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VOLUME 59
PITTSBURGH, PA — OCTOBER/NOVEMBER, 2004
NUMBER 3
Memorial Service 2004
Many Thanks from the
National Commander
Greetings.
First of all I want to thank the membership of ADBC for electing me Commander. I
am deeply honored and humbled. With your help we will continue to make this a great
organization.
Secondly, I want to express my sincere thanks to the members who worked so
hard to make the convention in Orlando, FL a big success. I won’t mention individual
names for fear of missing someone. You all did a great job and everyone had a
wonderful time. I seems like we go through the same stories with our buddies every
year, but I see it as good therapy.
We need to continue to tell our stories about Bataan and Corregidor. Recently, I
had two requests from two different individuals requesting information about the Death
March and the Fall of Bataan and Corregidor. One request was from New York and the
other was from New Jersey. I responded with a brief history of my experiences as a
POW of the Japanese. Here in Albuquerque I have given several talks to Clubs,
University and High School Students. It is amazing how many people have never heard
of the words “Bataan” or “Corregidor”. All of our experiences are not in the history
books, and I would like those of us who are still able to educate our present generation
about those experiences during World War II, to do so.
Let us support our troops and pray for their safe return home, home of the free and
home of the brave. Come November, be sure to cast your vote for the candidate of
your choice for the U.S. Presidency. Your vote continues to count.
I read in the Quan where you inquired about Salomon Diaz and Rufus Whiteman.
They were from my hometown of Gallup, New Mexico. I regret to report that they are
both deceased.
I am looking forward to our next National Convention to be held in Cincinnati, Ohio,
in April of 2005. I pray that we will all stay well enough to travel to Cincinnati next year.
Hope to see you there!
God Bless each of you and God Bless America.
Agapito E. Silva
[email protected]
National Commander 2004-2005
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A Tribute to our Deceased
Members
This tribute is to our deceased members
who were instrumental in forming and carrying out the ideals of A.D.B.C. Inc.
For the past 55 years, I have been taking pictures of the members while attending the conventions. Like most people, I
didn’t mark them for date and names, so I
have thousands of pictures without information. I had to rely on Helen and I coming up with names. You will see some of
the pictures of a young man and some of
the older men, depending when the picture was taken.
Many of those pictured are the ones
who carried the load to make the
A.D.B.C. the success it is today.
I know we have missed some of the
men, but I have many more to view and
select from. I hope to correct this in future
issues.
I am missing some of the early (47-50)
conventions. If anyone wishes to send me
pictures, I’ll publish them.
Your Editor
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The
Dedicated to those persons both living and dead who fought against
overwhelming odds against the enemy at the outbreak of World War II.
Official Publication of the
AMERICAN DEFENDERS OF BATAAN & CORREGIDOR, INC.
(INCLUDING ANY UNIT OF FORCE OF THE ASIATIC FLEET, PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO,
WAKE ISLAND, GUAM OF THE MARIANA ISLANDS, AND DUTCH EAST INDIES)
PUBLISHED 5 TIMES A YEAR
HONORARY OFFICERS
Paul Reuter ........................................................Honorary Vice Commander
AGAPITO E. SILVA
HAROLD A. BERGBOWER
DUANE L. HEISINGER
PAUL REUTER
JOHN H. OLIVER
Commander
1820 La Poblana, N.W.
Albuquerque, N.M. 87104
Sr. Vice Commander
10728 West El Capitan Circle
Sun City, AZ 85351-1502
Executive Secretary
Co-Chairman Site Committee
Membership Chairman
7401 Bull Run Dr.
Centreville, VA 20121
703-222-2480
Adjutant & Legislative Officer
516 Sandy Pl.
Oxon Hill, MD 20745
Past Commander
1400 Ocotilla Dr.
Marble Falls, TX 78654
MARTIN S. CHRISTIE
RALPH LEVENBERG, PNC
Necrology Committee Chrmn.
23424 Mobile St.
West Hills, CA 91307-3323
Special Projects
2716 Eastshore Dr.
Reno, NV 89509
JOSEPH L. ALEXANDER, PNC
EDWARD JACKFERT, PNC
Jr. Vice Commander
9407 Fernglen
San Antonio, TX 78240
National Treasurer
201 Hillcrest Dr.
Wellsburg, W.Va. 26070
304-737-1496
ANDREW MILLER
Historian
1605 Cagua Drive N.E.
Albuquerque, NM 87110
MRS. JEAN PRUITT
Merchandise Sales
109 Young Dr.
Sweetwater, TN 37874
REV. ROBERT W. PHILLIPS
MEMBERS OF THE INVESTMENT BOARD
Edward Jackfert
Secretary
Joseph A. Vater
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Henry Cornellisson
Charles Graham
Charles Dragich
Pete Locarnini
Charles B. Heffron
Carlos Montoya
All Incumbent State Commanders
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
7401 Bull Run Dr.
703-222-2480
Help Would Be
Appreciated
Mr. Vater:
Until recently, I thought my Uncle Otto
Wellman was killed in Action Dec. 8, 1941
at Clark Field. He was a Sergeant
assigned to Headquarters Company, 19th
Bomb Group.
Recently a friend returned from The
Philippines and brought us a picture of my
Uncle’s name listed on the wall at the
American Cemetery as Missing in Action.
I’m told your magazine reaches a lot of
Vets. Is there any way of finding out if
anyone remembers anything about Sgt.
Wellman? Perhaps he survived the attack
to escape and fight later.
Any help would be appreciated. Sgt.
Wellman was born in Kansas but lived
and enlisted in California.
Respectfully,
Bruce M. Meredith, LTC, AN, USAR, Ret.
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Chaplain
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DR. WILLIAM R. BRENNER
Surgeon
1006 State St.
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JOSEPH A. VATER PNC
Editor of Quan
Co-Chairman Site Committee
18 Warbler Drive
McKees Rocks, PA 15136
412-771-3956
Fax: 412-875-6606
PAST NATIONAL COMMANDERS
Harold Spooner
*Rev. Albert D. Talbot
James McEvoy
*M/Gen. E.P. King Jr.
Simme Pickman
Albert Senna
*Maurice Mazer
Joseph A. Vater
*Lewis Goldstein
*Albert C. Cimini
*Samuel M. Bloom, M.D.
*Kenneth J. Stull
*Harry P. Menozzi
*John F. Ray
*Samuel B. Moody
*Arthur A. Bressi
*John E. Le Clair
PLEASE
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by the Post Office is getting out of hand. If
you plan to move, please notify the Quan
editor as soon as you know it. The Post
Office will not forward it to you; instead it
will be returned to me and charged 70¢
for the return.
The Post Office will find any reason to
return the Quan . You move from one
apartment to another in the same building
and the Quan comes back. If you find the
least error in your address, please notify
me so we can make the proper changes.
If you are not interested in receiving the
Quan in the future, let us know and we
will remove your name from the list.
Thank you.
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*James K. Cavanaugh
*Thomas A. Hackett
*Bernard Grill
Louis Scahwald
*Jerome A. McDavitt
John M. Emerick
*Joseph T. Poster
*John Bennett
*James D. Cantwell
Ralph Levenberg
*Elmer E. Long, Jr.
*Philip Arslanian
John Rowland
John Crago
Edward Jackfert
*John R. Lyons
*Ken Curley
Henry J. Wilayto
*Charles Bloskis
Arthur Beale
Andy Miller
*Joseph Matheny
*George Wonneman
*Frank Bigelow
*Charles L. Pruitt
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James R. Flaitz
*John Koot
*Roy Y. Gentry
Edward Jackfert
Joseph L. Alexander
Joseph Ward
Omar McGuire
John H. Oliver
Mark your calendar
for April 5-10, 2005
for the
National Convention.
Make plans early
for the hotel and
make pre-registrations
so we can make
necessary plans.
Bring a buddy
from P.O.W. days.
Cincinnati — Next April
Many of us don’t know Cincinnati.
Come to the ADBC Convention next April
and you will be surprised — and pleased
— a good time for all.
Our hotel, the Hilton Cincinnati
Netherland Plaza is special. Located in
city center, it is a recognized historical
landmark, but updated in Hilton tradition.
The ballroom and restaurant in themselves are worth the trip. Price is $79
S/D/Q. Varied and special shopping is a
step away. The New Underground
Railroad Museum is nearby and the trolley shuttle, a one dollar cost and near the
hotel will whisk you to the many Ohio
River and Museum sites in ten minutes.
This will be truly a special convention time
for all. The expected ADBC Convention
events will be there — and a few more.
Consider coming.
Please pre-register and send the hotel
for reservations. This is a bargain you
can’t miss.
Duane Helsinger
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Downtown Walking
Tours
TOUR ONE
Fountain Square
Fifth and Vine Streets
Located at the heart of downtown, the
centerpiece, the Tyler Davidson Fountain,
is one of Cincinnati’s major public landmarks.
Carew Tower Complex
Fifth and Vine Streets
Cincinnati’s tallest building, standing at
49 stories, is home to Tower Place shopping center and a top-floor Observation
Deck that offers a birds-eye view of city
streets. Carew Tower, and the attached
Hilton Netherland Plaza Hotel, are both
fine examples of art deco style.
West Fourth Street
West Fourth Street is filled with architectural gems of the city. The area
between Central Avenue and Race
Streets is listed on the National Register
of Historic Places. The street contains the
Lombardy Building, the city’s first apartment flat building, the Cincinnati Gas,
Light and Coke Company and the Gibson
Art Company Building. Look for
Rookwood Pottery decorations on the
storefront of 10-12 W. Fourth St.
Central Trust Tower
1-11 W. Fourth St.
When this Neo-Classical Revival building was completed in 1913, it was the fifth
largest building in the world and the tallest
outside of New York City.
John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge
One of Cincinnati’s most famous landmarks, the Suspension Bridge, as locals
call it, was the model for Roebling’s
Brooklyn Bridge.
Lytle Park
Dedicated on July 6, 1907, the park
includes formal gardens, memorials and a
statue of Abraham Lincoln that is one of
the few representations of the president
without a beard. After the construction of
the interstate highway in the 1960s, the
park was redesigned and doubled in size.
Taft Museum of Art
316 Pike St.
Celebrated as one of the finest small art
museums in the country, the Federal-style
Mansion was opened to the public in 1930
after the Tafts deeded the building and
their personal art collection to the city. The
art collection includes 103 European old
master paintings, 224 Chinese ceramics
and works of art and much more.
Procter & Gamble Company
The twin octagonal towers serve as the
headquarters of P&G and cover two city
blocks along Fifth Street. The gardens
offer a relaxing green space in the city.
TOUR TWO
The Plum Street Temple
Eighth and Plum Streets
Designated a National Historic
Landmark in 1975, the Temple serves as
a national focal point of growth of
American Reform Judaism and is a symbol of Jewish-American heritage and
development.
St. Peter-in-Chains Cathedral
Eighth and Plum Streets
Massive Corinthian columns, a central
steeple and classical design detail in
wrought-iron and stone work highlight the
cathedral. The 1845 structure was designed by Henry Walters, who also
designed the state’s Capitol building in
Columbus.
Cincinnati City Hall
801 Plum St.
The Richardson Romanesque building
is the seat of city government and features curved marble staircases with
stained-glass windows inside. The windows display allegorical scenes of early
Cincinnati.
Piatt Park
Garfield Place between Elm and
Vine Streets
Cincinnati’s oldest park offers a relaxing break from the hustle and bustle of
downtown. Statues of Presidents Garfield
and William Henry Harrison stand on
each end and beautiful structures like the
Cincinnati Club line the park.
The Public Library of Cincinnati and
Hamilton County
800 Vine St.
One of the biggest libraries, materialwide, in the country, it has over 4.5 million
materials and is known for its genealogy
collection and Library for the Blind.
Main Street Historic District
No walking tour downtown would be
complete without a visit to Cincinnati’s
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OCTOBER/NOVEMBER, 2004 — 3
The Price of Freedom
Nothing is greater and sweeter than one’s freedom. It does not come cheap, it
must be purchased at a price from those who would take it from you. Many times
it is forgotten how truly important it is until it is lost. Everyone should be ready
to defend it every day — no matter how high the price.
Join me as I walk you through many areas experienced by me during the war
years 1941-45, while a 17-21 year old army veteran stationed in the Philippines, a
POW in Japan, War on Bataan, Bataan Death March — Slave labor in POW
Camp: Camp O’Donnell, Camp Cabanatuan, Bilibid Prison, transfer to Japan via
hell Ship and Japan Camp 17. Finally, after 312⁄ years — wars end — liberation and
adjustment to normal life.
Copies may be secured at $8.00 each plus $2.00 for postage.
Shelby Johnson
747 Spencer Road, Scottsville, Kentucky 42164
Phone 270-622-7077
Few Facts of the Mukden Story
and the visit of 09/18/2004
1. Unit 731 personnel had indeed visited the Mukden Camp by the Japanese
Kwantung Army’s General Operation Order No. 98. The translations of the order
were handed out during our news conference.
2. The China Medical University at Shenyang was called Nan Man Medical College in
the 30s. Many Unit 731’s major staffs got their training there. The school was
equipped to carry out many experiments with live humans just as Unit 731’s headquarters in Pinfan, Harbin.
3. Victor Paliotti (CPL, 274301), Ferdinand F. Meringold (Mate 3/c, 223-99-00) and
Joe B. Chastain (Sgt, 270992) escaped from the camp. They were caught and
beaten badly, while each were held by two Japanese soldiers because they
couldn’t stand up by themselves. They were asked to identify the Chinese workers
in the line up as who was the one gave them the map. The American POWs didn’t
know the line up until today because it was conducted outside their camp. The
three were then tied up to separated wood poles for three days at the camp before
executed. The official diplomatic documents from The National Archives also
described their story, although the line up and those tied up to the poles were not in
those documents. Even they didn’t point to any Chinese worker. One worker, Mr.
Hung De Chuan, was sentenced to 20 years for suspicion. Mr. Hung, who lost his
two young sons while in prison, got out after two years because Japan surrendered. The WWII memorial’s web site only has two of the three names and reasons
for death were listed as ‘KIA’.
4. We had a book representation at Shenyang by Harold Leith and Oliver Allen.
Oliver’s book, Abandoned on Bataan, will get an additional chapter, Return to
Mukden. Harold’s book is going to tell the rescue mission of POWs and General
Jonathan Wainright. Upon learning of the Japanese Surrender, the Chinese
Farmers, not only gave food and water, help pushing the trucks and also brought
out a big banquet along the way. Harold said he never had food so good. The
group, General Wainright, his staffs and Harold ate their way to Shenyang. Harold
said he still can remember it today. Besides Harold, the Chinese farmers were the
reason General Wainright was able to be presented during the Japanese Surrender
Ceremony on the deck of Battleship Missouri.
5. The visitor’s stories were on the local news, TV and printed media the entire time.
The China Central Television, CCTV, had three separated documentation groups
there. One group will air a six part special, half hour each, about the Mukden Camp
in a couple of months. New York Times’ Beijing correspondent, James Yardly, went
to Shenyang and wrote an article on 09/19/03.
6. The local government has started the work toward preserving the site for a memorial.
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4 — THE QUAN
Seeking Information
Dear Sir:
I recently talked to Bert Bank about the
Bataan Death March and his time as a
POW. I called him trying to find out information about my grandfather, LTC Ralph
T. Garver, US Army, Adjutant General
Corps, who was reported killed on the
Death march. His entry in the alumni
magazine of the United States Military
Academy (graduated 1925) says he was
killed on Lubao, on Death March, April 14,
1942. Bert Bank suggested that I wrote to
you to see if there was a way to get information on my grandfather through your
publication, The Quan . I would greatly
appreciate any information that can be
found about him and his service in the
Philippines and death. Any information
can be sent to me at:
LTC (ret.) Ralph T. Garver, III
3526 Bankhead Ave.
Montgomery, AL 36111
Tele: 334-233-1188
Or my father at:
COL (ret.) Ralph T. Garver, II
591 West River Road
Palatka, FL 32177
Tele: 386-328-8701
Thank you for considering this request
and for any information that can be discovered about my grandfather.
Respectfully,
Ralph T. (Ran) Garver, III
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Duane Heisinger was 10 years old in 1941 when his
father, Samuel Lawrence Heisinger, then Assistant District
Attorney in Fresno, California volunteered within the California
National Guard for active Army duty in the Philippines. After
Corregidor fell in 1942, Samuel became a Japanese POW
spending three years in Japanese prison camps. He died
seven months before war’s end in a hold on a Japanese ship in
route to Japan.
After retiring to Virginia, Duane began the search for his
father. He spent years traveling to the Far East and throughout
the United States talking to survivors of those days also finding
several who knew his father or had lived in the same prison
camps. The writing tells of his search for a father and the faith
of a son.
The result is Father Found, that covers the hopes and
expectations both at home and in the Philippines of those days
when America was not ready, but responded to the war that
came. Duane Heisinger’s book is a narrative of his father’s life
from the time he left Fresno until his death. Much of the story is
taken from interviews, diaries, letters, notes and scraps of
paper left in the camps in bottles and cans retrieved after the
war telling of events around these men.
ORDER INFORMATION
Cost is $20.50 postpaid, check or cash.
Duane Heisinger
7401 Bull Run Drive
(E-mail): [email protected]
MAIL Book To:
Name:_____________________________________________
Street:_____________________________________________
City, state, zip: ______________________________________
Check the author website: http://www.fatherfound.com for
additional information.
Publisher is Xulon Press, 2003; ISBN 1-591604-97-4; Soft
cover, Non-Fiction, 576 pp, 40 images, end notes, full index
and bibliography. Hard cover also available.
Father Found is also available through XulonPress.com,
Amazon.com, Barnes&Noble.com or Borders.com.
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HSR&D National Meeting
The quality of VA patient care has improved through impressive VA organizational
transformation and ongoing endeavors to improve patient outcomes and make the
system more efficient. However, the system will face challenges due to the aging of the
VA population and the increasing prevalence of significant medical comorbidities.
Hence, health services researchers have a unique opportunity to provide evidencebased guidance for improving the health care services offered to a changing
population.
Fittingly, the theme of the 2005 HSR&D National Meeting is “Improving Care for
Veterans with Chronic Illnesses.” The conference will be held February 16-18, 2005 in
Washington, DC. The National Meeting will assemble the best VA health services
researchers to present a broad array of their research methodologies and results in
areas of particular importance to veterans. A special emphasis will be placed on
productive patient/provider interactions, specifically improvements in care which are
evidence-based, population-based, or patient-centered.
We expect nearly 600 researchers, clinicians, and policy makers from VA to
participate in this meeting. Elements of the meeting include a keynote address, plenary
paper sessions, exhibits, workshops, and a poster session.
The 2005 conference will be hosted by the Houston Center for Quality of Care and
Utilization Studies, of the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, located
in Houston, Texas. The conference will address a broad spectrum of health care issues,
including chronic illnesses, quality of care, implementation of research findings, patientcentered data to drive quality improvement, and mental health care coordination.
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Hugh Merritt
Virginia Beach — The white Mercedes
pulled off the road and under an oak tree.
Hugh Merritt, 85, popped the trunk, pulled
out a plastic shopping bag and walked
across a clearing toward a granite monument, 31⁄2 feet high.
He set the bag on the grass and took
out several miniature American flags,
wrapped in brown paper. Then he
removed seven full-sized flags and a blue
garrison cap with a pin near its crown that
read “Ex-POW.”
Traffic rolled by on Nider Boulevard on
the Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base.
The azaleas behind the monument were
in full bloom.
It was a Thursday morning, May 6 —
62 years to the day, that the island of
Corregidor fell to the Japanese.
“They took the American flag down,”
Merritt recalled. “They lined us all up and
sent word down to get rid of guns, destroy
’em.”
They were a ragged bunch. They had
been living on half-rations for months, first
on Bataan and then during the 28-day
siege of Corregidor.
The Japanese stripped them to their
skivvies. American officers told anyone
with Japanese money to get rid of it; the
Japanese would know it had come from
their soldiers.
“The Japs would find it, and shoot them
right there. You’d hear a shot, down the
line a ways, and you’d know there was
another guy gone.”
The men were loaded on barges and
taken to Bilibid Prison in Manila. From
there, they were jammed into boxcars for
the ride to Cabanatuan No. 1, a POW
camp.
“I don’t know how many guys died. You
really didn’t know they were dead,
because they couldn’t fall. When they
couldn’t get out the door, you knew the
ones left behind were dead.”
On the third day three officers escaped.
They were quickly captured, made to dig
their own graves, and shot.
Prisoners were placed in squads of 10.
If one escaped, the Japanese killed the
other nine.
“If you heard shots, you knew they had
shot them. If you didn’t hear shots, you
knew they had beheaded them.”
In April of 1944, about 350 prisoners
were loaded in the hold of a cargo ship
headed to Japan. There was no rom to
sit, and no water. A five-gallon can served
as the bathroom.
“At night time, for those that died during
the day, they’d throw ropes down and
you’d tie them on it, and they’d haul them
up and throw them over the side.
“Then after a while, you could sit
down.”
They were taken to a copper mine near
Hitachi, where they worked 2,500 feet
down, 12 hours a day, seven days a week.
6 — THE QUAN
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
EDWARD HINES, JR. VA HOSPITAL/
NORTH CHICAGO VAMC
RESEARCH STUDY
Former Pacific Theater POWs Needed
BACKGROUND:
A study currently being conducted at the Hines VA Hospital suggests several
differences between the experiences and outcomes of World War II prisoners of war
held captive in the Pacific Theater and those held in the European Theater. These
findings have important implications for the care of both former POWs and others who
have experienced traumatic events. However, the number of Pacific Theater veterans
who have participated in this study is small. More Pacific Theater veterans are needed
to strengthen these important findings.
PURPOSE:
We are interested in recruiting WWII Pacific Theater POW veterans to gather information about their POW experiences and the effects these experiences have had on
their lives. Participants in the study will be mailed a single survey and self-addressed,
stamped envelope. The survey takes about 30 minutes to complete. After completing
the survey, participants can place the survey in the self-addressed envelope and drop it
in the mail. It is also possible to do a videotaped interview at the Hines VA Hospital. A
copy of the taped interview will be given to the veteran after the interview. Participation
in this study is completely voluntary and veterans are under no obligation to participate.
ELIGIBILITY:
American veterans who were captured during their tours of duty in WWII and held
as prisoners of war in the Pacific Theater are eligible for this study.
CONTACT:
If you would like to participate in this study or have any questions about it, please
contact Dr. Lance Rintamaki by phone at (708) 202-5737 or via e-mail at
[email protected].
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Many men simply gave up.
“They said, ‘Uncle Sam’s not coming to
get us. They just forgot us.’ We knew
there was no one coming.
“When your buddy died, you stripped
him. You took his clothes, because that
was the only way you had any clothes.
There was never a man that I knew, when
I was on death detail, who was buried
with his clothes on.
“I was determined. I wasn’t going to let
those little devils bury me over there.”
“They told us, ‘No more work. No more
work. The U.S. and Japan have signed a
peace treaty’.”
After a few days, fighter planes
appeared in the distance. They swooped
in low, then turned around and left.
“Three or four hours later, they came
back. They had these sea bags full of
candy, cigarettes and girly magazines.
They dropped them daggone things
down. Some of them went right through
the barracks. Man, I’ll tell you, we had a
ball.”
Eventually they boarded a train to
Yokohama, where hospital ships awaited.
Merritt limped up the ramp to the ship
using a rifle as a cane. He had taken the
rifle from a Japanese guard, and wrapped
it in a blanket.
He weighed 86 pounds. At the start of
the war, he had weighed 150.
“This corpsman said to me, ‘What have
you got there?’
“I said, ‘None of your damn business.’
“He said: ‘You’ve got to tell me what
you’ve got.’
“ ‘A rifle.’
“ ‘You can’t take a rifle on board.”
“I looked at him and I said, ‘Are you
going to take this rifle away from me?’
“He said: ‘No, I don’t think I’m going
to’.”
The rifle leans in a corner of the guest
room in Merritt’s Virginia Beach home,
along with other mementos of a 30-year
Navy career.
Merritt enlisted ind 935, a month after
his 17th birthday. He pedaled his bike
from his home in Lambert’s Point to the
recruiting station in downtown Norfolk.
Merritt was awarded a Purple Heart in
1950 and the Bronze Star in 1992.
He reached into his own pocket to create the monument at Little Creek. It is
dedicated to the “Battling Bastards” of
Bataan/Corregidor, Philippine Islands,
and was dedicated on April 10, 2000.
Merritt dug the post holes for the six
flag poles that encircle the monument,
and planted the grass that surrounds it.
He keeps the grounds tidy, spraying
weeds, trimming trees.
Each May 6, he visits, carrying his
flags.
Merritt placed a miniature flag in the
stones at the base of each flag pole. Then
he carefully unfolded each of seven different flags.
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New Stroke QUERI:
Reducing Risks and Improving Outcomes
Stroke is one of the leading causes of disability in the United States and the third
largest cause of death. On average, every 45 seconds an American has a stroke, every
3 minutes someone dies of stroke, and 15%-30% of stroke survivors have serious,
long-term disability. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) estimates that 15,000
veterans are hospitalized for new strokes each year — costing an estimated $111
million for acute inpatient care, $75 million for post acute inpatient care, and $88 million
for follow-up care over 6 months post-stroke.
Effective secondary prevention and rehabilitation interventions initiated early following stroke may reduce the risk of a second stroke, can enhance the recovery process
and minimize functional disability. Improved functional outcomes for patients enhance
quality of life and decrease long-term care expenditures. The mission of the new stroke
QUERI is to reduce stroke risk and maximize veterans’ functional status and quality of
life by systematically implementing clinical research findings and evidence-based guidelines into routine clinical practice. To accomplish this, researchers at the Stroke QUERI
focus on four primary goals.
The Veterans Health Administration estimates that
15,000 veterans are hospitalized for new strokes each year.
Goal 1: Improve overall compliance with VA and Department of Defense (DoD)
clinical practice guidelines for stroke rehabilitation.
To meet this goal, investigators are working to identify baseline levels of VA
clinical stroke guideline compliance through an existing Rehabilitation Research &
Development funded project. Additionally, Stroke QUERI staff will collaborate with
VHA’s Employee Education Service (EES) program to promote implementation of
evidence-based stroke guidelines. Projects will be developed to evaluate compliance
with the newly created post-stroke rehabilitation guideline following the nationwide EES
education program to determine its effectiveness. Based on that evaluation, Stroke
QUERI will modify future programming and processes to enhance implementation of
the guidelines.
Goal 2: Ensure that rehabilitation is considered for all stroke patients.
Patients who have suffered a stroke that results in impairments and limited activities should be referred to rehabilitation services. VA guidelines strongly recommend
that once the patient is medically stable, their primary physician consult rehabilitation
services (i.e., physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech and language pathology),
as indicated, to assess the patient’s rehabilitation needs. A multidisciplinary assessment should then be undertaken, and patients in need of rehabilitation intervention
should be referred to a specialist stroke rehabilitation team as soon as possible. Stroke
QUERI will work to determine the proportion of stroke patients that receive this type of
intervention and any variation in services across sites and settings of care.
Goal 3: Reduce the risk of stroke recurrence by assuring appropriate anticoagulation of stroke patients with atrial fibrillation.
Identification and specific treatment of risk factors must be an integral part of any
plan for stroke rehabilitation and recovery, and generally extends from around the
period of acute hospitalization and initiation of rehabilitation, extending indefinitely. For
warfarin (an anticoagulant) treatment, this includes ongoing monitoring.
Multiple high-quality randomized trials have indicated that warfarin is the clear
treatment of choice for stroke prevention among most patients with atrial fibrillation,
particularly for individuals with prior stroke. If well monitored, anticoagulation with
warfarin could prevent more than half of the strokes related to atrial fibrillation at the
risk of a relatively small number of major bleeding complications. Further, cost-benefit
analyses clearly demonstrate that this is a cost-effective strategy.
After defining existing practice patterns in the VA and variations from best practices in anticoagulation of stroke patients with atrial fibrillation, investigators will identify
patient and site characteristics that predict appropriate anticoagulation practices that
could form the foundation for implementation.
Goal 4: Reduce the physical, emotional, and social burden of depression after
stroke.
Post-stroke depression (PSD) occurs in 25% to 40% of ischemic stroke (caused by
blocked blood vessel or artery) survivors, and is associated with worse functional
outcomes, quality of life, and increased post-stroke mortality. The Stroke QUERI will
facilitate the measurement and diagnosis of quality and performance gaps for detecting
and managing this condition.
Specifically, investigators will:
• Determine the proportion of veterans with stroke who are diagnosed and treated
for PSD within the first 12 months after stroke;
• Identify which providers are most likely to encounter, and thus be in a position to
screen, post-stroke patients for depression;
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In Appreciation
Dear Mr. Vater,
Last year I wrote a letter to Quan
requesting information regarding my deceased brother, LaVern (Mac) McCombs,
a Japanese POW. I was just hoping that
someone who had been in O’Donnell,
Cabanatuan, Clark Field, Hellship Noto
Maru, or in Nagoya 6 in Japan, would be
able to give me some insight into what his
life was like in those days. I did not expect
to find anyone who actually knew him, but
I did. His best friend from almost his first
imprisonment through the Japanese surrender and subsequent post war POW
reunions, Shirk Jansen, contacted me. He
sent me a group picture of the camp prisoners (complete with roster) and a lot of
other information. We had several wonderful and moving phone conversations,
but unfortunately, Shirk passed away in
December 2003. It was like losing my
brother again. I also was contacted by
another POW in Nagoya 6, Tom
Calderone. He was also able to give information about the camp although he did
not know my brother as well as Shirk.
I write this letter simply to let you know
how much I appreciate the work you have
done and are doing regarding the japanese POW’s. We must never forget what
they went through, and the great job they
did during a difficult time in our nation’s
history in holding off the Japanese
onslaught in 1941-42.
Keep up the good work!
Sincerely,
Winfred L. McCombs
7929 Vista Ridge Drive South
Fort Worth, TX 76132
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ADBC Web Site Grows
The ADBC Web Site continues to grow
and now contains more than 700 pages of
helpful information. You can visit our Site
by entering the following URL into your
browser: <http://www.adbc-pow.org>.
We invite you to visit our Site and meet
some old friends, make some new ones,
send us your biographical sketch (digital
photos welcome). Read about future conventions, reunions and meetings; find out
how you can find help with your VA claim;
many more things. Go there for names
and addresses of all of your elected and
appointed officers. Send us your e-mail
address, etc. so we can post your name
on the Web Site.
For more information e-mail me at:
[email protected] or other Committee members; we will make sure that
our WebMistress receives the information:
Martin Christie:
<[email protected]>,
Warren Jorgenson:
<[email protected]> or
Don Versaw:
<[email protected]>
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Do You Know Anyone?
Dear Sirs:
I am looking for anyone who may recognize themselves or someone they know
in the picture I am enclosing. I hope you
are able to print it in your magazine.
My husband Floyd W. (Slug) Merriman
went into the U.S. Army on Feb. 13, 1941,
from Victoria, TX. He was in the 60 Coast
Artillery Company M Battery. He went
directly to the Philippine Islands. He was
there until December 7, 1941 happened.
In early 1942 he went to Bataan. When
Bataan fell, he, with others, swam to
Corregidor. There he was taken prisoner
by Japan when Corregidor fell.
I know he was interned at Bilibid and
Cabanatuan prisons. Perhaps there were
other places also before his being sent to
Japan.
The picture I am enclosing was taken at
the last camp he was in in Japan. He
found the picture there when they were
liberated. I don’t know what camp it was
or the name of where it was located. He
smuggled it out inside his shirt.
If anyone out there knows where the
barracks was or recognizes anyone in it, I
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would really like to hear from them.
Floyd returned to the states and married Betty Soles of Wichita Falls, TX on
Dec. 21, 1945. They had one daughter,
Donna Sue and one son, Floyd R.R. They
also raised an adopted son, Kenny.
In February, 1953 the family moved a
short distance away to Iowa Park, TX,
905 E. Ruby St.
Betty, along with children, grandchildren and sons of their great grandchildren
still live there.
Floyd was taken from them on January
6, 1977. He passed away from service
connected disabilities. Floyd is buried in
Highland Cemetery, Iowa Park, TX.
Thank you for printing my letter and picture. We always think we have plenty of
time to get the information we need but
sometimes they are taken away too soon,
and our time is cut short.
Thanks again. I remain
Yours truly,
Betty N. Merriman
905 E. Ruby St.
Iowa Park, TX 76367
(940) 592-5369
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Hell Ships Memorial
Dedication
Subic Bay, January 2006
Dear Joe:
This is a preliminary announcement
about our planned tour to the Philippines
to unveil and dedicate the Hell Ships
Memorial at Subic Bay in January 2006.
An optional extension will include a visit
to Japan with the cooperation of appropriate authorities.
This tour will have special appeal to
descendants of American, British or
Dutch Prisoners of War who suffered
aboard a Hell Ship.
We will operate our annual ‘Ghost
Soldiers of Bataan and Corregidor’ tour to
the PI in April 2005.
If any readers wish to receive further
information, please contact Bob Reynolds
toll free at 800-842-4504.
Yours sincerely,
Robert F. Reynolds
Valor Tours, Ltd.
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Christmas Wishes
Sincere “Holiday Greetings” to All
Agnes and Art Akullian
“Merry Christmas and
to All God Bless”
Mildred Arslanian and Family
A Merry Christmas and
a Happy, Healthy New Year
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Merry Christmas and
Happy New Year
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Merry Christmas and
a Happy New Year
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a Good Year
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Especially My “192” Tank Outfit
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a Merry Christmas and
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From Every Branch of Our Family Tree
Go Our Best Wishes to All.
We Hope it is a Season of Merriment
and Good Tidings to All.
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Best Wishes for a Happy,
Healthy Holiday Season.
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Happy Christmas Wishes
to Old and Dear Friends
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Merry Christmas and
Happy New Year
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Best Wishes for a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year
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Merry Christmas and
Happy New Year
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and Family
“Season’s Greetings.”
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Greetings and Warm Thoughts
for Christmas and the New Year
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Merry Christmas and
a Joyous New Year
P/N/C John Emerick
Happy Holidays to All
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A Truly Blessed Christmas
and a New Year
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May God Bless All
Our Friends in the A.D.B.C.
P/N/C Jim and Peggy Flaitz
Joe Filko
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Merry Christmas and
Enjoy the Christmas Season
“Keep Healthy”
Love,
Teresa Copley
Peg Frantz and Family
Wishing All Our Friends
a Very Happy Holiday
Christmas Greetings and
New Year Wishes to All the
Surviving 19th Base Squadron Men
In Memory of My Husband Joseph
Ruth Castor and Family
Merry Christmas and
a Happy New Year
Tom and Rose Calderone
Grace Brehm and Family
Christmas Greetings to
our Quan Members and a
Special “Hello” to Quan Members
Who are Master Mason
A Very Merry Christmas and
I Wish Each of You
a Blessed Christmas Season and
a Happy, Healthy 2005.
Love,
Risa Fragale and Family
May the “True Spirit of Christmas”
Bring You “Peace and Happiness”
Helen Gease
and a Healthy New Year
Lora Cummins
Enos Gould
“Happy, Healthy Holidays”
Merry Christmas and
a Happy New Year. God Bless.
Best Wishes for a Blessed Christmas
Ella Barna and Family
Ruby Chatham
Sue Gagnet
Walter L. Bell
Merry Christmas and
Best Wishes to All
Holiday Greetings
The Glusman Family
Phyllis Baltzer and Family
Season’s Greetings to
All the Philippine Notebook People
Virginia Gage
To All the A.D.B.C. Troops
“Happy Holidays”
To All A.D.B.C. Members
a Thankful Merry Christmas and
a Healthy, Happy New Year
Shelby and Doris Johnson
17th Ord. Co. Bataan
Dolly Goodrow
Merry Christmas and
a Happy New Year
A Blessed Christmas and
a Happy, Prosperous, Healthy
New Year to Our Fellow “Defenders”
and Their Families
Darlene and Bryon Kearhy
Walter and Helen Helkowski
of Our Friends of A.D.B.C.
Nick and Ann Hionedes
Mary Hank
“May Your Heart Overflow with
Joy and Love this Christmas”
Season’s Greetings to All
Ed Kluemyser
Merry Christmas and
May the New Year Bring
Good Health and Peace to All
Charlotte Long and Family
Wishing You
a Happy, Prosperous New Year
Kathie and P/N/C Ralph Levenberg
Merry Christmas to All and
“Enjoy Each Day of the New Year”
Shirley Matheny & Family
Our Best Wishes for
a Healthy New Year
Norma Mascavage and Family
Wishing All My Dear Friends
a Healthy New Year
Love,
Rose Marangiello
Season’s Greetings and Good Health
to All Members of A.D.B.C.
Lucy and P/N/C Omar McGuire
Our Good Wishes to All
for a Happy Holiday Season
and a Healthy New Year
Very Merry Christmas and
a Happy, Prosperous New Year
The John McCorts Family
Walter Lamm and Family
“God Bless”
Francis and Dorothy Mosher
It is “Joy” to Wish You
a Happy New Year
Love,
Elise Houser
Joseph and Ruth Nespojohn
Glasgow, KY 42141-1404
Dorothy Hassler
Merry Christmas and
Judith and Duane Heisinger
P/N/C Andy Miller
Season’s Greetings and
Best Wishes to all
Irene Minier
Merry Christmas —
Peace Throughout the World
in the New Year
“Mele Kalikimaka Hanoli
Makahihi Hou”
Catherine Hauser
John Moyer
Henrietta and P/N/C Edward
Jackfert
Bea Menozzi
Merry Christmas and
Happy New Year to All
Georgia Jordan
Merry Christmas and
Mary Jaggers and Family
Peg Miller
Season’s Greetings to
Kentuckianna Chapter Members and
All A.D.B.C. Members
Louise and Joe Mihok
Merry Christmas and
a Happy New Year to
All A.D.B.C. Members
Hilda Miller
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Merry Christmas and
Eva Neil
God Bless Everyone with
a Blessed Christmas and
a Happy New Year
Captain Mary J. Oberst -A.N.C.
Season’s Greetings and Good Health
to All of Our Friends in A.D.B.C.
Dorothy Oestreich
We Wish All Our Friends
John and Mary Oleksa
Merry Christmas and
Margaret Petak
Good Health and Happiness
in the Year 2005
Ted and Marvella Provost
Merry Christmas and
Merry Christmas and
Happy New Year to 803rd
Best Wishes for a Healthy New Year
Mr. and Mrs. Leo J. Padilla
Meda Rutz
Alice and P/N/C Joe Ward
Love, Good Health and
Season’s Greetings
Wishing All the Members of A.D.B.C.
a Happy New Year
Helen and P/N/C Hank Wilayto
Doris Perez and Family
Merry Christmas and
a Happy Year Year to All.
Dorothy Perry and Family
“Christmas Blessings and
a Healthy and Happy New Year”
Eleanor and Edward Pessolano
In Memory of
John S. Matulewicz (803 Eng.)
Peace and the Blessings of
Good Health and Joy at this
“Blessed Holy Season.”
Elizabeth M. Peace
Widow of David Peace Jr.
803rd Engineers Co. “C”
Very Best — Holy and
Happy Holiday Season
Dorothy Patrizio
Peace and Joy to All
Joyce and P/N/C Melvin Routt
Happy Holidays to
All Our Friends in A.D.B.C.
Merry Christmas and
Elsie Wheeler
Paul V. Rouse — Co. 803rd Eng.
Merry Christmas and
To All Our Ex P.O.W. Friends
a Blessed Christmas and Health and
Happiness Through the New Year
Wesley and Irene Wells
Commander Agapito E.
and Socorro Silva
Happy Holidays
Josie and Gil Soifer
Merry Christmas and
Dorothy Wells
Merry Christmas and
Happy 2005 to All
Genevieve and Milton Young
Our Prayer for All
a Blessed Christmas and
Peace for the New Year
P/N/C Al Senna
Merry Christmas to All
Holiday Greetings and
Best Wishes to All
Stella and John Yale
Co. C 31st Inf.
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Harold Spooner
Best Wishes to All
Jean Pruitt and Family
Praise the Lord for the Gift
of Salvation “This Christmas Day”
Fern L. Theriac
A Blessed Christmas 2004
to You and Yours
Audrey and Fr. Bob Phillips
Happy Holiday Season to
“All My Friends”
Janye Troy
Best Wishes for
a Happy Holiday Season
Bertha Ray
Happy-Healthy
Holiday Season
Camille Romanzo
We Wish All a
Very Merry Christmas and
the Happiest of New Year
Anna and Carl Ray
Holiday Greetings to
All Our Friends and the
Canadian Hong Kong P.O.W.
Pat Urban
a Peaceful, Healthy New Year to All
Helen and P/N/C Joe Vater
Healthy New Year to All
Irene Wonneman and Family
Best Wishes and
God Bless Everyone
Descendant’s Group
Meets in Orlando
The Descendant’s Group met for a
brunch May 7 in Orlando in conjunction
with the ADBC Convention. After an
excellent breakfast buffet, Duane
Heisinger spoke to the group bout doing
POW research. This was followed by a
question and answer time moderated by
John Lewis. All the members present exchanged ideas and tips about doing
research at the National Archives,
National Records Center, and other
places. The importance of doing this family research was emphasized. We were
especially honored to have several former
POWs in attendance. Remember: the
Descendant’s Group is an open group
that anyone with an interest in the Pacific
POW can join. We especially invite former
POWs and widows to join on the list serv.
To
join,
go
to
www.westpoint.org/family/japanesepow/ or send an
e-mail to John Lewis, [email protected]. Come join us!
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Nicki and Paul Reuter
P.N.C. Maurice Mazer
P.N.C. John E. LeClair
P.N.C. Elmer E. Long, Jr.
P.N.C. Charles Pruitt
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P.N.C. James K. Cavanaugh
P.N.C. John Rowland
P.N.C. John Koot
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P.N.C. Ken Stull
P.N.C. Tom Hackett
P.N.C. Ken Curley
P.N.C. Ber
P.N.C. Charles Bloskis
Hon. P.N.C. Austin Patrizio
Ben G
P.N.C. Harry Menozzi
rnard Grill
P.N.C. John Ray
P.N.C. Jerry McDavitt
P.N.C. Joseph Matheny
Guyton
P.N.C. George Wonneman
Rev. Albert W. Braun
P.N.C. Arthur A. Bressi
P.N.C. Joseph T. Poster
P.N.C. Frank Bigelow
Rev. Herman C. Baumann
Walter Foy
P.N.C. James Cantwell
Col. Ray O’Day
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The Chaplain’s Corner
“In God we Trust”
There was a time when it was assumed that America was a godly nation. That
assumption was the basis for a sign in a store window, poking fun at that assumption; it
read “In God we trust; all others pay cash”. Such humor expressed our confidence
in God’s protection for us. The words “In God we Trust” were emblazoned on the
halls of justice and on the coins of the realm of this nation. All aspects of our lives were
consigned to His trust and protection.
That was a few years ago; how things have changed!
It seems that America has taken too much for granted, never suspecting that our
root beliefs in God would come under attack. Ironically, that attack has come from
within our own ranks and we have let the attackers get the upper hand.
America’s success as the only superpower left in the world has opened the door
for secular thinking which says that we, the people, are so strong, so wise, so powerful
and so smart that we can manage the affairs of a superpower without God’s help. In
effect, the secular thought is that we no longer need God in our lives and in the life of
this nation; rather, that we can be our own gods.
When individual people think and behave this way we say that they have false
pride which is the prototype of all sin. When nations think and behave like this, history
has shown us, they tend to overstep the bounds of their capabilities and responsibilities. The history of the nation Israel teaches us that such nations were riding for a fall.
I think that our core beliefs in God as our protector, provider and redeemer have
been eroded so slowly that we hardly realize it has even happened. Complacency has
bred laxity.
Only when some radical individual or group mounts a campaign for forbidding
prayer or to eliminate God’s name in some public place, do most of us realize that we
are under attack. The ultimate goal is to pass laws which would classify the use of
God’s name as a hate crime.
I submit that, unless we want America to become a secular, “God-free” nation we
must aggressively oppose those who would deny that we are “One nation, under God,
with Liberty and Justice for all”. Our birthright is to be people of God and, if we treasure
that, we must defend it against the enemy within.
This is a time in American history that will define our history forever; only by trusting in God will we survive and thrive.
In His service,
Fr. Bob Phillips SSC +
National Chaplain and Web Site Chairman
American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor, Inc.
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Kenneth Witfackender
7732 Navarre Pky. Apt. 222
Navarre, FL 32566-7591
Mr. William R. Penninger
P.O. Box 136012
Springtown, TX 76082
Msgt. Hal T. Leber, Ret.
2126 Mitchell
Clovis, CA 93611-3135
Tom A. Quiocho Sr.
5015 Shalibar Cir.
Fremont, CA 94555-2781
Edward F. Martel
1533 15th Circle
Kenosha, WI 53140
Clarence Slayton, Sr.
Rt. #1 Box 236
Saline, LA 70170-9801
Laurent L. Martel
218 French Street
Bangor, ME 04401-5013
William F. Steinbrecker
62 S. Carr Street
Lakewood, CO 80226-1364
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Ken Myers
22701 N1-17 C-22
Phoenix, AZ 85027
Carlos McDermott
PO Box 537
San Diego, TX 78384-0537
Robert McGetchin
14622 Quail Haven Lane
El Cajon, CA 92019-2901
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New Information
Father Bob reports a new address at
1620 Mayflower Court A-418, Winter
Park, FL 32792.
He has the same fax, e-mail, hospital,
bank and church.
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HEALTH REPORT:
Improving Treatment for Depression in Primary Care
By current estimates, depression is
the second most prevalent illness in
VA healthcare settings — approximately 7% of VA patients meet criteria for major depression, and veterans with depression account for
14.3% of total VA healthcare costs.1
Although there is substantial evidence that collaborative care models
can significantly improve treatment
and outcomes for primary care
patients with depression, 2-6 these
models have not yet been implemented nationally across the VA or
any other large healthcare system.
Collaborative care for depression is
consistent with the chronic illness
care model7 and involves an integrated collection of quality improvement
strategies and tools, including:
• Patient self-management support,
• Clinician education and decision
support,
• Care management, and
• Active collaboration between primary care and mental health
specialists.
National implementation of a complex treatment model like collaborative care will require considerable
system resources, but the VA may be
particularly well-suited to respond to
this challenge through its ability to
provide computerized decision support, performance measurement,
employee education, and other necessary resources to support and sustain system-wide implementation.
A recent Mental Health QUERI
project titled ‘Translating Initiatives
for Depression into Effective
Solutions (TIDES)’ implemented collaborative care models for depression in a limited number of primary
care practices located across three
Veterans Integrated Service
Networks (VISNs 10, 16 and 23).
TIDES investigators used an innovative evidence-based quality improvement (EBQI) process to facilitate collaboration among researchers, network administrative leaders, and clinicians to adapt evidence-based
depression collaborative care models
for implementation across diverse VA
settings. The EBQI process allows
the implementation of collaborative
care to be tailored to the desires and
preferences of network leaders, while
remaining faithful to the evidence
base or model design. Results to
date have shown that TIDES collaborative care enables about 80% of
depressed patients to be treated
effectively in primary care, producing
substantial improvements in patient
treatment compliance, depression
symptoms, and functioning.
Moving Toward National
Implementation
To capitalize upon TIDES successes and maintain forward momentum
toward national implementation, a
new 3-year research initiative titled
‘Expanding and Testing VA
Collaborative Care Models for
Depression’ was recently funded by
HSR&D. The project, also referred to
as ‘Regional TIDES Spread
(ReTIDES),’ will utilize a quasi-experimental research design to address
the following goals:
• Spread TIDES collaborative care
to second-generation clinics in
three VA networks that participated in the original TIDES project, and to additional clinics in a
VA network (VISN 22) that did
not participate.
• Prepare for national VA implementation of TIDES collaborative
care.
In ReTIDES, investigators and project collaborators will work to create
bottom-up and top-down demand for
improved depression care, while
simultaneously working to create the
conditions under which the collaborative care model can continue to flourish in routine practice into the future
(e.g., an ongoing clinical/research
partnership will be critical to ensure
long-term sustainability). At the conclusion of ReTIDES, investigators will
understand the extent to which a
national implementation package for
depression collaborative care can be
developed through a clinical/research
partnership that is attractive to stakeholders, can be economically spread,
has a positive impact on clinicians
and patients, and responds to preferences and priorities of national VA
leaders. ReTIDES will also produce
valuable practical and scientific
knowledge about how evidencebased clinical practices can be
broadly implemented and sustained
across large, integrated healthcare
systems.
Lisa V. Rubenstein, MD, MSPH
Edmund F. Chaney, PhD
Jeffrey L. Smith, PhD Candidate
References
1 Yu W, Ravelo A, Wagner TH,
Phibbs CS, et al. Prevalence and
costs of chronic conditions in the
VA health care system. Medical
Care Research and Review 2003;
60(3):146S-147S.
2 Gilbody S, Whitty P, Grimshaw J,
Thomas R. Educational and organizational interventions to improve
the management of depression in
primary care. 2003; JAMA ;
289(23):3145-3151.
3 Pignone MP, Gaynes BN, Rushton
JL, et al. Screening for depression
in adults: A summary of the evidence for the U.S. Preventive
Services Task Force. Ann Intern
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4 Hedrick SC, Chaney EF, Felker B,
Liu CF, et al. Effectiveness of collaborative care depression treatment in Veterans Affairs primary
care. J Gen Intern Med 2003;
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5 Unutzer J, Katon W, Calahan CM,
et al. Collaborative care management of late-life depression in the
primary care setting: A randomized
trial. JAMA 2002; 228(22):28362845.
6 Liu CF, hedrick SC, Chaney EF,
Heagerty P, et al. Cost-effectiveness of collaborative care for
depression in a primary care veteran population. Psychiatr Serv
2003; 54(5):698-704.
7 Wagner EH, Glasgow RE, Davis
C, et al. quality improvement in
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Journal on Quality Improvement
2001; 27(2):63-80.
~ Deceased ~
Ponciano Abiles
Dear Sir,
Just wanted to let you know Ponciano
Abiles passed away a few months back.
Thank you very kindly.
Sincerely,
Mrs. M.B. Abiles
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Albert L. Allen Jr.
MANSFIELD — Albert L. Allen Jr., 84,
of Woodland Road, died Saturday, Aug.
14, 2004, in MedCentral/Mansfield
Hospital.
He was born February 26, 1920 in
Mansfield to Albert L. “Cap,” Sr. and
Beulah B. Allen, and was graduated from
Mansfield Senior High School in 1938.
After two years of college, Albert volunteered for the US Army on January 29,
1941, and was assigned Company C.
192nd Tank Battalion, Fort Knox,
Kentucky. His battalion was deployed to
the Philippine Islands, arriving in
November of 1941.
Surviving the infamous Bataan Death
March, Albert spent 3 years as a POW on
various details in the Philippines and
Mukden, Manchuria. He was liberated by
the Russians in August of 1945.
Honorably discharged in April of 1946
as a Staff Sergeant, Albert was awarded
the Silver Star, three Bronze Stars, three
Purple Hearts, three Presidential Citations, and numerous campaign medals.
On July 13, 1946 he married Nancy
(Cox) Allen, who survives.
Following WWII, He returned to college,
and earned his Bachelor’s Degree from
the College of Wooster in 1948. That year
he founded A.L. Allen Insurance Agency,
and in 1980 merged with the Lloyd Young
Agency, before his retirement in 1985.
Shortly after active duty, he joined the
U.S. Army Reserve and served 24 years.
He retired in 1973 as Lieutenant Colonel.
What he could do for his fellow veteran
and country was his purpose in life. Albert
had been an active member and supporter of many veterans’ organizations in the
Mansfield area. He was a life member of
Earl D. McVey American Legion Post
#16, Alfred I. Harrington Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post #3494, AMVETS Post
#26, DAV, Order of the Purple Heart,
American Defenders of Bataan and
Corregidor, American Ex-Prisoners of
War and Reserve Officers Association.
He was also a member of the 40et8 and
Mansfield Community Memorial and
Patriotic Association.
In 1973 Albert was appointed as a
trustee of the Mansfield Soldiers and
Sailors Memorial Building, and devoted
years of his attention, nearly full-time
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since his retirement, to assist the restoration and renovation of the 100+ year-old
building.
As a former Commissioner of the Richland County Veterans Service Commission, service and assistance for the local
veterans were his main goals.
Albert was Past President of the
Mansfield Insurance Board, Mansfield
University Club and Richland County
Reserve Officers Association. He was a
former member of Holy Trinity Lutheran
Church and First Presbyterian Church,
and a former member of Mansfield Rotary
Club.
In 1971 he received the Mansfield
Rotary Club’s Citation “Man of the Hour”
for his distinguished service as chairman
of “Project Humanity” and his years as
chairman of the Military Affairs Council of
the Mansfield Area Chamber of Commerce and Vice Commander of the Richland County Joint Veterans Council.
Albert was inducted in the Ohio
Veterans Hall of Fame in 1997, and in
2004 he was inducted into The Ohio
Military Hall of Fame.
Nearly every veterans organization in
Richland County had been touched by his
support, as had the community in general,
as Albert had exhibited loyalty and dedication coordinating annual Veterans Day
parades and ceremonies for nearly 40
years. To that end, the Richland County
Veterans Service Center has been
renamed The Lt. Colonel Albert L. Allen
Veterans Service Center, in his honor.
In addition to his wife of 58 years, he is
survived by his son and daughter-in-law
Thomas S. and Mary Louise Allen; his
daughter and son-in-law Suzanne E. and
gordon Griggs; five grandchildren: Robb
Allen and Ryan Allen and Marianna and
Brant Griggs and Roland Griggs; three
sisters-in-law, Carolyn Colby, Mary
Slabaugh and Emily Beard Herrick; and
numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and
friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents and an infant son.
The family did receive friends Tuesday,
August 17, 2004 from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. in
the Lexington Avenue Snyder Funeral
Home, where the funeral service was held
on Wednesday at 11 a.m.
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Carl Mydans
By Adam Bernstein
The Washington Post
Carl Mydans, who died of a heart ailment Monday at his home in Larchmont,
N.Y., was one of the most celebrated war
photographers and roaming journalists of
the past century. He often worked in tandem with his wife, the writer Shelley
Smith Mydans. He was 97.
Mr. Mydans was the fifth photographer
hired by the fledgling Life magazine in
1936. The weekly publication became
known as a bastion of pictorial journalism,
its photo team chronicling Depression
misery, wartime tragedy, and home front
sacrifice and gaiety.
Marianne Fulton, the former chief curator at the George Eastman House photography collection in Rochester, N.Y., once
wrote that Mydans’ interpreted scenes for
maximum strength. “That is what sets
Mydans apart from other photographers,”
she wrote. “It reiterates his command of
telling gesture and powerful arrangement.”
With his wife — and a jacknife, a poncho, a canteen, a cup, a spoon and a helmet — Mr. Mydans hopscotched throughout the South Pacific during World War II
for Life, taking pictures and filling notebooks with his observations.
Staying behind after Allied forces
retreated in the Philippines, the Mydanses
were imprisoned by the Japanese for 22
months. Mr. Mydans later felt triumphant
as he accompanied Gen. Douglas
MacArthur on his famous promise to liberate the islands from Axis control.
On Jan. 9, 1945, he photographed
MacArthur as he waded ashore on his
return to Luzon in the Philippines.
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Robert R. Craig
ELKHART — Robert Richard “Bob”
Craig, 81, of 1537 Moyer Ave., died
Monday (July 12, 2004) at his home after
an extended illness.
He was born May 17, 1923, in Nampa,
Idaho, to Hiram D. and Sena (Zuiderduin)
Craig. He married Martha C. Hoogendorn
on July 26, 1975, in Elkhart.
She survives, along with three daughters, Tammie Blevins, Andrea (Charles)
Reich, Mary (Joseph) Froelich; one son,
Jim (Bonnie) DeKoster; 15 grandchildren;
and 16 great-grandchildren; two sisters,
Jennie Harmon and Dorothy Bright.
He was preceded in death by one son,
Michael Purdy, one daughter, Louisa
Tincher, a brother, and two sisters.
Friends called from 5 to 8 p.m.
Thursday at Belmond Mennonite Church,
925 Oxford St., Elkhart, where the memorial was at 10 a.m. Friday. The Rev.
Duane Beck officiated. A graveside service followed in the veterans’ section of
Prairie Street Cemetery, by Elkhart’s DAV
19 and the U.S. Army Military Honor
Guard Detail.
Mr. Craig enlisted in the U.S. Army at
17 years old under an assumed age. He
was in the 60th Coastal Watch AntiAircraft Battery in Bataan, the Philippines.
After the fall of the Corregidor in 1942, he
was captured by Japanese forces and
held prisoner in the Philippines in different
locations, including the prison camp at
Cabanatuan. He spent three years as a
POW, and then served as a gunnery
sergeant with the Army in Korea. He took
part in top secret atomic military testing
and received four Bronze Stars, a Silver
Star, and a Purple Heart for wounds
received as a prisoner.
He worked at Elkhart Bridge and Iron
Works as a welder until he retired in the
early 1990s. He attended Belmont
Mennonite Church, and he enjoyed amateur geology, crafting homemade jewelry,
photography, traveling, and attending military reunions. He was a member of the
Elkhart DAV 19, Elkhart Post of the VFW,
and American Legion, the Michiana ExPOW Association, The Under-Aged Veterans of America, The American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor, and
the Atomic Veterans Association.
Memorials may be given to the church.
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Clarence Daubenspeck
NASHVILLE, TN — Clarence “Sarge”
Daubenspeck, U.S. Air Force Ret. died on
December 13, 2003 at the age of 84. He
was a member of Arlington United
Methodist Church. He is survived by his
wife, Mary A. (Butch) Daubenspeck;
daughters, Melody Ballard and Shawn
Hall; 5 grandchildren, David Ballard, Chris
Ballard, Robin Ballard, Heather ReynoldsO’Loughlin, Holland Newton; 8 great
grandchildren; many nieces and
nephews. Funeral services were conducted at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, December 16,
2003 in Arlington United Methodist
Church with Dr. Edward Britt, Rev.
George K. Jones and Rev. John Williams
officiating. Pallbearers are grandsons and
nephews. Honorary Pallbearers: Susie
Mitchell Sunday School Class and Middle
Tennessee Chapter Ex Prisoners of war.
He was also a member of Post 5
American Legion. Burial was at 11 a.m. in
Middle Tennessee Veterans Cemetery.
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J. Roland Gagnon
Joseph Roland Gagnon, 87, of Nashua,
NH died on July 20 from congestive heart
failure at the Northwood Harborside
Healthcare in Bedford, NH surrounded by
his children.
Roland was born May 28, 1917 in
Nashua, NH. A lifelong resident of
Nashua, Roland joined the Army Air Corp
during World War II and was a member of
the 30th Light Maintenance Quarter
Master Battalions. He was captured in the
Philippine Islands and survived the Death
March of Bataan. He was a prisoner in
Japan Camp B (11 months), Cabanatuan
(14 months), Lespinos (13 months) and
Formosa (3 months). He was sent on the
“Hell Ships” to Japan. During the trip, he
was thought to be dead, brought up from
the hold and almost thrown into the
ocean. But the rain revived him and he
was tossed back into the hold. He was
forced to work for the Japanese in the
zinc mines and dropped from a weight of
220 to 65 lbs. He prayed a lot and vowed
to return to his family.
Roland was awarded the Philippine
Defense Ribbon with Bronze Star,
American Defense Service Medal,
American Theater Campaign Ribbon,
Atlantic Pacific Theater Campaign Ribbon
and the Victory Medal. In 1984, he was
awarded the Bronze Star for the actions
during Bataan.
After the war, Roland met and married
Yolande Arguin on May 18, 1946 and
raised 4 children. Both were very active
with the VFW and the American
Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor.
Roland always read The Quan.
His wife, Yolande passed away on
August 15, less than 4 weeks after
Roland died. They were an extremely
close couple and their health declined at
the same time. They are both together
again. Survivors include four children,
Richard Gagnon, Suzanne Swabowicz,
Carmelle Fair, and Jacqueline LaBelle.
One brother, four sisters, eight grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and
many nephews and nieces.
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Edward Lewis Hill
Edward Lewis Hill, 85, of Cape Henry
Ave., Norfolk, VA, died Thursday, August
19, 2004. His wife of 55 years, Alice
Cutchins Hill and their son, Donald E. Hill
Sr., predeceased him. Ed was a member
of Ferebee-Halstead U.M.C. for over forty
years. Born in Southampton Co., VA, on
Jul 29, 1919 to the late Willie Hill and
Rosa Virginia Butt Hill, he was the
youngest and last survivor of nine siblings. Ed served his country with honor
and distinction during and after World
War II. Serving in the Asiatic Pacific
Theater with the U.S. Army, he was taken
prisoner by the enemy at the fall of
Corregidor in May 1942. Ed finished his
career with the U.S. Air Force, and retired
in 1962 with over twenty years total military service. During his career, he
received many distinguished honors,
among them the Philippine Defense
Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster; Purple
Heart; Army Distinguished Service Cross.
After retiring from active military service,
Ed worked in Federal Civil Service as a
Military Policeman, and was a member of
the Fraternal Order of Police. He was also
an active member in the VFW, American
Legion, Disabled American Veterans
Chapter 4, American Defenders of Bataan
and Corregidor, Retired Sergeants Asso-
ciation, and the Hampton Roads Chapter
of American Ex P.O.W.’s. No one held
more importance in his life than his family,
and he loved spending time with them
most of all. His survivors include his
daughter, Gloria Spain; two sons, Freddie
Hill and his wife, Dora, Michael Hill and
his wife, Nancy; eight grandchildren, and
five great-grandchildren, Jerely Hill,
Chrystal Hill, Douglas Hill, Katelyn Hill,
Kendall Moore. A service of remembrance was held at 2 p.m. in the chapel
of Woodlawn Funeral Home and
Crematory, the Rev. Lawrence Stevens
presiding. Burial with full military honors in
Woodlawn Memorial Gardens followed. A
reception was held at the funeral home
after the graveside committal. The family
received friends at the funeral home from
7 to 9 p.m. on Saturday evening.
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Sgt. Leo Peter Juro
Leo Peter Juro, 87, passed away
Tuesday, August 3, 2004. Mr. Juro was
born May 30, 1917 in Phillipsburg,
Montana to Peter Jurovich and Bell
Sullivan, his parents.
A postal employee for 42 years in
Jacksonville, FL where he worked until
his retirement October 1985, he belonged
to Assumption Catholic Church where he
was active for 48 years. He coached
baseball and basketball for the church a
number of years. He loved sports, especially going to college football games and
every Sunday to the NFL Jaguars’
games.
Leo was on dialysis for 12 years until
his death.
A veteran of World War II, he enlisted
in the US Army on October 8, 1939 in
San Diego, CA. He was shipped out to
the Philippine Islands where he trained as
a sharpshooter 03 rifle 12. In April 1942
his ship that he was on was bombed near
Corregidor. He survived the Death March
of Bataan. He was held prisoner of war
for almost 4 years at Camp O’Donnell,
Cabanatuan, Yoka Gama, and Nielson
Field, Manila. He was then shipped to
Formosa to the big island of Japan where
he was tortured, starved and went
through enslaved labor until the end of
the war.
He was in the hospital for six months
recovering from beriberi, malnutrition, and
yellow jaundice and small pox, along with
depression.
He was discharged April 1946 and
returned to his home in Los Angeles, CA
to be with his grandmother and sister.
In 1948 he went to New York City
where he met and married Marie Rahaim
of Jacksonville, FL. In June of 1949 they
moved to Jacksonville, FL, where he
started his career with the post office and
they started their family.
His military decorations include:
Distinguished Service Medal, Oakleaf
Cluster Bronze Large, Good Conduct
Medal, American Defense Service Medal,
Bronze Star Attachment, American
Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal,
Combat Infantryman Badge 1st Award,
Philippine Defense Ribbon, Lapel Button
for NOK of Deceased Personnel, POW
Medal.
US Congresswoman Corinne Brown is
working on getting Sgt. Juro the
Congressional Medal of Honor.
He was a member of the American
Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor,
American Ex-Prisoners of War, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, Disabled American
Veterans.
Leo will always be remembered as a
mild and compassionate man. Leo was
always our hero.
He was officially recognized in
December 2003 at the VA ceremony by
the Honorable Corinne Brown, US
Congresswoman.
Leo is survived by his wife of 55 years,
Marie Rahaim Juro, 2 sons, Ken and
Greg (Marsha) Juro and 2 grandchildren,
Suzanne and Tim Juro.
A service was held in Jacksonville, FL
at Evergreen Cemetery with full military
honors on Saturday, August 7, 2004 at 2
p.m.
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Harry L. Nytra
Harry was born in Ambridge, PA, 1015-15 and lived in Pittsburgh, PA. He died
on Sunday, May 30, 2004 at the age of
88, in the Veterans Hospital in Aspinwall,
PA.
He was buried at Arlington National
Cemetery on June 15, 2004.
Harry enlisted in the US Army in 1935,
serving at Fort Meade, Maryland, Fort
Lewis, Washington and then sent to the
Philippines.
He was a Staff Sgt. when the US
entered into WWII on Dec. 7, 1941. He
was taken captive at Corregidor on May
6, 1942.
After being imprisoned at Fukuoka,
Japan, and Cabanatuan, Bilibid, he was
transported by ship to work in the coal
mines (slave labor). He was a prisoner of
war for 40 months.
Harry was released from the Army in
1946 and found work in a chemical company for 31 years as a millwright. He
always suffered from post traumatic
stress syndrome, and never forgot his
prison days.
He is survived by his wife Dolores (56
years), daughter Lorraine and two sons,
Harry D. and Timothy.
May he rest in peace.
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Earl Grover McAlister
Dr. Wallace R. Phillips
Earl Grover McAlister was born in the
Roseburg, OR area on July 7, 1920 and
passed away at the Veterans Hospital in
Roseburg, OR on July 7, 2002 on his
82nd birthday.
He was a disabled American veteran
having suffered from various illnesses
and shrapnel wounds as a result of his
time in the service. He started out in the
Army/Air Force. Then when they split he
served in the Army.
He was a veteran of both World War II
and the Korean War. He was a survivor of
the Bataan Death March and the
Japanese forced labor camps for approximately 31⁄2 years, having been forced to
work in the Japanese Steel Mills. He was
a victim of torture and starvation even
while suffering from shrapnel wounds to
his back, resulting in numerous health
problems that had him in and out of veterans clinics and hospitals for many years.
He fathered nine children and had numerous grandchildren. He owned and operated Mac’s Auto and Salvage in Ulm,
Montana until his retirement at which time
he returned to Oregon where he was born
and wanted to be when his time on earth
ended.
Now his time is over as is his suffering.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Grover E. McAlister
(Daughter-in-Law)
Dr. Wallace R. (“Doc” or “Dub”) Phillips
passed away on July 14, 2004 at
Rehoboth Christian Hospital in Gallup,
New Mexico after a lengthy illness.
Survivors include his mother, Nola Mae
Ochenrider; aunt Thelma Brown; wife
Marcella and his children: Laurence (and
Jane; granddaughters Megan and Erin);
Nicholas (and Michelle; grandson Derek);
and Mary K (granddaughter Jacque).
Known as “Doc,” “Wally” and “Dub”
(short for “W.R.”) to his friends and of
course, “Dad” and “Grandpa” to his family; he was born in Carlsbad, New Mexico
on August 27, 1921 and grew up in
Artesia, New Mexico. He attended Artesia
High School and played for the Artesia
Bulldogs football team as place kicker.
After graduating from high school in 1940,
he joined the U.S. National Guard and
served with the 200th Coastal Artillery
stationed at Clark Field in the Philippines
before the war started. Doc spent more
than three years as a Prisoner of War
after the Philippines fell to the Japanese.
He received a Bronze Star and a Purple
Heart as well as the Presidential Unit
Citation with three oak leaf clusters
awarded to the 200th CA.
After the war he returned home and
attended the university of New Mexico for
his B.S. degree and went on to Creighton
University (in Omaha, NE) where he completed a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree,
finishing number one in his class. Upon
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graduation he moved to Gallup, New
Mexico where he practiced dentistry for
nearly thirty-five years. Doc pursued a
lifelong wish to fly and soloed in August of
1985. He was a Colonel in the Confederate Air Force and loved planes and flying. He shared his interests in cars,
planes, tanks, guns, trains, toys, steam
engines, antiques, art, music and the outdoors with his friends, children and grandchildren. Doc was interred in the Santa Fe
National Cemetery.
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Rev. Ernest O. Norquist
In loving memory of Rev. Ernest O.
Norquist, born on October 14, 1919, died
on March 9, 2004. Services were held on
March 13, 2004 at 2 p.m. at Trinity
Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Krista
Kiger officiating. Rev. Norquist was
interred in Forest Home Cemetery.
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Lester James Raymond
PLAINS — Lester James “Les”
Raymond, 92, of Plains, passed away
Friday, July 23, 2004 at his home by Dog
Lake.
He was born July 13, 1922, in Ronan,
the son of James and Agnes (Morigeau)
Raymond. Les joined the military was a
young man, but little did he know the
experiences he would face.
He entered the Army Air Corps at
Missoula on Oct. 10, 1940. A veteran of
World War II, he was captured by enemy
forces during combat and held a prisoner
of war for 31⁄2 years. Following our country’s victory, Les was released and honorably discharged at Fort Lewis, Wash., on
March 31, 1946. Later in his life, he would
be rewarded with a Bronze Star as well
as a Purple Heart for his efforts in serving
our country.
He is survived by his loving wife of 55plus years, Ila Mae; a daughter and his
special caregiver, Patricia; two sons,
James (and wife Sandy) and Steve (and
wife Jennifer); five grandchildren, Jimmy,
Julie, Steven, Bailey and Mitchell; and
two great-grandchildren, Shania and
Christopher.
Public viewing did take place at 10 a.m.
Saturday, July 31, at the Bunch-Toews
Chapel in Plains.
A memorial graveside service was held
at 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 2, at Plains
Cemetery.
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Peter N. Retterath
Peter Nicholas Retterath was born
January 19, 1916 the son of John and
Magdalena (Becker) Retterath at the
home on the family farm in Duerr
Township, Richland County, Southeast of
Lidgerwood, ND. He attended rural school
and St. Boniface Catholic Grade School.
As a young man, he worked for Pete
Haas at International Harvester, a local
hardware store, and with his cousin,
Lawrence Miller, cutting up iron for prewar recycling. Pete was the first draftee
from Richland County for war service. He
entered the Army on May 6, 1941 and
joined the 803rd Aviation Engineer
Battalion fighting in Manila, Bataan, and
Corregidor, in the Philippines. During his
service he was awarded two Purple
Hearts and a Bronze Star. Pete was captured by the Japanese and was a prisoner
of war in Corregidor and the Bilibid Prison
until his release on February 4, 1945. At
that time, he was transferred to Schick
General Hospital in Clinton, IA. Pete was
honorably discharged in September 1945.
Pete and Betty moved to Lidgerwood.
Pete was a lifelong member of St.
Boniface Catholic Church. He farmed and
he and his brother, Matthew, operated an
auto electric repair shop in Lidgerwood,
from 1948 until he was appointed
Postmaster of Lidgerwood, in 1951. He
served as Postmaster until his retirement
in1974. Pete enjoyed volunteer work with
the 3rd and 4th degree Knights of
Columbus and the League of
Postmasters. He was a lifetime member
of the Lidgerwood Volunteer Fire Department, the American Legion, the EX-POW
group, the American Defenders of
Bataan/Corregidor and the Disabled
American Veterans. As a member of the
Lidgerwood Chamber of Commerce, Pete
was part of the group instrumental in
building the swimming pool, golf course
and Retirement Home. He was a lifetime
Member of the Rollag Steam Threshers
Reunion and a volunteer at the Pima Air
Museum, Tucson, AZ for over 25 years.
Pete’s hobbies included fixing things
when others gave up, building, and
inventing solutions to mechanical problems. Pete died, surrounded by his 2004
under Hospice Palliative Care at the
Veterans Administration Transitional Care
Unit at Fargo, ND. Pete is survived by his
wife, Betty and five children: John
(Wendy) Retterath, Judith (Darnell)
Lundstrom, Kathleen (Peter) Erickson,
Patrick (Cheryl) Retterath, and Jean
(Robert) Bush; 12 grandchildren. He was
preceded in death by his parents and
three brothers: Matthew, Paul and John.
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Melvin Earle Thomas
Melvin Earle Thomas, 83, of Prince
Frederick, died June 15, 2004, at
Somerford Place, Annapolis.
Melvin enlisted in the U.S. Army prior to
WWII, and was working with the “new”
invention of radar. He was assigned to
the Philippines where he was taken prisoner by the Japanese at the fall of
Bataan. He was in the Death March and
held prisoner in various camps for the
remainder of the war. On July 3, 1996, he
received his medals including the purple
heart at a special ceremony in front of the
Calvert County Courthouse.
After his honorable discharge from the
U.S. Army, he went to work for the Naval
Research Laboratory (NRL) at Randle
Cliffs. He continued his work with various
tracking systems. During this time Melvin
was active in the American Red Cross,
PTAs, and served on the Board of
Education of Calvert County. He was also
active in church and other community
groups.
After his retirement from NRL, Melvin
and his wife, Betty, ran and owned the
Living Waters Christian Bookstore in
Prince Frederick. During this time, he
enjoyed driving for Meals on Wheels,
serving on the Commission on Aging and
driving a school bus for the county
schools.
During his second marriage, he and his
wife, Dona Rae, enjoyed traveling and
spending time with their children and
grandchildren.
His first wife was the late Elizabeth
Bowen Thomas. Survivors include his
second wife, Dona Rae Thomas; daughter, Wanda King; son, Franklin “Frank”
Thomas; four grandchildren, Michelle
Bandy, Christine Blocksidge, Thomas
Clancy III and Kathleen Clancy; two
great-grandchildren, R. Christopher
Bandy and Charles Blocksidge III; brothers, Harold and Wayne Thomas; five
stepdaughters, Karen Mohler, Kathy
Holian, Kim Moulton, Kristin Ritchie and
Karol Bannon; and 15 step-grandchildren.
In addition to his first wife, he was also
predeceased by one son, Kevin Thomas;
and one brother, Floyd Thomas.
Funeral services were held June 18,
2004, at Rausch Funeral Home, Owings.
Interment was at Huntingtown United
Methodist Church Cemetery.
Officiating ministers were the Rev.
David Mohler and Dr. Richard Roper.
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James John Rubard
James John Rubard died July 23, 2001
at Charlestown, Catonsville, Maryland. He
was born on October 13, 1919 to John I.
Rubard and Emma Rubard. After graduating from high school and business school,
he joined the United States Army in 1939.
In December 1941, he was assigned to
the intelligence staff of General
MacArthur in the Philippines and was
subsequently captured by the Japanese
in May 1942 in the fall of Corregidor. He
was a prisoner of war from May 1942 until
August 1945. He served with the Army
Intelligence Corps from 1945 until 1962,
and was assigned to Oak Ridge,
Tennessee, Japan, and Germany. He
was an instructor in the Army Intelligence
Schools at Fort Holabird, Maryland and
Oberammergau, Germany. He retired as
a Major in 1962 while serving on the staff
of the Assistant Chief of Staff for
Intelligence at the Pentagon. He was subsequently employed with the National
Security Agency from 1962 through 1974.
He received numerous medals and commendations for his military and federal
service. A long-time resident of Severna
Park, Maryland, he is survived by his children, Gary Rubard and Mark Rubard,
Virginia, and three grandchildren. He was
married for 51 years to Eleanor L.
Rubard, who passed away in August
2000. His interment occurred on
Thursday, August 9, 2001 at 11 a.m. at
Arlington National Cemetery.
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Jerry E. Young
Jerry E. Young passed away June 22,
2004.
Jerry will always be remembered as
someone who smiled easily and cared for
others passionately. He had a sense of
humor that seemed to help him accept
and tolerate the ups and downs of life
with such dignity. He was a wonderful
husband, father, grandfather and friend.
He touched so many people in his 84
years and gave those who knew him
many great memories.
He was born Dec. 31, 1919, to Rosalie
and Jeremiah Ellon Young in Wakefield,
Mass. He moved to Ventura at the age of
10. After enlisting in the United States Air
corps and serving in the Philippines, he
became a prisoner of war in Japan in
1941. Thankfully after three and one-half
years, he was released and came home.
He then found the first love of his life,
Helen Banthrum. He had 53 years with
his wife, Helen, who preceded him in
death. Together, they had their son,
Chuck. Jerry also enjoyed his career as a
machinist at Shell Chemical and Procter
& Gamble until he retired. He continued to
challenge his mind to learn and create.
The twinkle in his eye returned when
Jerry found his new love, Elma Benzien.
In the two years they were married, they
shared so many happy times together.
Elma brought Jerry new family, friends
and experiences. They laughed, danced
and traveled together. She was the apple
of his eye and brought him so much happiness.
His family brought him great joy and
pride. He is missed dearly by his wife
Elma Benzien; son, Chuck Young and his
wife, Anna; grandchildren, Tyler and
Kelsey; sister, Rosalie Ross, and her children, Bob and Sue Ross and Christy
Hernaez, and their children, Rebecca and
Samantha Ross and Ben Hernaez;
nephews, Larry and his wife Karla, Mike
Zervos, and Charlie and Raymond
Young; and his new family by marriage,
Dena Mercer, Bob and Arlene Benzien,
and their families.
Cincinnati
Continued from Page 3
largest, most significant historic district —
Over-the-Rhine. Main Street, one of the
historic neighborhood’s main thoroughfares, typifies its collection of commercial,
residential, religious and civic architecture, one of America’s largest surviving
A graveside memorial was held at 11
a.m. Saturday, June 26, at Ivy Lawn
Memorial Park in the Tranquility Garden.
A celebration of Jerry’s life followed.
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Roland G. Zweber
Roland G. Zweber, age 84, of Crystal,
died in August 2004. He is survived by his
wife Doris; daughters Corinne (Dewey)
Downham and Deborah Zweber-Schmidt
(Walt); son William Zweber; grandchildren
Pam, Tonya and Anita Christenson; sister
Leona Laverty. Roland was a member of
the DAV, a Japanese POW in WWII, a
survivor of the Bataan Death March, a
recipient of the Bronze Star, the Purple
Heart and 3 Presidential Citations. He
was retired after 30 years of accounting
with the Mpls. Post Office, and a long
time member of Sacred Heart Church. He
enjoyed golfing with his friends. He was in
Hqt. Co., 194th Tank Bn.
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examples of an urban, 19th century community. Rows of three- to five-story brick
buildings, many with storefronts, characterize the streetscape. While Italianate
architecture dominates the district, you’ll
also see Federal, Greek Revival, Second
Empire, Queen Anne and Renaissance
Revival examples throughout Over-theRhine.
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Men Reported Deceased, No Details
Anthony Czerwien
4023 Arthur Avenue
Brookfield, IL 60513-1928
Omar L. Shuffett
202 Tyne Road
Louisville, KY 40207-3444
Salomon L. Diaz
708 South 8th
Gallup, NM 87301-6528
Rufus E. Whiteman
P.O. box 336
Gallup, N. Mex. 87305-0336
Leland E. Mitchell
PO Box 578
Kearney, NE 68848-0578
Col. James. T. Fite
42314 Brentwood Drive
Plymouth, MI 48170-2535
Thomas R. Thompson
8636 W. Fairway Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70809-1309
George Henshaw
900 Oak Ave.
Orangevale, CA 95662
Joseph W. Seiber
209 East Houston
Llano, TX 78643-1319
R/Adm. John L. McKnight, Jr.
4423 Conde Place
San Diego, CA 92103-1034
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2005 National Convention
April 5-10, 2005
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New Stroke QUERI Continued from Page 7
• Assess the treatment patterns for patients diagnosed with PSD; and
• Analyze the compliance to evidence-based antidepressant treatment in veterans
with stroke.
Ultimately, the goal is to develop a multidisciplinary implementation strategy to
improve the screening, diagnosis, and appropriate treatment of PSD.
A long-term goal of Stroke QUERI is to expand the scope of the research portfolio
to include other secondary prevention measures and early phases of stroke care.
The Stroke QUERI was established this Spring with leadership from Pamela Duncan,
PhD, FAPTA (Research Coordinator) in Gainesville, Florida and Linda S. Williams, MD
(Clinical Coordinator) in Indianapolis, Indiana, in collaboration with a national network of
investigators, clinicians, decision-makers, and consumers. For more information about this
new QUERI group, visit their website at www.va.gov/stroke-queri.
Diane C. Cowper, MA, PhD candidate
Stroke QUERI member and Assistant Director,
Rehabilitation Outcomes Research Center (RORC)
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IN GOD
WE TRUST
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person that will attend. NOTE: At the Orlando Convention in May 2004 so many people arrived at the convention without having pre-registered that we did not have adequate space in the banquet room to seat everybody and some persons had to be seated in an overflow room. Please submit the requested Pre-Convention Registration Form so that we
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(Please Print Legibly)
to Duane Heisinger
7401 Bull Run Drive
Centreville, Virginia 20121 (or)
E-mail pre-registrations are encouraged or call (703) 222-2480
First Name: _________________________________ M.I.: ____ Last Name: _________________________________
Nickname: (Submit if you want it on Name Tag) _________________________________________________________
Street (or P.O. Box): ______________________________________________________________________________
City: ________________________________________________ State: ________________ ZIP: _________________
Phone #: ( _____ ) _______________________________________________________________________________
E-mail Address: __________________________________________________________________________________
Your Unit in the P.I.: ______________________________________________________________________________
Name of one POW Camp to go on Name Tag: __________________________________________________________
List of persons attending with the member:
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Relationship
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Phone #: ( _____ ) _______________________________________________________________________________
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American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor, Inc.
(including any unit of force of the Asiatic Fleet,
Philippine Archipelago, Wake Island, Mariana Islands,
Midway Islands and Dutch East Indies. 12/7/41-5/10/42.
For Dues:
Edward Jackfert, PNS
Nat’l. Treasurer
201 Hillcrest Dr.
Wellsburg, W.VA. 26070
304-737-1496
Life Membership — $25.00
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Fill in all Blanks
For Merchandise Sales:
Mrs. Jean Pruitt
109 Young Dr.
Sweetwater, TN 37874
Hellships Memorial
Subic Bay, Philippines
Fund Raising Project
For your donation to the “Hellships
Memorial” in the amount of $15 or more,
you will receive a CD or VHS video tape
of the “Return to the Philippines —
January 2004 Tour.”
All materials and labor were donated to
the fund raising project by Duane
Heisinger and Barbara & John Neiger so
that 100% of your donation goes to the
fund raising for the Hellships Memorial.
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Name (Please Print) _______________________________ Highest Rank _________________
Address __________________________________________________________________________
City _________________________________________ State __________ Zip Code ___________
Organization Complete Unit ________________________ Ser. No. ______________________
SS No. ____________________ Wife’s Name ___________ Tel. __________________________
Life ____ Pt. Life ____ Subscription ____ Last POW Camp ____________________________
Bo-Lo-Ties — W/Logo......................... 12.00
Belt Buckle Decal ................................. 4.00
License Plates....................................... 4.00
Pins 3” X 2” ........................................... 6.00
Overseas Caps only sizes 67⁄8, 7.......... 28.00
Tie Tacks............................................... 7.00
Tie Bar .................................................. 7.00
Decal — Window .................................. 2.00
Decal — W/Logo ................................... 2.00
Caps, White W/Logo............................. 8.00
All items shipped require 15% postage
Mary K. Wallace, Director of the Brooke County Library, along with Joe Vater and
his grandson, examine a large quantity of documents and memorabilia relating to
the American Defenders of Bataan & Corregidor defense of the Philippine Islands
and their subsequent internment by the Japanese Military. Joe, as the editor of
the Quan, has accumulated a vast amount of material which needed to be
preserved for future generations. He selected the ADBCPOW section of the
Brooke County Library, Wellsburg, W.Va., which also contains the “Edward
Jackfert Collection”, a depository for these historic items. The Brooke County
Library is the only public library in the United States that has a special section
set aside for this purpose. The director of the library is planning to digitize most
of the material and have it displayed on the internet for public inspection
sometime in the near future. (Photo by PNC Edward Jackfert)
Help
PFC/SGT John K. Johnson, Jr., from
California Serial No. 19038174, served in
the Headquarters & Headquarters
Company, Harbor Defense, Manila and
Subic Bays. He enlisted September 4,
1940, went overseas October 9, 1940,
and returned to the States October 3,
1945.
He was captured by the Japanese May
6, 1942, at Corregidor.
He was first sent to 92nd Garage and
then to Bilibid. From there to Camp #3,
Cabanatuan in October of 1942, and then
sent to Camp #1, Cabanatuan. Around
the latter part of November he was sent to
Clark Field, on the 23rd of December he
went to Bilibid again. On the 10th of
February he went back to Cabanatuan
#1. He was there in February and was
sent back to Bilibid where he remained
until March 14, 1944. He left for Japan on
the Taikoku Maru and arrived at
Nagasaki, leaving or Yokahama that
night, on to Hitachi about April 20, and on
to Ashio in August. He was released
September 4, 1945.
Men he mentioned in his testimony
include: Fred Lee, Red, Jordan George F.
Gallion, of the 803rd Engineer Corps, and
Mad Hall.
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