new Commander of the ADBC contacted Mr. Boyle and gave the concurrence
lhat had been sought years ago, Hope was rekindled!
Fortunately, Congressman "Sonny" Montgomery, Chairman of the House Veterans Af·
fairs Committee, who had visited the Philippines in conneetion with American monuments
there, became concerned about the fate of the Cross. He asked General Adams, Secretary,
American Battle Monuments Commission, to take appropriate action, At (.he direction of
Colonel Ryan, theCross was moved in the CQmpetent hands of the ABMC'sstaffto the Ameri·
can Cemetery at Manila. There it was carefully packed and trucked to Subic Bay where it
was loaded on a transport forthe long voyage to its interim resting place until the POW museum is finished.. This took place last summer. Shortly thereafter, the U.s. Navy removed its
garrison and turned. the site over to the Philippine Government. Before the Philippine Defellse Department could move in personnel to occupy the installation it was raided by
scavengers who tore up and carted away any thing that they could carry, even the piping of
the water and sewage system. Imagine what would have been the fate of the Cross had itstill
been there.
Thanks to God, it wasn't!
In cJosingthis brief history of the Cross, I should like to read a poem written in June,
1942 by 1st Lt. Fred Koenig. who was the Assistant Graves Registration Officer at Camp
O'Donnell. It is entitled, "The Vanquished Speak".
SUCCESS
Is it possible for you to put a message of
hope in the Quan for a ll those who, like me,
have been waiting out a review by the Board
of Veteran'sAppeals? So many at the conven·
tion were concerned for meand the fact that
Paul"s death had been ruled as not being
service connected. In April, my appeal went
to the board , and I was informed it would
take several months to process it. On June
12, the board reversed the VA and ruled that
there was as much evidence for the case as
there was against it, and therefore service·
connection was granted. It has been four
years, but we did prevail. Thanks to everyone
who was so supportive during that time.
Those of you who still have appeals pending.
don'tgive up, and be sure to respond within
your time limits. As for me, I have a special
feeling for the Paralyzed Veterans of America, who acted as my advocates in this matter.
Thank you again.
Jean Armstrong
HELPER
Emos C, Gould presented the Stella M.
Gould Memorial Scholarship Fund Award
June 10, 1992 toChristiria Rodriges and Carl
Jetty students of Woonsocket High School.
Emos has established the fund in Stella's
name to be presented to a male and female
graduate each year to assist with college tu·
ition. Emos you a re a great one.
SEPT.• 1992 - 7
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TIRED, TARDY MARY
Dear Honcho:
Due to the many requests (2 people asked
me) r will try to get outs Tired Mary column
on the San Francisco Convention. (There was
even mention of a raise in it).
Soaway we go - We le ft o ur hearts in San
Francisco. (Also our money).
Betty Mannen and 1arrived to be greeted
by the Official GN!eler, Thm Hackett, holding
adrink and a front row seat in the Who's Who
sectio n of thebar on Wednesday nite. After
fly ing hi from Atlanta, we just had t ime to
change and take in the Cocktail
Cape~
on
Wednesday nite.
HoldingdoWll doorme n positions were Artie Aktlllian , J oe Poster and J o hn Hassler.
(They reported lhe tipping was poor). Saw
Dotty Hassler and Helen Poster but missed
Aggie Akullian that nite. 0 t hink my brain
was s till airborne).
Among the crowd I spotted: Jemro Bnd
Evelyn Lambasio, .Iohn and Virginia
Rowland , Te d Provost, Walter and Vi
Macorovkh , John Aldrich , Natand Camille
Ramanzo, Jo hn and Florence Crago, John
and Kay Sandor, Ken Curley, Paul Reuter, Len
Naylor, Art Campbell, Stanley Urban , Stan
Sommers, (Still " in the swim" Stan?) Neil
Harrington , Dale Prance, Ed .Jack fert ,
Richard Beck, a nd LeoShinsky. Whew, what
a busy Wednesday
However, all of us were not involved in the
Marriott Madness.
Answering " The Clarion" call were: Tim
Ross, Gloria Rowland Bagby, Boyd Ringo, Bill
Ostrander, R, Rosendahl, Cecil Bird, A I and
Alberta Bland , Manuel Aronego, EvansGarcia, AI Senler, lfavis Tidwell, om Evans, Jose
Baldonado, Ray Thompson , Sam Hildebrand,
Donald Lamb. Felix Powell, Art Rice, Gerald
Moffett) Jack Woodson , Margaret C, Bingham, Earl LaFrance, Whi t Brill, and Bert
Worthington (from the Royal Navy don'tya
know ).
And among " The Vagabonds" were Dan
Crowley and Brocky Wright.
And also ill a " Day:; Inn" Clarence HartwelL
So you see many had called, but not a U
were confirmed by the Marriott. (We like to
spread our j oy and money around).
Thursday morning I had time to do a 1i11.le
lobbying. Among those 1spotted were: every
man'S favorite Madam Margie Hausmann (of
3 Coins in the Fountain fame) and her Piano
Playing Paramour (Say that after 3 drinks!)
He rman, ~ti llie and Annie Jesuele, Rhode island Rogue Enos Gould, Lillian and Harry
Carrarfue, Phil a nd Millie Ar.;lanlan , Jo hn
Koot, AI and He le n Senna, and Bill Houser.
Time out for sightseeing. (After the sights
we saw in the Lobby!)
After the sight seeing, it was time to get
cool in the pool, and the n the hot tub where
we had some s teaming conversatio ns. (No,
about world politics - you can tell we are
getting old). "G rilling" the politicians wert>
Barney and H.M. Amos(w ho notonly losthis
hean but his wallet in San Francisco) and I.
lO-THEQUAN
Also attf>ndlng thf> Convention were t he
following Fun Filled Frequent Florida "1yer.;
(W h ew): Our New Commande r George
Wonneman (you heard it. Let George do itBut what do you want to betlrene will also
be doing some of it), Roy Gentry, Nick
Hio nedes, and Anne, Frank and Marian
Biga]o w, Neal Harrington , J erry Copeland,
Fontaine Brownell, John Donovan , Ray and
No nna Hunt, Harold Feiner, Bert f'reedmaJl,
Len Nayor, John Crago and Florence and
CharJesand Jean Pruitt (we let them in even
if they are from outof state cause we're nice
people and so are t hey) and Madeline and
Sam Moody, and Hello Dolly (Goodrow) with
her stage door Johnny. And you've heard the
expressio n Break A Leg, well Louise Fullerton did , soshe was pushed around by Duke.
Also attending we re those 2 Nifty Nurses
_ Eunice Hatchett Tyler and Madeline Ullom .
I bombed o ut o n seeing the 19th Bomb
Group (Bill's Boys). I missed seeing: Bob and
Karen Heer, Ken Parks, Ben Stele, He rb a nd
Reb Zineke, Grant and Louise Kendrick
(30th ), Bernard Miller, James Martin (30th),
Bud Morris (30th - I particularly wanted to
talk to Bud - a close fri end of Bill's), Charles
Butter wo rt h , Myrl Nichols (30th) Ray
Tho mpson, Richard Beck, Gerald Wade, Thm
Mltsos (30th) and Ben Farrens.
On Friday's Fun Filled Day we noticed
passing by (b ut not o ut): Swede Emerick;
Mario Villarin, Harold Spooner, Bob Vogler,
Peter Curten (from Jolly Ole England),
Dwight and Wanda Woodall (of Pink Luggage
Came - yesshe is still in the pink she informs
me) Ernie Bal~ Kermit Lay, and Gunner
Wells (but where was my Charleston Sight.
Seeing Companion DorothY?). Ben Vaitkers,
and EUy and John Pietropolo (wonderifthey
ever straighte ned out t he V.A.?).
In t he so nice seeing you agai n department
were: Margie Kipps (now we go back to the
"daze" long ago when 8i11 wason the Executi ve Board and we had a 10tofPennsy!vania
meetings), Norman Christ, So Bobulski (his
dawg joined my dawgs Freckles and Buckwheat with Bill where they are 1bp Dawgs),
Bill Sniezko and Talmadge Bridges.
But it must have been a long. long convenlion fo r Charlotte and Elmer: for the o nly
time I saw the Longs, they were working on
the desk. (My thanks Elme r. for your contributions to this column).
Saturday we look a Sentime ntru J ourney
to Angel lsland. Also making thejoumey was
Jose Guetierrez, Barney Grill a nd his betler
hair and the wor.;t half of the Crowley family Dan, Lan')' Raines who gave &otty and I a
tour around the island - and he sllOUld know
it, he s pe nt his fir.;t 2 weeks there on K.P.
This time he found life on the rocks as he
listened to the great program they put on for
us. Lucky guy. He spent his time "rocking"
In t he shade while we were roasting in the
s un .
Alsofmdinga " PieceoCthe Rock" was Bill
Gaylo's better half (you gOl that right bud)
while Bill Gaylos was aiming his camera at
the scenery (he says) first-time I saw a bu ilding with a hailer top and shorts.
The ceremonies at the Island were lovely
and t hey outdid themselves to make us feel
welcome. But I noticed one glaring error. Nowhere but nowhert> on the wruls that hailed
and described battles of World War #2 and ..
containing almost aU Pacific Battles was the ,
Battle of Bataan or Corregidor ever me ntioned. I brought this to the attention or the
Head Honcho. She said she too was e mbarrassed to fmd this out. She gave me the name
to write to to bring this to t heir attention. I'U
get around to that sometime, too. (Now you
know why I am tirt>d).
Saturday nl te was PartyNite and what a
swell dance deal it was f or me. I had t he
pleasure of dancing with Las Vegas' answer
to Fred Astalre, our old pal (but not in age!)
Sol Fromer.
And Marnen Shapiro, who was my partner
in many a dance at the Ormond Beach , Fla.
Senior Center winter before last. (We were
both underage but we faked our 1.0. cards).
Sitting it out were: Thxie and Lena Nicholson (Lena stilliookssoo young - Do you suppose she was a child bride?) Ginny and Mark
Herbst, J oe (Honcho) and Helen (His Helper)
Vater, Linian and Harry Carrarine, Enos
Gould , Larry Raines, Hank and Helen Wilayto, Andy and Ginny Miller, and Evans Garria.
Going it alone were the gals they left behind: (Our gallant widows) Doris Coleman
(widow of Elbert Coleman), Lora Cu mmins
(widow of FelTOn), Brocky Wright (Cowboy's
wife), Gerry Cantwe ll (Jim's wife), Kay
McDavitt(Jerry's wife), Mary Bosco(Nick 's
wife), Donnie Russel Mathes (Dalton's wife), J
Cecelia Ayres (Russel's wife), Ann Bressi 1
(Art's wife), Dorothy Patrizio (Pat's
wiCe),Cecelia Galbraith(Leroy's wife) and my
friend of many years and 19 BombGrp. reunions, Eileen Callen (wife of Aranda). The
party's over and CliffOmtriedt helped me to
lake down the bulletin notes.
We must be getting old (speak for you rself). Barney Grill and Sol Frome r did not
even mention those frequent birthdays t hey
had at other conventions.
Sunday was up, upand away day for most.
In the lobby I s potted a pile of passionate
pink luggage a nd I could on ly guess, but l'U
bet Wanda and Dwight Woodall were leavi ng!
And lighting up the lobby was our Golden
Girl Lura Brazeau.
Bu t t here were quite a few " left overs"
who would face the Monday Miseries.
Among them were - John and Bertha
Ray, Dom and Laury Giantonlo, Frank and
Gladys Macey (Frank and Dan Crowley took
the afte rnoon off to find out about "Submarine Sandwiches"), Earl and De La France,
Mary Bosco, Dolly 3l1d John Goodrow (Dolly
is getting togethe r a Tacky Thgs fashion show
for our September meeti ng in Ocala) and
Andy and Mary Andrews(who finally made
it over to the Marriott).
Missed Mike Litchko - Mike came, got
sick , went home, then he a nd Julia returned I
to give it one more try - same resul t. Hang
in there, Mike, you are some of our favori te
people.
(Comintted on Puge / J)
TIRED, TARDY MARY
(Contimu!djromIbge 10)
Among the Missing- A.I Cimini(oh gee. I
I thought he left his heart in San Francisco),
Big Cotton Joe 8ouldolf and his little cotton
ball I duna , Blair and Jean Robinette, Lou
Curtis, Billie Holliman, Ruby Chatham, and
Elva Robinette - Missed ya and you missed
fL good one. Try to do better next year.
Okay Honcho, I did what I promised (to
write a Quan column). Read it and we(!p. A
little raise would be appreciated, but iCyou
Insist on putting me in a higher tax brac ket
I will weep. (Ure is taxing enough!)
Also could you limit the number of people
at a CQnvention! This one really taxed my
brain (?) Whew TIred, Thrdy Mary
SURRENDERED, YESI
DEFEATED, NOI
Our San Francisco reunion was everything
it promised to be. The weather was fme. (We
must depend on the wives for thLc; bitoCinfonnation . M08tofthe rellowsdidn'tsuay far
from the hospitality suite.) Two hundred
were on hand for the banquet. This includes
wives, guests, color guard and of course the
remnants of the Fighting Fourth. Lots of
memories and sea stories - if you suspend
disbelief the sea Stories are great entertainment. Most of you havegrnndchildren tospin
taU tales for. I dOlft have any yet. My concern
is that by the time our kids have grandchildren all the good lies will be used up. Less
drinking In the suite than there was in the
past. sun, John Boswell reports that we lost
$115 on the baz: We' ll have to do something
different in New Orleans. Any ideas?
Contributions for the Corregidor School
were to be handled differently this year.
They sure were. The intent was to have boxes
by the door of the banquet room (or contributions. The boxes were no where in evidence. No boxes - no dough. Those of you
who want to help can send checks to Lou
Duncan, 1360Thwer Drive, Vista, CA 92083.
As always, the most import.a.nt thing that
happens at oW" reunions is that we spend
time with people who are carrying the same
baggage we ~ If you think you are the same
as every husband and father up and down
your street, think again. If you want confirmation of this, ask your wife or children. Th
those of you who have never attended a reunion - try it. It's great to realize that you
are not the only person in the world as emotionally frozen as you proba:bly are. You may
even thaw some. In this regard the book
reviewed in the next parotgraph may strike a
nerve.
A fonner POW has written a book about
understanding the POW experience. On Don
Vidal's recommendation Iboughtacopy of
" Life Aft.er Libe.nll.ion" written by Guy Kelnhofer. Be wasaNip POW and talksaboutthe
after affects of that experience on all of us.
If you read it, you'll wonder how he knows so
much about the residual problems you live
with. Someof then\ you don't realize untO he
points them out. A quote, "FEiw in the public or in the Government are aware or the
damages suffered by the wives and children
as a resu.ltoflivinglntimately with thesesurvlvors. In fact , it is unusual fora fonnerprisoner of war to have any appreciation of how
his prison camp experiences impingeon the
health and welfare of his ramlly."ijoinOon
in recommending it. It 's available from Ba.nfLl
Street Press, 244 Banfil Street, St. Paul, MN
66 102 for $19.95 plus $2.50 shipping.
MARK YOUR CALENDA.RI Our reunion
In 1993 is in New Orleans June 3, 4, 5. The
ADBC is meeting in Pittsburgh but Frenchy
Dupont was so persuasive that he steered us
to his home area_Frenchy has a.rranged for
WI to meetat the Doublet.ree Hotel. Ratesare
$65 for single o r double occupancy. The
Doubletree Is at the foot of Canal Street. Just
outside the French Quarter and close to the
river. A great location. FOr reservation! write
the Doubletree, 300 Canal Street, New
Orleans, LA 70130. The banquet will be
Saturday, June' 5. In the next newsletter,
about January, I'll give you the cost of the
banquet and how you can make reservations.
John Boswell said thest.ress of commanding
this organization was more than mortal man
should bacalled upon to suffer. Or maybe he
said it l'I'aStimeforsomeone else to takeover.
Whatever- he retired and George Fox is the
new commandant. Other officers are: Vice
Commanders, H .S. Dennis and Frenchy
Dupont; Historian , Rosy'Turner; Secretary
andl[feasu rer, Pat Hi~hcock , lf you haveany
bitches pleasestartat. t.he top of the list-and
work down. Any compliments, you can start
at the bottom.
Rosy TurneJi in his role of Fourth Marine
Historian , wants to hear from or about marlness18tionedon Ft. Drum or Ft. Frankduring the war. His address is 6756 Kensington
Dr. NE , Winterhaven, FL33880.
Want to take a slow boat to China? What?
You 've already done that , and once is
enough? How about a plane named Northwest rather than the USS Chaumont or Hender.M)n . Sound more promising? Read on. If
you long for the f ragrnnce of Soochow Creek
this is for you. The China Marines Association have their reunion OctoberS to 11 inSan
Diego. Then on to China October 11 to 23.
Contact W.H. Wiedhahn, 144 Maple Avenue
East, Vienna, VA 22180.
Remember the folks that brought you the
Bataan Death Mareh, the RaPe of Nankin&
Hell Ships and other assorted atrocities?
Those same fun loving fellows have been exposed for using Korean girls as sex slaves for
their troops. Between 70,000 Ilnd 200,000
young girls - many from primary schoolswere rorced toservlce the Nip hordes. In one
instance, a teacher reported that fi ve 11 year
old girls were taken from his sixth grade
class. 1bward the end of the war the Nips
killed most of {hem to conceal what they had
done.
Their highly paid lobbyists and apologists
will hustle around to sweep this under the
rug. Already they have conv inced many
Americans that they were a peace loving na-
tion that Rooscveltr forced il)to war. If you
doubr this, ask's young person what a Japanese POW was. They probably think it had
something todo with the USO. Oon't tell me
thal's the way life works. I know that. Itstill
rankles me that the sadistic thUg!> we knew
are being accepted by history as ordinary
people caught In the web of their CUlture.
Byron Logan sent me an article covering
the Philippine defense campaign. The article
giYel'i full credit to MacArthur [or screwing up
everything possible. It's nice that he's final ·
ly getting t he recognition he deserves.
General Wainwright is quoted as $8,Ylng of
Corregidor's gallant defender.;, "You have
not8urrendered. Your commanding oHicer
has surrendered you ." If you are interested
in some lilraightdope you can rmd itin tl)e
May/June Issue of "An\erican History': Pr0bably in yo ur Public Ubrary.
If you missed it the riMtime around, Otis
King has a video of the 1991 reunion plus
many still pictures of this and other meetings. For a copy send h~ a I;llank ta~ and
one dollar at 231 1 Mist letoe Avenue, Fort
Worth, TX 76110.
Fred Vinlqn had an article devoted to his
war experiences run in tl\e Jackson, Mlchi·
gan newspaper.
Ernie "Doc" Irvin, in his pursuit of the
medals we deserve, has uncovered four
more. These are from the Philippine Government_Ernie will have to buy asecond pair of
shoes. The first s hoe box must be filled with
medals. You can write Ernie at217 Cameron
Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 for a rundown
on how you g~t what.
The irrellressible Ben Lohman writes that
iIyou wa nt to be by yourself in acrowdjust
give a couple calls like a crow - foUowed by
the honking of a goo.<>e. Then end up with a
coyote howl. Sounds like a winner, Benny. If
you ever do that when I'm around I'll run,
not walk , I.Q the nearest exit.
Words can camouOage our true meaning.
Body Language, however, will leak the truth
from every pore. President Bush told the
Nips they were valued allies. Then he tl\rewup in the Ia.p of the Japanese Prime Minister.
We must believe the body language. nus was
President Bus h's finest hour. I would rathe r
have seen this than General Homma's hang·
ing.
Ir it seems like I favor pictures from the
China station, it's because that's what you
send. Send me some pictures from the Philippine contingent and I'll try to publish them .
Thke care of yourself, you're imponant.
SemperFi,
Pat
XMAS GREETINGS
U you wish to add your greetings to the
the November iSsue,
send them along toeditor Joseph A. Vater; 18
Warbler Dr. , McKees Rocks, I"A 15136. Donations accepted.
ChristmasGreetin~ in
SEPT., 1992-11
THE HISTORIAN'S
CORNER
There has always been some controversy
as tohow many American mllltary personnel were Involved in the far Pacific area du ....
ing the early days of World War II. By far
Pacific area, I mean the Philippines, Guam
and Wake Islands, the Dutch East Indies and
the ocean areas patrolled by the Asiatic.
Fleet. I'm starting a project to try to deter·
mine, as accurately as possible, what hap.pened to all the military personnel who Y{l!re
or are eligible to be members of the American
Defendersof Bataan and Corregidor. By defi·
nltion, member.lhip in o ur organization is
limited to men orwornen whoserved at any
time In the Armed Forces In the defense or
the Philippines between December 7, 1941
and May 10, 1942 Inclusive and any man or
warnan who may have been attached toany
unit of force of the Asiatic Fleet, Philippine
Archipelago, Wake Island, Marianna Islands,
Midway Island and Dutch East Indies. For
this projectl'm excluding the personnel who
were stationed on Midway Island . Absolute
accurate figures on what happened to all
these people will never be known but with
some .!Ihrewd caJculatlons a much more accurate aceounting can be made than what
has been done to dale.
I call the overaJl effort, " The Numbers
Game". For lhe rust exercise in thiserrortl 'm
going to try to detennine how many AmerIcan mUitary personnel were in the several areas, lis ted in the paragraph above, on 8
December 1941. the day the war started . My
theory Is that you can't detcmtine what happened to everyone until you know how many
you had to start with. Please note that this
first exercise rovers only a single day, 8 December 1941. Also, please note that the overall efrortcoversAmericllft military personnel only. I know that American civilians
were mixed in with us in the POW camps, on
the Hell Ships, etc. However, for this eHort
the civilians will not be included. I will need
help from any of you who can provide answers to any of the questions raised in the following paragraphs. If you can help, please
send me whatever infonnation you may have
along with the source of the Infonnation.
I' ll start with the Philippines. Louis Morton, in his book titled, "The F\l.1l of the Philippines," shows that 19,116 American Army
personnel were in the P.l. on 30 November
1941. This figure includes the Army Air
Corps and the Army personnel in theSouthern Islands of the P.J.I doubt that very many
more Army personnel came to the Philippines between 30 Novemberand 8 December
1941 , I(any. [fanyofyou have more accurate
figures, I would like to hear from you.
Next, I'll cover the Marines in the Philippines. In the January 1981 issue of the
QUAN) on page IS, there is a breakdown of
the 4th Marine Regiment which shows that
1576 Marines we~ in the P.1. on 7 December
1941 . From personaldlscussions wlth5e'W!ral
12-THEQUAN
Marines I have concluded the 4th Mari ne
Regiment included the Marines who were in
the Marine garri!ions at the Cavite and Olongopo Navy Bases, the Marines from Shanghai, the Marines who were on Embassy duty
in Chinaand the P.I. anda few Marines who
had been aboard ships of the Asiatic-Fleet. I
understand that a few Embassy duty
Marines were left to China. Any infonnation
on how many Marines were left there and
where would be appreciated. Also, if the figure 1 have on the Marines in the P.I. is incorrect, please let me know.
The information I have on Navy personnel
in the Philippines, on 8 December 1941 , Is
speculative at best. I need more accurate
figures and I'm hoping80me of you out there
can help me. I have a round figure of 8,000
Navy personnel in the P.I. when the war
started. I got this figure from a book titled ,
" The Fleet the Gods Forgot," by W.G. Winslow. This figure supposedly covers all the
men and women in the Asiatic Fleet, the Sixtee nth Naval District and Navy Headquarters In Manila. U any of you have more accurate figures, please le t me know.
In the book titled , " Wake Island" , by Duane Schwtzastatement is made on page 181
to the effect that 523 American military
personnel were on Wake Island on 8 December 1941. This group was composed or 449
Marin ~ 68 Navy and 6 Army. Ir any of you
have more correct ngu res, please let me
know.
I don'thave any reliable data on the number of Amertcllft military personnel on
Guar. Island on 8 December 1941 . I have
some loose d ocuments from undisclosed
sources which indicate there were 430
Marine and Navy personnel on Guam on 8
December 1941 . As near as I can determine
there were no Army personnel on Guam . If
any of you can he lp me with moreaccurale
ngures about the American military personnel on Guam, I would like to hear from
you .
As to the Dutch Eastlndles, I have very little infonnation . I know thata Thxas National Guard Field Artillery Battalion wason the
island of Java. It was the 2nd Battalion of the
13Ist FA . I'm not s ure Ir this ou tfit was on
Java on 8 December 1941 or not. They may
have been in Australia or some other place on
the 8th and then taken loJavasometime after the war started. Also, I don't know how
many men were In this outfit. From what
s ketchy inronnatlon I have seen, it looks like
the strength was belween500and 600. If you
have any information about this outnt,
known as " The Lost Battalion," p~ase let me
know.
If the numbers quoted in the Above paragraphs are reasonably close to the exaCt
numbers. it means there were over 30,000
American military personnel on active
duty in the far Pacific area on 8 December
1941. With your help, I'm hop~g to get a
more accurate figure. I'll report to you on this
exercise In future issues of the QUAN.
Sincerely,
Andrew Miller
Historian
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By
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As soldiers and POWs, the 200th Coast
ArtiUery never lost their detennlnation to defeat the Japanese and survive.
BEYOND COURAGE is the result of
Cave'sskillful blend of memories from
120 survivors and archival material. It
is a unique and outstanding history or
a unit's contribution to the defenseor
the Philippines.
448 p., hardcover, photos, illus. 8: index. An autographed copy, $18.95 +
12.258&H .
YUCCA TREE PRESS
2130 Hixon Drive - Ste. A.,
Las Cruces, NM 88005
(500) 624-2357
VISAlMaster Card accepted
THANK YOU
Dear Mr. Miller:
Thank you (or making all the arrangements for our recent ceremony at Andersonville- It WBS well recelvedbyall those who attended. It lasted JUSt the right amount of
lime.
Enclosed are a few clippings (rom ou r local papers that. ran stories on the program .
The AlbaJ\V Herald piece Is especially good.
We also had good news stories on three TV
stations. All of them c::ame out well.
I have taken the liberty of writing a letter
to the Editor of the local newspaper thankIng the VFW for putting on lunch for the
ADBC. That was a wonder!w gesture of
kindness on their part. I fe lt it was appropriate to recognize them in a public way.
If ADBC has any type of neWllletter or
publication . I would be happy to write a
small article about our plans forthenew National Prisoner o( War Museum to be built at
Andersonville. We need to get the word out
to as many people as possible about the
museum and how the membership can help
it beeome a reality. Let me know what I can
do.
Again thank you (or all your help. I look
forward to seeing you in the near future.
Sincerely,
Fred Boyle!
Superintendent
GOLDCARD
MEMBERS
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We wish to welcome these new members
to the Gold Card Club. Thanks for your
cooperation.
Julia E. Brittan
Kermit Lay
Lora Cummins
Raymond G. Bauman
Leo Shirnsky
Genevieve A. Young
William H. Milne
Harry C. Liskowsky
Robert A. Clement
Alden D. McEwen
BOOK RKORDS POW YEARS
AT (ORREGIDOR
Name: _ _ _ _ _ _=
Nix, who retired with 23 years activeservice, counts himself among the " fortWUlte"
prisoners who never had to endure torture,
beatings., starvation, overwork or execution.
.. The book rerounts how this small pocket
prisoners were put to work cleaning up the
island and were spared the horrible conditions in other camps.
A comparison of their fate with that orthe
"not-so-fortunate" and the " unfortunate"
is explored in the book. Also, alook is taken
at the "hell ships" that thousands of
emaciated prisoners were crammed on like
cattle in filthy holds, sick with malaria and
dysentery, and deprived of wateJ; food, medical care and sanitation facilities for weeks
while en route to Japan.
" Corregidor" is dedicated to those " who
made the suprem.e sacrifice In the defense of
freed om." Printed by Palmer Publications,
Amherst, and distributed by Trade Winds
Publications, 1541 Ellis St., the boo.k was
released in May and is available in Ioca) bookstores.
Maps, sketches and many pre-war photographs of the Philippine Islands are included
in the book.
,of
REUNION NOTICE FORM
De8troyer-Eseort Sailors AfI8n. , loc.
P.O. Box 680085
Orlando, FL 32868"'()()85
USS Meredit h (DD 890) 2nd Reunion
October 21, October 24, 1992
Charleston , SC
Contact: JORpIl8atC&)'Jl8k.i
812 Oaldeigh Beach Rd .
Baltimore, YO 21222
Phone; 1-301-477-65:36
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I Fill out two blanks - Complete Application
I with your check for 1100.00
Received by
: AU Applicatlonsare to be turned over to the Nation·
I aI Secretary of ADBC - No one else.
Elmer E. Long, Jr.
National Secretary
P.O. Box, 12052
New Bern, N.C. 28561·2052
: Or Mall Application to Secretary
Asbury Nix has written a book, "Cor· I
regidor, Oasis of Hope," about the ex- I
periences he and 400 other "fortunate" : Remarks -----,,-;-prisoners or war went through on the Philippine Island of Corregidor dunng World War
II.
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INFORMATION WANTED
~ar Mr.
Vater,
I wish to obtain information. I was given
your name and address as editor ot The
Qua.n and Past National Commander of the
American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor after I made numerous phone caUs in
the New England area.
I would li.ke to obtaln any and all information , personal recollections, etc. which may
be aval.lableabout Sgt. Howard Vernon Pugh,
Jr., of Yates Center; Kansas, who was assigned to the 19th QM Co. at Nichols FlekI. He
was present for duty there and promoted to
Sgt . in Noverqber, I~l. He died on 16 June
1942, presumably at Camp O'Oonnell .
Sgt. Pugh would have been my uncle, had
he survived. His brotber(my father)was I Lt.
William R. Pugh , an Ordnance officer assigned to the 498th as, "Falcons", 345tb BG
"Air Apaches", 5th Anny Air Corps at the
cloee of the war. My father retired from the
Army in 1966, and now UvesinOregon . lenUsted in 1967, and am now assigned 88 a medical officer In the 10th Special Forces Group
('Green Berets") here at Ft. Devens..
In a worid where we now !lee little respect.
for history, tradition, or family, I would like
to preserve a little bit of knowledge for my.
self, my father, and perhaps for my two
grandchildren. Any umtance you may be
able to provide will be appreciated. Since
time has Its way with all of us, I hope I am not
too late in this endeavor.
Please feel (ree to publish my letter or
parts or it in The Qaaa. Many thanks.
Sincerely and Respectfully,
Robert c. PuIh
8248 Birch Circle
MEMBERSHIP RECEIVED
Dear Elmer,
Recently I received an associate life membershipto the ADBCfromyou. I am honored.
I have known you heroes for many years,
since I was a child. I have read the stoneso!
the Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor. And
those that were forced to participate in the
Death March. J have heard stories of the prison camps and death ships..
Thday it is unknown by many citizens the
sacriflCes that were made by those who died
and those who lived in order to prolei:t the
way of life that we Americans er\.ioy. A few
year.; ago I made a visit to the Philippines. 1
was not able to visit Bataan, where my father hadserved. I did speak with some of the
Filipino people. Those I met did remember
yoursa.crifices. This gave me a feellngofwell
being, knowing that your members were
there when needed to defend it from the
e nemy and try to keep the country f~.
On the same trip I stopped at Wake Island.
It amazes me that so few men could hold out
against so many for 80 long on such a desolate
and tiny pieee of sand.
The saying goes that the Battling Bastards
of Bataan had no Mamma, no Papa, and no
UndeSam. WeU letltbe known, that you do
havesonsand daughters whoare proud to be
the children of the Battling Bastards and will
never forget and will always love and honor
you.
'Thanks with love,
Marty ~iner
Ft. Devens, MA 01483
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(508) 772-9068
IUID, 3d Sn, 10th SFG(a), 1st SF
Ft. Devens, MA 01433
SEn ., 1892 -13
, SHARE OF HONOR
There.are dozens of books written, factu al orfictionaJ, pertaining to the Philippines
during the Wo rld War II period; however,
there is one paperback that has gone virtuaUy unnoticed.
I refer to "Share of Honor", by Ralph
Graves, a novel published by Harperin 199Q.
The writer weaves his novel about the
army and the guerrillas, about general
officers and admira~ about native customs
a nd about social life. He discusses at length
the Bataan Death March, conditions at Santo Thmas and Los Banos, O'Donnell and
Cabanaturul, bribery at all levels, the' 'Carabao Express" at Cabanatuan , treason and
loya1ty, MacArthurand hiS'Staff, asweU as an
excellent knowledge of the geography of the
Philippines and its history.
The author lives in the Philippines as a
teenager and was a sergea'fit with the Army
Air Corps in the liberation of the Islands.
He pulls no punches; the book is not
recommended fo r the SQueamish. (Neithe r
was much else during the 1941-1945 period.)
Daniel N. Weitzner
INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Vateli
Greetings on behalf of my dad, a feUow
Defender of Bataan.Corregidor! 1941 .
I happened to come across d ie news article about your rece nt big convention in
Burlingame and saw immediately that my
dad's recent booklet (his " memoirs") would
be worth sharing with your members. I
wanted to reach Andy Miller; in particular as
he was pointed out as the group's historian.
So, my wife was finally able to track down a
phone numbe r and address and s he suggested I send you the books.
They were pubtished last November, in
timefortheObservanceof"theFaIl " Day in
Manila last April and I hope to reac h other
veterdns here In the U.S. Unfortunately, I
have been recalled to my native land due to
the serious illness of my mother (my father
a lsojust turned 82) and am returningshorlIy with my family to Manila and Cebu City. I
will provide you the add ress there, where I
will be caringformy parents. We expect to return to the U.S. at a laterdatesothatit would
be easier to take care of business. In the
meantime we shall play it by ear.
DOCTOR IN BATAAN
lOO-page, soft-bound booklet
Cost of booklet + Shi pping to U.S. office$6.00 each
Delivery time f ro m order taki ng about 8 weeks
American Defenders Ass n . takes care
of individual mailing
Pricing: 1-99 copies - $6.00 (bulk-mail)
J can be reached at Cebu City address Manuel de Veyra, Jr. , 66 Mango Ave nue,
Cebu City, Philippines.
14-THEQUAN
YOU ARE MY HERO •••
Th all the men who have fought for our
country and have paid the price ro r my freedom.
The freedom I e njoy today, to live as I
please, to worship God in the manner which
I please, to prosper; to raise my child according to my own beliefs, to love, to grow . . .
Were all paid for my men like you.
As mere children you offered your life for
your c hildren's future. 1b some it cost you
your youth, your health, your childhood
memories and to some it cost your life. But
despite the pain and suffering, you r enemy
never could take your spirit, your beliefsand
you r soul. Because you maintained these
things, you lived to share the spirit of in de.pendence and digpity with your wives and
families. Despite. the fact that you suffer each
day from 8ic k n~ss, injuries a nd me mories,
you maintain your strengths to live and share
yourself with the world you are so responsible for creating.
Your brotherhood to each other is so wonderful a nd so misunderstood by those of us
who try but can not fathom t he effect-of depending upon each other for your sole existence, spiritual, physical, mental and e motional. We respect and ad mire your relationships with each other and we will never understand them.
But we do understand that what we. are.
and who we are, as individuals a nd as a nation, we owe to men like you. 10 some you
look likeold men . . . 'Ibsomeyou look like
old soldiers.
Thme . . .
You are. my hero .
Carol Wells Hebert
daughter of
Commander and Mrs. William Wells
USN,Retired
QUESTION & ANSWER
Q - I lost o ne of the medals that I was
awarded for Army service In the Vietnam
War: I would like to know how I can go about
getting a replacement.
A - Medals that were awarded while in
active service will be issued upon r:equest to
t he appropriate. brandt of service. All requests for medals pertaining to service in the
Army should be sent to Army Commander,
U.S. Army Reserve Personnel Center; Attn:
OARP-PAS-EAW, 9700 Page Blvd., St. Louis,
MO 63132-5100. Your full name s hould be
printed ortyped on your request ¥d include
your signature. You also need to include your
service number or social security number,
whichever is appropriate, and dates of sen>ice or at least the approximate years. Ifpossible, send the request on Form 180, "Request Pertaining to Military Records." This
fonn is generally available from VA offices or
veterdns organizations.
QUESTION & ANSWER
Q - I understand that there are presidential certificates that commemorate a veteran's death. My husband was, a World War II
veteran who d ied several ye.arsago. Would I
be able to obtain one?
A - Yes. The Presidential Memorial Certificate is a parchment certificate with a calligraphic inscription expressing the nation's
grateful recognition of a veteran's service.
Certificates are issued in the name of
honorably discharged, deceased veterans.
Eligible reeipients include next of kin , other
relatives and friends. Other family members
and friends may request a certificate in the
name of an eligible veteran. Theveteran may
have died at any time in the past. The local
VA regional office generally originates the
application for a certificate withouL a request-from the next of kin. But when a servicemember dies on active duty o rit the veteran was not receiving a VA benefit, the next
of kin may request a certificate. Requests
should be a«Qmpanied by a copy of a document to establish honorable service. VA
regional offices can assist in applying for cer-tiflcates.
INFORMATION WANTED
John came to the Philippines by submarine late 1944. He was a member of a weather forecasting division, which landed. on the
Island of Mindanao on the southern coast of I
Davao. I met John soon a rter he landed and
he and I heal:led north up the coast to the. village or Mallia.
Before t he war, he lived in Cleveland,
Ohio, where heretumed to and went to work
for the Pennsylvania Railroad. About 1950,
he wastransferred to, I believe, Erie, PA. After tha t, I lost all contact. If anyone knows of,
o r can give me any inrormation as to his
whereabouts, it would be greaWy appreciated.
William H. Johnson
210 Maryland Ave.
St. Cloud, FL 34769
MUKDEN REUNION
Mukden Survivors Reunion will be held
October 2-4, 1992 at the Holiday Hotel in
Shawnee, Oklahoma. Special rates available.
Makeyour own reservations. For more information contact Greg Rodriquez Sr., 310 West
Madison, Henryetta, Oklahoma 74437 (918)
652·2475. Holiday Hotel numberis (405) 2754404. Other motels in walking distance:
Comrort Inn -(405)275-5310; Econolodge(405) 275-6720. All new and nlce a nd special
rates fo r Mukden
Reunion!
THE O'DONNELL CROSS
DmlCATlON SERVICE AT
ANDERSONVILLE, GEORGIA
ON JULY 4, 1992
By FATHER B08 PHILIPPS
NVITATORY:
Our help is in the name of the Lord; who
lath made heaven and earth. The Lord be
with you; and with thy spirit. Let us pray ;
o Lord, our Governor, whose g101'}' is in all
:he world; we commend this nation to Thy
~rpetual care that we, being guided by
Providence, may dwell secure in Thy peace.
:irant to the President. of the United States
lnd to all In authority, wisdom and strength
!.O know and to do Thy will. Fill them with
the love of truth a nd righteousness, and
make them ever mindful of their calling to
serve this peop l~ In Thy faith and fear. This
we pray in Thy Holy Name. Amen .
OGod of all nations, we remember before
Thee this day with grateful hearts and a deep
sense of camaraderie those of our number
whom we honor in this dedication of the
O'Donnell Cross. As we ponder theeventsor
our past may we be helped to understand
them in the light of Thy eternal and abiding
love for the flower of Thy creation , hurnatlkind. Amen .
Dedlcadon or the "Sack or Cement,"
AKA
" The O'DonneU Cross"
Andersonvllle National Wstoric Site
Jaly 4, 1992
Few occasions or experiences can produce
such a variety of mixed feelings as we experience here today at thls dedication oC the
O'Donnell Cross.
Consider grier. The sadness we feel today
is due to many pruns we have experienced;
no one source of pain can explain the depth
of our hurts. We grieve for those whose lives
were to end at O'Donnell and for the Inhumanity which we shared together and with
them. We grieve for the insults to the dignityof man, as experienced in O'Donnell and
other camps. We grieve that humankind has
descended to such a sub-human level as we
have seen atld experienced.
O'Donnell and the events that bring US to-gether today stand as a microcosm of aUthat
you atld I endured during our years oC captivity. Magnify theO'Donneli story by a thousand and one would have the story of all of
our captivities.
Our response to this grier is not to be vlo-lent, revengerul or angry. Any of those actions would give came to more grief, and the
cyc1e would be perpetuated.
Our response is to be thankful. And our
thanks are as complkated as our grier, for we
are so greatly indebted to olhers that words
~ seem inadequate. We give thanks to those
who died there, to a grateful nation which
pressed the war to a successful andjust conclusion. We give thanks to those who died
there, to a grateful nation which pressed the
war to a successful andjust conclusion. We
give thanks to our loved ones and families
whose memories and support lifted the
spirits of aU of us. But above a ll, we give
thanks to our God, whose mercy and loving
kindness prevailed over the forces of darkness and evil. The sure and perfect knowledge that God was on our side was inspira'
tion and a source of strength. The sign of this
Cross was erected by prisoners in O'DonneU
to proclaim that even in the most hopeless or
situations, God is in control. Goodness and
light will prevail. And so we thank those who
crafted this simple statement of faith to all
who would see it.
So we gather today to dedicate thi, 0 ' Donnell Cross in honor of those who died, not
only in that camp, but also in other similar
placesofinfamy. We honorthoseofournumber who perished there, those whose fruth
drove them to raise high. the Cross amidst the
enemy.
And we gather to perpetuate their memories and to offer this (literally) concrete
memoz:lal as a perpetual reminder to all who
visit this place; a reminder that gallant men
have offered their very lives for the principles of this wonderful nation. We would have
their memory be as long lasting as the cement of this memorial.
We place this symbol of hope in time or de·
spair amongst the other reminders and
memorials of the prisoners from other wars
and other continents. In so doing, we proc:Iaim that our "one nation under God, in'
divisible. . ." will bring liberty and justice
to all of its people and will lead the nations
of the worid to do likewise..
And, finally, we would offer our prayers of
petition; petition that the sufferings endured
under the shadow of this Cross should not be
in vain. We pray that the God or mercy will
protect mankind rrom Itself. We pray that by
His Grace He will lead all mankind unto Himself; that the lion and the lambshall lledown
together: Indeed, we pray that the lambshall
proclaim the goodness of creation to all mankind.
Amen.
DEDICATION:
(Asperge) Bless this monument and Cross,
we beseech Thee 0 l..ord , that they may
henceforth proclaim to the world the indomitable spirit of the men at O'Donnen,
strengthened and sustained by Thy power
and Thy Grace. Amen .
-+- Be thou blessed in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
Amen.
BENEDICTION:
Let us pray:
Almighty God, our heavenly Father, guide
the nations of the wortd into the way of justice and truth; establish among them that
peace which is the fruit of righteousness;
that peace which passeth aU understanding.
Amen.
Watch over Thy children, the American
Defenders or Bataan and Corregidor, 0 Lord,
as our days increase. Bless and guide us
wherever we may be, keeping us unspotted
from the world. Strengthen us when we
stand, comfort us when dlscourage(l or sor·
rowfuJ and liftus up when we fall ; apd in our
hearts may Thy peace which pa.sseth all understanding abide all of the days of our lives.
Amen.
The Lord bless and keep you ; the Ldrd
make His face to shine upon you; the Lord tift
up His countenance and grnnt you His peace,
which passeth all understanding. And the
blessings + of God Almighty be upon you
both now and evermore.
PIIBl/SHm POSTHUMOUSLY
You'll remember the late PAUL
ARMSTRONG as the verse writer so
many of you quoted, but here he is
SAN HYAKU GO (305)
'JaIes ot a Prison Camp
HORSETllADER
WRITTEN 1946-1948
EDITED 1987-1991
Details from
Fbn Drum, Wawa, Bilibid,
Cabanatllan I and 3,
Upa, and Japan
ORDER BY MAlLyROM;
Jean Armstrong
2227 Agate Street
Eugene, OR 97403
Paperback - '12.95 ppd.
Dear M.r: Vater,
I have tried to write each time 1read of another man (P.O.w.) that sounds like he may
have spent time in the same camp, but the
memories and the tears stop the letter from
being written. Thedark daysof World War II
have !lever left my mind for a day, and the toll
it took on OlIrfamUy and the nation, that survlved to come back so much better and
stronger. My brother mentioned so many
names of camps and people that at the time
I never thought of writing down. They sound
familiar when I see the Quan, but the tears
and the sadness bring me back to our loss,
and the letter goes unfinished. One man on
the cover of the " Quan" seems to have a
great deal of similar dates and C&m1>Sl except
that my brother ended in Osaka, Japan as a
stevedore working the freight yards and
returning home when we thought he was
dead. Cabanatuan and going to Japan in the
bottom of a ship, Cor Japan in the death
march and cruelty of the guards and the
kindness of some wll0 are dare not show it.
We may hope and pray for peace and
brotherhood among countries but also remain strong and ready to again defend
challenges.
I am the only living immediate relative and
hope that my son will keep these magazines
long alter I'm gone.
Elizabeth A. Garrison
P.S. My brother was Philip C. Krebs, c.P.O.,
USN . He passed away in 1980.
SEPT., 1992 - 15
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16-THEQUAN
,
READJUDICATION
OF CLAIMS
(Cominuedjrom fuge 1)
or Nagasaki, or the date upon which his radio
ogenic disease became manifest, whiclfev'!k
came late r.
Claimants eligible to take advantage of
this opportunity may make any arrangement
for payment of fees to their attorney, up to
the time when a decision of the Board of Vet·
erans Appeals on the reacijudicated claim becomes final. After that time, the fee arrangement that a claimant ~ make with the at· ..
tomey will be gove rned by the Veterans' ..
Judicial Review Act, Pub. L. No. 100·687, §
104, 102 Stat. 4108 (988).
VA has identified claimants potentially
e ligible for readjudicatio n . It has sent a
notification to the last known address of
each person ide ntified. However, we hope
that your organization will make an affirm·
ative effort to notify all persons who might
be eligible for readjudication because of the
possibility t hat some persons may not be
reached by mail.
Sincerely yours,
______________~D~
· w~ayneG~
INFORMATION WANTED
WANTED : Information on my uncle,
Walter Lee Case, bom 1886 in MO. Hejoined
the Anny before World War I, Machine Gun
Co. 27 Infantry. He was in Siberia later. He
was in the Philippines as an interpretor and
stayed in the Philippines where he married.
and had a large family. His wife's name isAu·
gusta. He may have been an interpretorduring World War n. He was known to have been
in aJapanese Prison camp where his health
was ruined. My uncle was being brought to
;he U.S. on the U.S.s. HOPE when he died be:ore arriving on 15 Aug. 1948. He is buried in
:he Golden Gate Cemetery. He might be reo
n e mbered as being older than the maJority.
. will appreciate any and all information.
Barbara Case Helwic k
P.O. Box 9223
Casper, WY 82609·0223
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