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Dr. John W. Ditzler
Reassigned
Veterans Administration chiefThomos K.
'IUrnage announced today he has a pproved
the request of VA chief medical director Dr.
John .W. Ditzler to be assigned todiroct the
IIgency's San Francisco medical center. Ditzler, who has headed VA's Department of
Medicineand Surgery since November 1984.
will assume his new position Sept. I.
A career VA physician since 1970. Ditzler
was director at the San Diego medical center
when he was named to head the nation's largo
est health care system. In requesting t he reassignment.. Ditzler said he wanted the chal·
lenge of directing o ne of the agency's most
important facilities. The San F rancisco hospital has been without II director since Man:h
when Dr. Laurance V. FoyeJr.• II formerdeputy chief medical director of t he agency, retired.
Thrnage praised Ditzler as "instrumental
in improving the strategic planning for the
future medical needs of veterans." The VA
Administrator said Ditzler's leadership has
emphasized "the qUality of medical care and
the efficiency of the medical care de livery
system."'
A board·certified anesthesiologist, Ditzler
served in c hief of staff and academic posi·
tio ns in the Chicago lInla until 1976 when he
was named to head thedepartment·snation.
al budget and facilities planning program.
He le ft his Washington assignment in 1980
to go to San Diego. A World War I I and Korean Conflict veteran. he served in theArmy
Medical Corps from 1946 to 1953. A native
of Frederick. Md .. Ditzler received his MD
degree from Temple Unive rsity Medical
School.
House Bills
HR 49881b ame nd ti tle 38, U.s.c.. to provide that former PH ISONERS OF WAI{ are
eligible for reimbursement for e mergency
medical expenses on the same basis as vet·
erans with to tal permanent service·con·
nected disabilities. To the Veterans' Affairs
Committee.
HR499 1 'lbamend title 38. U.S.C.. to provide for funeral expenses to veterans of any
war who were recipients of the Purple Heart
Award. To the Veterans' Affairs Committee.
ART EXHIBIT
June 20,1986
Eastern
Montana College
1500 North 30th Street.
Billings, MT 59101·0 298
Dear Mr. Vater,
Benjamin C. Steele, a member of the
American Defenders of Bat.aan & Corregidor
and a sur vivor of the Bataan Death March
and 3 Y1 years as a prisoner of war has given
his collection of 80 drawings and three paintings to Eastern Mo ntana College.. The col·
lege has scheduled an exhibit of this work in
t he Nor thcutt Gallery for September 17 to
Ocl.(lber 17, 1986. A special reception will be
held to commemorate the occasion on Dc·
tobe.r 11, which coincides with the colleges
home coming event.
The artworks represent Mr. Steele's ex·
periences as a prisoner of war under t heJap·
anese, including the Bataan Death March.
TWo of the drawings were do ne in t he prison
camps while the rest were done within II few
years after release.. 1b our knowledge they are
one of the most complete, if not the most
complete and authentic vis ual records of the
Japanese prisone r of war experience.
In ad dition to the exhibit, the college is
publishing a book cat.alog to accompany t he
s how. This will bea 48 page perfect bound pa·
per back with a color reproduction of o ne of
the paintings on the cover and thir t y black
a nd white reproductions of t he drawings in·
side.. Also included will be. an introduction, a
short essay, a chronology and short para·
graph captions for each drawing. The cat.aJog
will be. printed in an additio n of 5,000 in an
8 Vt X I 0 format and will be. available for purchase for 88.00. We have made arrangements
wit.h t he EMC Bookstore for mail order purchases.
We fee l certain that this publication and
ex.hibit will be. of great interes t to the memo
be.rsof ADBC.
Thank you for your consideration of this
proposal.
Sincerely,
Alan Newberg.
Professor of Art.'
An editor of the
Ben Steele Catalog
Committee Approves COLA,
Health Care, Education Bills;
Recommends Special
Disabled Vets Programs
Be Exempt From Gramm -Rudman Cuts
WAS H INGTON - The Committee on
Veterans' Affairs today approved and 01'"
dared reported to the House a comprehen·
sive package of veterans' benefits, including
a two percent cost·of·livin g adjustment for
service-connect.ed disabled veterans drawing
compensation payments from the Veterans
Admi nistration.
The cost-or· living adjustment - effective
December 1, 1986, and payable January 1,
1987 - would also increase the dependency
and indemnity compensation (DI C) checks
of widows and childre n of veterans who died
of service·con nected causes. Cost.·of·living
adjustments for VA pension reci pients are
indexed to the co n~umer price index and do
not require annual Congressional actio n.
The COLA bill (legislativenumbe.r nOt yet
assigned) also contains provisions toexclude
readjustment benefit..s for service-connected
disabled veterans from sequestration under
the Gramm·Rudman deficit reduction law.
Under the proposed legislation, the foUow ing
would be exempt from future Gramm·Rud·
man cuts:
- g rants for s pecially·adapted ho using
(wheelchair homesl and ada ptive equip·
ment for automobiles:
- education benefits for survivors and dependents of certain service·connected
disabled veterans;
- the burial allowa nce for service·
connected veterans:
- and vocational training and re habilita·
t ion for ser vice-connected veterans.
The COLA bill would also exempt from sequestrat;ion certain loan programs for vetel'"
a ns. Gramm·Rud man imposed limits on G I
insurance policy loans. restr icting the
amount of a veteran's own money hecan borrow. The measure ap proved by t heCommittee pulls a ll insurance programs from consideration under future seq uestration.
Prior I.(l t he deficit reduction law, no cap
had ever been placed on the number of VA
home loans that could be. guaranteed. Twice
this year, the loan guaranty program has
neared t he G ramm·Rudman imposed loan
limit and has faced s hutdown. Each time it
was saved by Congressionally·increased ceil·
ings. TheCOLA bill would enable the VA to
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Connel Zipeto
Allintumbent SIClII Commonder'1
Ju ly I, 1986
Dear Mr. Vater,
I would like to hear from you and/or any
Chapter members who may have known my
uncJe, Colonel Alva E. McConnell, of the
Army Quartermaster Corps. He died during
the Bataan Death March. I am interested in
ob~ning details regarding his desth and
any related personal information.
Thank you in advance for any information
you may have. Please call me collect or write
tome.
Sincerely,
Dennis Apple
610~ Palma Del Mar Blvd.
St.. Petersburg, Pia. 33715
(813)867·8841
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THANK YOU!
The Commander and the members of the
Florida Chapter wishes to extend its appreci·
ation to all the ADBC personnel and their
famities who attended the convention in
Orlando in Mayof 1986, you helped make it
the biggest and best one ever held in Plorida,
A good time was had by all.
Our raffle went off perfectly, for a non'
Floridian won the prize. Barney Grill of Ran·
tool,IL.
We would like to extend our invitation to
all of you to come back again. We have 10t5 of
places and things for you to see.
John Aldrich
Secretary
Florida Chapl.er
1988
THE GALT HOUSE EAST
INQUIRY
April 30 to May 4 , 1988
If anyone has any information on the
whereabouts of William l8iilJ Ostrander,
please contact Millard Hileman at 7901 W.
Clearwater Ave, 1163 - Kennewick, Wa.
99336. He originally came from the New
York area. He was lasL seen in the early
1950's.
All SUITES PLUS
$68.00 PER SUITE
National
Conventions
1987
THE "POINTE"
Moy 23 to Moy 30, 1987
All SU ITES PLUS
POW Medal to b.
Given to 140,000
By P.J. BUDAHN
Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - The imageof a n eagle
s urrounded by barbed wire and bayonet.
point.s has been selected 8S the main design
for a new medal for Americans who have
been prisoners of WIlT.
Defense De partment officials say t.he
medal which could go to more t.han 140,000
service members. veterans, and next.-of-k.in of
those who died in POW camps. won't be
ready for distribution for at. least a year.
The final design was selected in J une by 8
point-service panel from among 323 proposals. It was designed byJayC Morris, acivilian employee of the Army's Adjutant Gene~
ara Center here.
A description of the circula r medallion
describes the eagle as standing "with pride
a nd dignity. continually o n the alert for t he
opportunity to seize hold of beloved freedom,"
The b ack of t he medal has a space in which
Lhe rocipient's name would be engraved. It.
also contai ns the inscription: " For honorable
service while a prisoner of war."
Congress established t.he POW medal in
t.he fi scal 1986 Defense Authorization Act.
It wiU be awarded to any mil.itary member
who was taken prisoner after April 5, 191 7,
DoD officials estimate more than 142,000
service members were taken captive in World
War I, World War 11. the Korean Warand the
Vietnam War. at leas t 17,000 of whom died
in captivity.
The services will issue specific eligibility
criteria for the deconltion. DoD officials said.
The new medal is rated as t.he highest dec·
oration for service. That places it behind decoratio ns for valor and for ac hievement.
The Army's Institute of Heraldry oversaw
the competitive design process and will supervise the contracts for its ma nufac tu re.
DoD officials said it will be ready for distri·
bution no sooner than the summer of 1987.
Dear J oe.
Enjoyed meeting you in Orlando at the
1986 ADBC convention.
I reu nioned with Lt. Col. Winston Jones
and Capt. Walter O. Chat.ham. The three of
us escaped at the same time and place from
the " Death Marc h".
I had heard nothing about Chatham for 30
years and Jones for nearly 44. Photo May
1986 e nclosed.
Dr. Bernard Norling 33 years a teacher of
history at No t re Dame University has collaborated with me in writing about my guerrilla experiences which took plaoein Pangasi·
nan and Tarlac Provinces under Major
Robert. B. Lapham who commanded "Luzon
GuerriUa Army Forces- USA F FE". who's
forces aasisted the Sixth Army Rangers
liberate Cabanatua n Prison Camp. The book
is ti tled, " Be hind Japanese Lines - An
American Guerrilla in the Phil.ippines" a nd
will be printed in August or September.
Thank you for mentioning the passing of
Capt. Albert S. Hendrickson who commanded Tarlac Province under Lapham's guerrillas. The notice appeared in the June 1986 iss ue. Other than this, there were no acknowledgements or an nouncements of his
many brave cont ributions. Only a ve ry s imple obituary. copy enclosed.
You rs truly,
Ray C. Hunt, Jr.
Lt. Col. USAF jRet.)
MEMORIAL BRIDGE
19239 Congrns!ional Ct. N.w.
N. FL Myers. FL 33903
July 5. 1986
Mr. Joseph A. Vater
Editor, the "Quan"
18 Warbler Drive
McKees Roc ks, PA 15136
Dear Mr. Vater:
On August 10, 1986 at 2:00 P.M . a new
bridge spanning theShenango River in New
Castle, Mahoningtown, Pennsylvania was
named for my father the late Lt. Col. J ohn
(J ackJ Brettell. My father died as a prisonerof-war while aboard theJ apaneseship " Bra·
zil Maru" enroute to J a pan. Gove rno r Dick
Thornburgh of Pennsylvania signed House
BiIl57S into law deSignating the bridge as
the " Lt. Col J ohn B. Brettell Bridge': Formal
dedication plans have now been finalized and
the New Castle unit of the Pennsylvania National Guard was in charge of the ceremonies.
I niliative for the memorial was begun by
Doyle Love, past Commander of the New
Castle Veterans Council and a tireless promoter of vete rans affairs in the Lawrence
County IPs.) area.
I thought this recognition of the sacrifice
made by one of our veterans .....ould be of in·
terest to readers of "The Quan':
My wife and I are Assoc. Life Members of
the "American Defenders of Bataan and Cor·
regidor".
Sincerely you rs.
Allan Brettell
INFORMATION NEEDED
Dear Mr. Patrizio:
Re: Se8TCh for Mrs. Margaret Utinskyknown as Miss U - Volunteer nurse with
Red Cross 1941-1945. Smuggled food. medicines, money and letters to prisoners in
Camp O'Donnell Cabanatuan. etc.
How wonderful to talk to you today and to
kn ow about American Defenders of Bataan
and Corregidor. You guys are the greatest
people in this world!!
l 'veenclosed a three-page copy of my Jetters to President Reagan and others in the
U.s. Governmen t. In addition, I've e nclosed
a list of about 60 people whom Margaret
Utinsky ment.ioned in her 1948 book called
MiSS U. Someex-prisonersin O'OonneUand
Cabanatuan may remember that they had to
s muggle a receipt back to her ac knowledging
money. etc. that s he had smuggled in to them
before s he was captured and tortured in Ft.
Santiago. Then in late 1944 she joined the
guerrillail on Bataan and was appointed a
Brevit 1st Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Luzon
GuerriUa Army Forces. U.s. Army l-' Or"Ce!l in
the Far East. S he was commissioned by Col
J ohn P. Boone of the Guerrilla Army (who
was a buck private on Bataa n before joining
the guerriUas in t he mountains).
As far as I know, her las t known add ress
was as is s hown o n the President's Medal of
Freedom awarded to he r October 17. 1946:
Mrs. Margaret Utins ky
Apart ment 402
1400 Fairmont SL N.W.
Washington, D.C.
Her laat letter to me was datea July 9,
1945 from :
1408 Manchester Lane
Washington 11 , D.C.
I've xeroxed a pic ture which s heencJosed
showing jWas h., D.C. 1945) Left - Col.
Alfred C Oliver, USA Chaplains' Corp Ineck
broken by Jap rine butt). Middle - Margaret
Utinsky - her maiden name was Doolin,
born in SL Louis. Missouri about 1902 to
1905. Rig ht - Son Charles (I don't know his
last na me. II can't read his rate or rank or 4
medals).
Margaret's second husband was J o hn
Paul Utinsky (Jack) " don't know when married, but must have heen in late 1920'sor earIy 1930's). Ancestors from a Balkan state,
but Margaret. chose Lit huania to get a Jap
permit to travel as a nurse around Manila.
Jack was Lieutenant, U.S. Army in 191 8, assigned to S iberia. made Captain, retired, became a civil e ngineer, worked fo r U.s. Army
as e ngineer on Bataan and Corregidor, captured o n Corregidor, died of starvation a nd
brutality in Cabanatuan August 6. 1942, buried there in a common (many) grave.
Most Sincerely Yours,
E. Thor J ohnson
Formerly LL E.T. Johnson,
USNR 1151747
9 Santa Rita Court
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
June 18. 1986
Anyone having a ny information a bout
Margaret Utins ky kindly contact Lt.. E.T.
J ohnson. call collect 415·934·5886.
AUGUST, 1986 - 3
VA TO IMPLEMENT
NEW HEALTH CARE ELIGIBILITY
PROCEDURES JULY 1
The Veterans Administration began implementing new eligibility assessment procedures on July 1 to determine nonserviceconnected ~Lerans' eligibility for VA health
,....
The income-based assessment. required
by PublicLaw99-272, the Veterans' Health
Care Amendmentsof 1986, isdesigned to en·
sure that VA hospital Can! is provided to
service-connected and lower-income vete ....
ans. Other veUlrans will be eligible for VA
health care on 8 s pace-available basis. and
depending on total income and net worth,
some may be charged a deductible.
Most nonservice-connected veterans 8J>'"
plying for VA health care will be required to
provide informatio n on their tot.a.l income for
the preceding year and net worth. Veterans
are being urged to have knowledge of their income and net wo rth when they ap ply for
health care at a VA facility afte r July I.
Tne eligibility assessment applies to all
nonservice-connected veterans regardless of
age. excepL for the following groups: former
prisoners of war, veterans uposed to certain
herbicides while serving in Vietnam and t.o
ionizing radiation in connection with aL'
mospheric testing of nuclear weapons and in
theoccupat.ion of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
who require treatment of a condition that
may be related to such exposure. veterans
receiving a VA pension, vete rans of World
War I. the Spanish-American War and the
Mexican Border period. and veterans eligible
for Medicaid.
Specifically, the law establishes Lhreeeligi.
bility categories - ··A." "'B," and "C" - for
VA hospital. nu rsing home and out patient
care. In effect. the law direcLS VA not todeny
Category "A" veterans needed hospital care.
Veterans in Categories "'B" and "'C" may be
furni s hed cart on a resource-available basis.
Veterans in Category "C" must agree to pay
a deductible.
Category "A" vete ran.!J include. veterans
not subject to Lhe eligibility assessment and
nonservice·connected veterans whose in·
come docs not exceed S 15,000 if s ingle. or
818.600 with one dependent, plus SI,OO for
each additional dependent. Category "A"
veterans may be furnished outpaLienL and
nursing home care. and will have the highest
priority forthatcare.
Category " B" veterans are nonscrviceconnected veterans whose income is above
S 15,000 Ibutdocs not exceed 520.000) if sin·
gle. or S 18.000 lbutdoes not exceed S25.oool
with one dependent. plus SI ,000 for each ad·
ditional dependent. Hospital. outpatient and
nursing home care may be provided on a
resource-available basis.
Category "C" veterans are nonservice·
connected veterans whose income exceeds
520.000 if single. or 825,000 ..... ith o ne depen·
dent, plu ! S I ,000 for ellch additional depen'
dent. VA may provide hospital. outpatient
4 - THEQUAN
Military Clarifies Policy
On Award ta ex·POWs
AN ADBC TRIBUTE
TO THE AMERICAN FLAG
The Purple Heart will not be awarded to
former prisoners of war for mistreatment at
the hands of captors during World War I.
World War 11 or the Korean War, the Depart.ment of the Army has reaffirmed.
Richard J . Gallant. national service director. advises former POWs to apply, however,
if t hey believe there are.extenualing circum·
stances.
In a November letter to Gallant, Lt. Col.
Harrison Lobdell. chief of the military
awards branch of t he DA. denies one memo
ber's request for issuance of the Purple
Heart.
The letter states. in part:
"Th e award of the Purple Heart to
pri80nersof war for beatings and other abuse
has been the subject of considerable debate
for many years . . .
" . . . The policy of the War Department
and later the Department of the Army during World War II and the Korean Conflict
was that maltreatment by enemy captors
was considered to be a war crime rather than
legal act of war, and that s uch injUries were
not incurred in actual combat against any
enemy force.
"This policy did not change until April
1962 when the criteria for award of the Purple 1·leart .....ere expanded by a Presidential
Ext'Cutive Order. It was decided at this time
that the new Executive Order provided more
latit ude fo r future awa rd s of the Purple
Heart. and a decision was subsequently
made to permit the award of the Purple
Heart to prisoners of war who were victims
of enemy brutality during the Vietnam Can·
flict and future conflicts.
" I t was furthe r decided Lhat this revision
of Purple Heart award criteria would not ap'
ply to previous conflicts because it would be
virtually impossible to fairly and equitably
decide which of the more than 130.000 individuals who were prisoners of war during
World War I J and the Korean Connict {or
their nextofkin) ..... ould beeligibJefor award
of the Purple Heart. Considering Lhe fa ct
that 10 to 20 years had passed since these
conflicts, ve rification of injuries/wounds
wou ld have been very difficult tif not impos'
siblel to obtain, especially in cases where the
veteran was deceased,"
Looking across the c hannel from Bataan.
you could see our beauLirul F'lag gallantly
waving over Lhe Island ofCorregidor. On the
darkest night. the light on top of its pole
!hined brightly as a beacon for those seeking
refuge under it.
and nursing home care on a resource·avail·
able basis. provided the veteran agrees to pay
a deductible.
Some veterans may be placed in Category
"C" if VA determines t hat their combined income and net worth make it reasonable for
them to pay for their health care needs.
Although the new procedures are effective
July I. veterans receiving inpatienLcare pri·
or to July I will not be affected until their
current treatment is completed. The assess·
ment also will not apply during July and Au·
gust to veterans now receiving outpatient
Care if additional care is needed to continue
treatment.
You don't know how much you love it un·
til it is obscured fro m sight for hour after
endless hour by the bombs, s hells. fire and
other debris of batLle, then comes a lull in
batL1e or II shift of the wind and our Flag once
again stands proudly waving. F'rancis Scott
Key must have seen something similllr to
thi!, when he wrote, "The Star Spangled
Banner':
You don't know how much you love it un·
til that inevitable order comes to haul its tatr
tered and battle scarred remains down and
burn it to keep it out of the hands of the oncoming J ap troops. Then you discover that
the Quartermaster had row after neatly
stacked ro ..... of these Flags in his s toreroom
which he did not destroy and see it become
a common item of issue to theJap troops and
see it violated in every manner.
You don't know how much you love it un·
til you see itdraped over a Jap banquet table
and see sake and other debris flowing from
its sides like it was your own blood, tears
came to the eyes of tho most gray and battle
hardened veterans.
You don't know how much you love it un·
til one day yeats later the sky is black with
American Planes, as President Roosevelt
had once promised. Itwasanactofjoy to see
our planes play havoc with every military
target within the Manila Bay Area_
You loveiteven more when you are locked
in the hole of a Ja p " 1'leli Ship" and hear
American Submarine torpedocssinking Jap
ships all about you. As you look about that
dung infested, sweltering and !linking hole
and into the eyes of your fellow Americans
and see the agony. the inhuman sufferi ngof
the s ick and dying. the thought comes to
your mind, whata kind act of God's mercy it
.....ould be if the next torpedo was meant for
your "Hell Ship':
You don't know how much you love the
American Flaguntil one day after fo rty (401
months as a J ap Slave. you look out O\'er
Tokyo Bay and see thousands of these F'lags
proudly waving over ships and crafts of every
description. Only those ..... ho have been there
can grasp the thrill of once again being under
the American Flag.
Written by Robert A. ~Duke) Clement
USMC. Battery "C" AA. M Company 3rd
Battalion, 4th Marines. (3 in Anti·Aircraft at
I mus. Marvell'S, Bataan and later on Beach
Defense at Break Water Point, South Shore
Road. Corregidor.)
F'raternally Yours,
Robert A. Clement
CWQ.4. USMC Ret.
REQUEST
Joseph O. Pierce. Sr.
224 Royal Oak Drive
Chesapeake, VA 23320
July 28, 1986
Dear Sir;
My late father, Aloysius J oseph Pierce,
CMS. USN 1242·64-13) was serving with the
U.S. Harbo r Entrance Control Post Cnrregidor. P.I . as of Fe bruary 19, 1942. Subsequent to this duty s tatio n. he was captured
a nd interned in Cabanatuan II . On Nove m·
ber 5th or 6th of 1942 he was transported to
Japanon board theS.S. Nagato Maru. My fa·
t her died on 23 December 1942 at Umtlda
P rison Camp in Osaka, J apan.
There are three 13) requests that I would
like to make.
1. Would it be possible for you to pu blish
this letlN in "T he Quan" wit h t he followin g
statement: If anyoneremembersA.J . Pierce
and was with him during this brutal time in
history. I Wtluld appreciate it very much if
t hey wou ld write or call collect:
JAPANESE AnACK STATE
OF SOUTH DAKOTA!
Si lent. death floa ted across the Pacific
Ocean and 9truck at the heartland of our
country during World War I I!
Operation F'ugo (Winds hip Weapon) was
literally launched agai ns t the continent.al
United States by the Japanese to cause forest fires, d issens io n. and panic amo ngst the
population.
It took 3 days for the jet-stream to c arry
the hig h altitude balloon bombs to our
shores. A total of 6,000 balloons carried some
30,000 incendiary bombs which utilized Sei·
ko timing devices and Tos hiba electronics.
Near Bly. Oregon (Gearhart Mountain) six
people were kiUed while o n II picnic when onc
of these floating harbingers of death exploded: fi ve of t he vic tims were children! I twas
to be known as the Sly Bombing.
On May 26, 194 5 one f ill! bomb exploded
in Wolsey. Sout h Dakota! Others dropped
near Madison is- KG candle-ty pe incendi·
aryl, Red E lm,lo.larcus. Ree He ights. Nowl·
ing, Kado ka, and Buffa lo.
Almost 300 balloons "'ere found across the
nation.
The existence of this weapon of the J apanese and the wind was the second best ke pt
secret of the war with the A· Bomb being the
first.
So. the s tate of Sout h Dakota was at·
tacked by t he J apanese in WWI I. Now. over
40 years later, we find the J a panese !touriSLS
this time) s hooting (pictures) in our state (at
Mt, Ru s hmore.) T he Windship Weapons are
only a forgotten cur iosity of the yellowed
pages of history books.
G.E. Marrion
902 3rd Street
Brookings, S. D. ' 57006
TIDBITS
J oe Mihok rem inded us of two good articles in the Juiy 4, 1986 "National Geograph.
ic," The 2 articles are exceUe nt reading. Look
them up at your li brary.
Wm. Vice. 651 Young S t.., Melbourne, Fl.
32935 reques t s pictures of war scenes of
Philippines. He is planning a memorial in
which he plans to use t he pic tures. Write
" Bill " if you can help him.
Doc Alvin C. Powellit (I 92nd Tank Bn.)
902ScottSt., CovingtOn. Ky. 41011 isn't feel·
ing too well. How a bout some of his buddies
sending him a few ca rds. He will be glad to
hear from you.
Robin Beasley and Mark He rbst (son of
Doc & Ginny Herbst) a nnounced their mlU'riage at the William Paca Gardens on 7 June
1986 in Annapolis, Md. Bes t Wis hes.
Marvin C. Taylor. 66 Villa Dr.. Clearfie ld.
Vt. 8 401 5. is looking for someone who had
been in t he 26th Cay. Reg. and 45th Inf. p.s.
who can teU him what the insignias look like.
Correction. Ju ne Issue 1986, Thomas
Flarity should have read Thomas A. Flathers
- Sorry.
Art, Agnes and the Akullian Family wish.
es to thank the many frie nds who remem.
bered the m on the death of Ar t 's Dad who
died at the yo ung age of 100. He died in his
own home while asleep, He kept up with the
a ctivities of the AD BC and al ways as ked
about the " Boys':
Mr. J oseph D. Pierce. S r.
224 Royal Oak Drive
Chesapeake. VA 23320
Pho ne: 804 -482-4 189
2. I f t he first request is honored, I would
like a copy of "The Quan" t he message appears in.
Thank you for any help you m~ provide.
Sincerely yours.
Joseph D. Pierce. Sr.
MILITARY MEDALS
! Full Size)
Philippine Defense
25.00
Phili ppine Liberation
25.00
Philippine I ndependence
25.00
!You are entitled to this medal if a warded
either or both the Defense or Liberation
medaU
We have most a ll other U.S. medals. Write
for F RE E lis t or send list of medals needed.
MILITARY
EMBLEMS & BADGES
P.O, &x 904102
Tulsa, Okla. 74105
INFO WANTED
If you were from New Mexico and in the
200th or 515th Coast Artillery. military
historian Vernon Brook. 262 1 Mem phis, EI
Paso. Thxas 79930. would like to hear from
you. He especially needs photocopies or information about any documents that award.
ed the New Mexico Bataan Med a l to in.
d ividuals. If you got such a medal write him.
If you did not get such a medal, write him!
Thank you for any cons iderations.
Sincerely,
Ve rno n Brook
AUGUST, 1986 - 5
JOSEPH A. MORIN
GEORGE J. GAVIN
EDGAR LEE POPE
Joseph A. Morin, 79, of Hyde Park, one of
the few Navy men to have sailed on the last
MfSgt.. GeorgeJ. Gavin, 65. u.s. Army Het-ired, passed away June 12, 1986 following a
s troke which left him in a coma for some
three weeks before he died. George was a
member of the Army Medical Corps sta·
tioned at Stemberg General Hospital in Ma·
nila at the beginning of World War I I. then
he served in one of the hospit.nls on Bataan
until Bataan fell to the Japanese. He made
the Bataan Death March and spent nearly
three BIld one half years as a prisoner of war.
He is survived by his wife Velma and four
children. Funeral Mass was s aid June 14 at
Holy Thnity Cat-holic Church and burial was
in Fort Bliss National Cemetery with full
military honors.
Edgar Lee Pope. 67, of 5275 Yellow Water
Road, Baldwin, Fla., died Sunday at the VA
Hospital in Lake City. Fla. A native of Newberry, Fla., he resided in Jacksonville most of
his life. A member of the Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church. he was II VeWran of the
U.S. Army in WWII . He was a P.O.w. in Ja·
pan, and was on the Bataan Death March.
He was a member of the Blinded Vet.ernn9
Assn.; the VFW; American Legion; a lifemember of QUAM. Survivors include his
wife. Irma Pope. Baldwin. Funeral servicea
were held at 11 a. m. Wednesday in the Most
Holy Redeemer Catholic Church. with Father Luke McLoughlin officiating. I nUlrn·
me nlo in Riverside Memorial Park, will full
Military Honors. Honorary Pallbearers were
Doctors from the VA Hospital in La ke City,
the VA Clinic in Jacksonville. and Dr. William McCullough. Dr. Henry McCullough.
and Richard Zelk.
hemispheric cruise of the USS Constitution
in the 1930s. died May30in Milton H08pilal
after suffering a heart. attack.
He had been in the hospit.a.1since May 3.
Mr. Morin, a chief commissary steward
whoreLired from the Navy in 1950, wae also
a prisoner of the Japanese for a3 months,
from May 1942 until January 1945, and 8
8urvivor of the infamous Bataan Death
March in the Philippines.
Mr. Morin was stationed in the warzone in
China in 1939, on board the USS M.indinao
out or Hong Kong. when the ship was sent to
Manila in December 1941.
Six mo nths later, Mr. Morin, fellow crew'
men and Adm. Alan McCracken of the Mindineo were captured in Manila Bay when
Corregidor fell to the advancing J apanase.
Mr. Morin was taken pr isoner at Fort.
Hughes.
On Jan. 30, 1945, US Rangers managed to
gel. 16 miles behind enemy lines to free the
priSoners of war from what they had dubbed
" the graveyard" - Biladad Prison.
A naLive of Danvers, Mr. Morin soon
returned to Lhe United States, and regained
some of his former healLh.
His tour on board Old Irons idea. from
1931·34. was a forma l visit by the frigate to
mote t han 80 ports in the United States nnd
Central America. The s hip sailed the length
of ~th US coasts, through t he Panama Canal. to Tacoma, Was h.. in a s uccessful effort
to arouse national pride and fund· raising by
tbe nation's school children to preserve the
s hip - which now is berthed permanently in
Boston.
Of that trip. Mr, Morin later wrote:
"We only ate two meals a day under way.
Our meals were cooked aboard the old stove
now on display on board the ship. It was
sometimes rough and mean going. There
were times when we had four seaman on the
wheel at one t ime, and I'veseen the water so
rough cannons would break loose and roll
about the deck."
'Morin was a member of the USSConstitu·
tion Museum Foundation.
tHe jOined the Navy in 1928, where afUlr
training in Newport., R.I., he was stationed
on board the battleship USS West Virginia.
'Afterdischarge from the Navy in 1950 he
worked ni ne years as aguard at S tate Street
Bank in Bos ton.
H e wa s a me mber of th e American
Legion's Cecil W. Fogg Post, Hyde Park, t he
Veterans of Fo reign Wars.. the J . Chittick
Council of the Knights of Columbus in Hyde
Park. the Mil·Par and Hyde Park seniors
clubs, and the Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor.
He leaves his wife, Cecilia A. (Sreenanl M ~
rin of Hyde Park.
A funeral MasswassaidThesday atUa. m.
in Church of the Most Precious Blood. Hyde
Park. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery.
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NORVAL EBERT lOW
Norval Ebert Tow pllssed away July 4,
1986 in his hometown, SUver City, New Mex·
ico at agea 64. Services were held at Curtis·
Bright Funeral Home Chapel. Silver City
July 8. Internme nt was at Fort Bayard Na·
tional Cemetery. Norval was with t.he 200th
Coast Artillery on Bataan. In a ttendance
was a large groupp of Bataan veterans and
wives.
THOMAS K. LEE
Funeral services will be held Thesday for
Thomas Lee. the first known American Indi·
an to be elected to public office in the United States.
Lee, a Republican,- was a staUl senator
from 1967 to 1978representing Dis trict 3 in
McKinley County.
He died Thursday, June 5 at Presbyterian
Hospital in Albuquerque at age 66 afUlr a
s hort illness.
Lee was a s urvivor of t.he Bataan death
march wit-h the u.s. Army in the Philippines
in 1942 and the fourth me mber of the famed
200th New Mex.ico Nat-io nal Guard unit to
die within the past. week.
State Rep. Tom Foy. D·Silver City. who
served with Lee in the 200th prison camps at.
O'Donnell Field and at Caba natuan in the
Philippines, remembers Lee 8S "one of Lhe
most heipful legisiators."
" We we re together in Bataan and in the
State Legislature. We 'A-ere always the best of
friends. I always found Lee to be oneofthe
most considerate men when iteame to s tand·
ing up for the war vete rans." said Foy.
Lee was active in civic service during his
30 years as operator of the 'tWin Lake5 Trading Post.
WILLIAM MINTER
Services for Mr. William "Bill" Minter. 72.
of Shreveport. were held lit 10 a.m. Wednes·
day, July 30 at Rose·Neath·s Southside
Chapel. The Rev. Eric McQuitty, pastor of
Grace Presbyt.erianChurch., where Mr. Minter was a member, officiated. Burial with full
military honors was at Foreat Park West
Cemetery.
Mr. Minterdied Monday. July 28, 1986. at
Medical Center afUlr II brief ill·
ness. He was born in Mississippi and had
been a reside nt of Shreveport since 1960. Mr.
Minter was a retired U.S. Air Foree Master
Sergeant and was an ex-prisone r of war for
31f1 years.
Schumper~
He ia surv ived by his wife, Mrs. Annie
Minter of S hrevepor~; two s isters.
WILLIAM DARNALD
William Darnald. " Bill" died on April 14
ncar his home in North Bend. Washington
after his car collided wit h a logging truck. He
died o n t he way to the hospital. He was a
member of the 60th CA on Corregidor a nd
was a POW in Mukden. Manchuria. He lost
his righ t a rm below the elbow during the
bombing of the POW camp by our 8·29s.
DON KNOX
Don KnOK, author of "Death March': died
April J8, 1986. in WaShingto n. D.C. Ue IcaVC9
his wife, Kathy, and two children.
COL. WARREN A . WILSON. MD
LOUIS W. BELL
Louis W. Bell died 4122186 in Eugene Oregon. He joined the Navy in 1936 and retired
in 1958 as a Lt./Co mdr. He was captured on
Guam while attached to U.S.s. Golds tar. He
was a POW for nearly four years at Zentsu·
ji. He is survived by his wife. Helen. adaugh·
ter and two sons.
Col. Warren A. Wilson, M D, passed away
in April 1986. in Los Angeles. CA. He served
in the U.S. Medical Corps, a nd was the last
American commander of Bilibid prison, Ma·
nila. PI. He welcomed the liberators on Feb.
4, 1945. Ue was active in POW interests. He
is survived by his wife. Claire. a nd adaugh·
....
BURTON WILLIAM HATHEWAY
CARLEtON M. WILDER
ELMER A. DUDEN
Burton Wiliam Hatheway, age 61 . 8 resi·
dent of San Clemente, passed away Friday
morning in Anaheim. He is survived by his
wife Dolores Marie Hatheway: son Michael
Edward Hatheway, Mission Viejo: daughter
Kathleen Scalzo. San Juan Capist.rano.
Mr. Hatheway was 8 veteranofWW l1 and
Korea: serving with distinction in the U.s.
Army as gunnery sergeant and was 8 s urvivor of t he Bataan Death March.
Dear J oe,
I am writing to inform you t hat Carleton
M. Wilder, 64, passed away at his home in
Spokane. WA on Dec 30, 1985. Carleton was
a radio operator in the 1st S ignal AAW. He
was on the Bataan Death March a nd was
held ss a POW in Cabanatuan & possibly
other camps. as well.
Elmer A. Duden died 41151860f cancer. He
was a member of Batt.. 59 CAe. He is survived by two SOns. four brothers. three sisters
and one gTandchild.
Carleton had no kn own relatives. so the
American E.I.-Prisoner of War. SpokaneInJand Empire Chapter, was asked to assist
the Disabled American Veterans - Chapter
16 - with the services. The Memorial Serv·
ice was held Jan. 10, 1986, and was well·
at.tended by our Chapter members - many
of whom are also members of A.D. B.C.
Dear Mr. Joseph Vater, Editor.
I want to report the death of a nother o ne
of our buddies, a Carlos A. Schmid t., of the
409th Signal Co. Aviation. He was original·
Iy stat.ioned at Nichols Field, Philippine b·
lands.
DAVID MACK NUNN
David Mack Nunn, 68, passed away
Thursday, June 5 in Hillsboro in his home. A
lifelong resident and rancher of Hillsboro.
Services were held Monday, June 9 at 2:00
p.m. at the Hillsboro Commu nity Center
with Rev. Marion Canterbury officiating.
Survivors are his wife Ma ry Jane Nu nn of
Hillsboro, his son Dr. J ames (So nny) Nun n of
Thscon Arizona. two daughters Nancy Bell
Carleton had been awarded several medals
- among them. t he Bronze StaT and Purple
Heart..
Sorry that I did not get this information
to you sooner.
Jones of Hillsboro. and Mary E. Pagan of
Sincerely.
Cecil & Ruth Cunningham
Lemitar NM.
He was a member of the Kingston Lodge
No. 16 A.F. & A.M.. The Shriners Club. New
Me.l.ico Cattlemen Association, Southwest
Grazing Association. He ser ved on the
Board of the S ierra E lectric Co-Op. He was
a World War I I Veteran. was a Prisoner of
war for 3IA years. a nd was on t.he Bat.asn
Death March.
JACK ALLEN GILLEN
Mrs. Smit.h is requesting thru the Florida
Chapter information concerning the death of
her brother, 1st Lt. Jack Allen Gillen O·
367 167. Hewas assigned to the 17th Bomb
Sqd., 27th Bomb Group. He left Cabanatu·
an on one of t he early details for Osaka, at the
time of his arrival t here were two major POW
camps in Osaka. Lt. Gillen died while in the
POW camp in the Osaka area. his body was
cremated and stored in an Urn in the Osaka
area. The Urn was s hipped to the United
StateR after t he warended. Lt. Gillen was in·
temed at Arlingt.on National Cemetery. Mrs.
Smith would appreciate any info rmation
concerning her late brother. She would like to
hear from anyone who knew him during his
stay in the Osaka area. along with any information of where he died, how he died Bnd the
possible date of his death.
Anything that anyone can do for Mrs.
Smith would be greatly a ppreciated by the
members of the Florida Chapter.
Mrs. Raymond J . Smith
170 1 5 th Street
Palmetto. FL S3S6 1
LT. COL. CHARLES BROWN
Lt.fCol Charles Milton Brown. survivor of
the Oryoku Maru. died 5/24186 in Magalea.
California. He is survived by his wife 'lUla
Darr, three sons. two sisters and four grand·
children.
FRANK SKWIRALSKI
It is with sadness t hat I wish to notify you
t.hat.on April2 1. 1986 in Garden Grove. Ca.
Ihouse guest of MlSgt... Ret. Raymond J .
Provencher) Frank Skwiralski. Sgt.. Maj ..
Ret... U.SM.e. passed away peacefully at. the
age of eighty nine.
CARLOS A. SCHMIDT
Carlos A. Schmid t passed away on March
13, 1985 at t he age of 79. at t he home of his
younger brother Rudy Schmid t. of Oakland.
California. He died of natural causes. He had
a military funeral and is buried at Presido
Military Reservation, San Francisco. Calif.
He is survived by his brother Ru dy Schmidt
& family. He was a member of ADBe. Am.
Ex· POW. DAV & VFW.
Thank you.
S.N. Kramenich
RRII Box 72A
Bucyrus. Ks. 66083
9 13·686-2356
M/SGT. LAMAR H. NIELSON
He was visit.i ng California in o rder to attend the 4 th Marine Regiment. POW reunion
held at. the Officer's Club, Marine Corp- Recruit Depot, San Diego. At the banquet hereceived a standing ovation honoring one of
the oldest surviving POWs..
Dear Sirs,
..
This is to infor m you of the dea t h of my
husband. MISgt.. Lamar H. Nielson - retired. He was taken prisoner on Corregidor
and held in the Philippines a nd Japan for
t.hree years and four months.
In recent years he has been a res ide nt of
the
Naval Home. Gulfport.. Mississippi.
Burial is to be in Houston, Thxas.
He died in Seatt.1e. WA on April 8. 1986.
a nd is buried a t t he Willamette National
Cemetery in Portland, Ore.. He is survived by
his wife Barbara, son Michael, and daughter
Paula.
Barbara Nielson
u.s.
SAMUEL H. SIEGEL
Dear Mr. Vater,
Please be advised Samuel H. Siegel died
April 12. 1986. I'm s ure you will want to remove his name from you r mailing list.
Sam enjoyed the Quan very muc h, and
looked forward to its arrival He appreciated
the great work you fo lk s do.
Sincerely.
Mrs. Sam Siegel
THOMAS WALLACE
Thomas Wallace. M Co 3ht In!.. died in
Chattanooga. Tennessee 6110186. He is s urvived by his wife. Gladys. s tepSOn. step
daughter. a brother, a sister and thn!egrandchildren.
ROBERT C. JOHNSON
CLIFFORD C. WICKHAM
Clifford C. Wickham. age 72. of Mpls.. Survived by cousins Dorothy. Hazel & Vera and
loving friend, Helen Leva of 3912 39th Ave.
S .. Mpls. Member ofDAV Chapter II. VFW
Post. 14046 ofSkakopee. MN and American
Defenderof Bataan & Corregidor. Graveside
service 10:30 a.m. Mon .. Fort Snelling Na·
tio nal Cemetery. Interment Fort S nell ing
Cemetery. Memorials preferred to the Min·
nesota Veterans Hqme.
RobertC. Johnson, Hdq. Sqd. 27 BG. died
4/20186 in Shreveport.. Tennessee. He is s urvived by his wife Lois. three sons. a daugh·
ter, a brother, and seven grand child ren.
MYRON JAMES CALLAHAN
Myron James Callahan. U.S.s. Houston.
died 6112/86 in Fremont.. Nebraska. He is SUfvived by his wife Alberta. 5 sons. two sisters.
and nine grandchildren.
AUGUST, 1986 - 7
FREDERICK C. DUNN
CLAUDE EDWARD FERTIG
ELDON L. (CY) BYERLY
Frederick C. Dunn died June 12, 1986 at
his home in Upper Arlington. He was a retired manager of Veterans Memorial Gradu-
Claude Edward Fertig. a U.s. Army guerrilla leader in the Philippines during World
War II , has died in Colorado. He was SO.
H.is daughter, Susan Fertig·Dykes, said
Fertig died of cancer on Wednesday at t he
Vete rans Adminis tra tion Medical Center in
Denve r.
When American forces surrendered to the
Japanese in t he Philippines in 1942, Fertig
was ordered to remain behind and organize
guerrillas o n the island of Panay.
His bl;Other. Col Wendell W. Fertig. led
guerrilla forces o n the ne ig hboring island of
Mindanao.
An American mining enginee r in the
Philippines from 1937 to 1969, Fertig was
called to active duty a fter the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Fertig's wife. Laverne, remained with him
in the Philippines during the war, hiding in
the moun tains with a group of missionaries.
Born in LaJunta onJuly 20, 1905, Fertig
was a member of the American Legion, Dis·
abled American Veterans. and other veterans
organizations.
Fertig was a graduate of the Colorado
School of Mines and a member of t he Ameri·
can Institute of Mining Engineers.
Among his medals were the Bronze S tar,
Legion of Merit, a nd the Philippine Defense
and Liberation ribbons.
He is sur vived by his widow. Laverne; two
daughters. Susan Fertig·Dykes. Was hington, and Katherine Fertig Phelps, Australia;
a.nd four grandsons.
Eldon L. 'Cy) Byerly, 65, of Butler, Mo..
died July 15, 1986 following 2 strokes.
Eldo n. a retired Navy Storekeeper chief.
spent 21 yrs. WiLh the Navy. He was captured
at Corregidor 1942 and was a POW 3111 yrs.
in Japan.
He was based on the U.S.S. Pigeon and
u.s.s. Mississinewa. Someof his awards were
Good Conduct, Presidential Unit Citation
and Purple Heart.
He leaves his wife, Ann, of the home, 5 children, 4 step children and grand c hild ren.
He was laid to rest in Military Cemetery at
Fort Scott, Ka nsas.
Ann Byerly
405 N. Main
Butler, MOo
64730
steor Muietta CoUege. Past. President Del·
ta Upsilon Fraternity at-MarietLa. Past Commander American Legion Post No. I, member Upper Arlington Post American Legion,
Athletic Club and v.r .w. Survivor of the 8ataan Death March, WW I I and former memo
ber of Columbus School Board. Preceded in
death by father, Fred C. Dunn, former Coun·
ty Auditor. Survived by wife, Mary Kay; 4
grandchildren; I great-grandchild: brother,
Joe Dunn.
GERALD B. GREEMAN
Gerald B. Greeman, Deming, New Mexico
passed away May 6. 1986 in Las Cruces, New
Mexico. He was a veteran of the 200th Coast
Artillery. captured on Bat.asn. Funeral ser v-
ice was held in the Methodist Church in
Deming. Concluding service in Mountain
Viey.' Cemetery with military honors.
JIM WEBB
J im Webb. 1009 Pine S t .. McKinney. TL
750690f60thCAC "8" Bat. was report.ed deceased. by his wife Jennie. If you k new Jim.
contact his wife. She needs your help.
CARL McWILLIAMS
Carl McWilliams. age 66. 323 Brooksville
Drive W, Holiday. FL 33590-4603. passed
away on 12 August 1986 at his home of a
heart attack. Carl had been a patient at the
Bay Pines VA hospital. Bay Pines. Florida
and was released just a few days prior to his
death. Carl was assigned to t he 59th CAC Hq
Company. He was denied reenlis tment in t he
Army due to his disability. He was 100% at
the time of his death. an autopsy was performed . His funeral services were held on 16
August at Decater. Ga.
DECEASED
Deceased. No other detai ls. Wayne T.
Buggs. 2003 Purvis. Janesville, Wise. 53545.
Chester L. Nic holson, 75 Kimber ly Ave.,
Bakersfield, Ca, 93308.
Don Martenda1e. Star Route IS, West Terra. Dugway, Vt. 84022.
Max R. Lever, 108·49 64th Ave.. Fotest
Hills. N.Y. 11 375. died 4127 /86.
LEONARD M . DUGAN
Leonard M. Dugan. Batt. E 60CAC, d ied
of cancer 4112/S6. He is survi ved by his wife
Mae, two sons. a daughter.
u.s.s. COLBERT
Jack Graves. 5448 Sa nta Marie, Fort
Worth. Tx. 76114 who was serving on the
U.S.S. Colbert P.A. 145 and was one of t he
ships who picked up the P.O.w.·s from Mukden at Darien along with the hospital ship
Re lief. J ack was standin g watc h where the
s hip hit a mine during the typhoon. Any of
you men who were o n the ship v.1l1l reme mbers t he nightmare it was when the hole was
blown in the ship.
J ack is having problems now and needs
help. He needSletteT8 from you feUows. If you
were on the Colbert thatday please call J ack
collect 1·8 17·732·4246.
COL. JAMES C. JOHNSON
Col. J ames C. J ohnson tBritish Loyals)
P8$sed away Ap ril 10. 1986. CoL Johnson
was captured in Singapore in early 1942 and
spent most of his time at Mukden P.O.W.
Camp.
He was adelighl to know - always had a
s mile on his face and was popular with all in
Mukden. Sent in by Arnold Bocksez.
PLAN YOUR VACATION
AT THE POINTE
YOU'LL LOVE IT
SEE YOU THERE!
8 - THEQUAN
ADBC MEMBERS & GUESTS
ATTENDING THE 41st NATIONAL CONVENTION
Abbott, Samuel & Dee
Adam$. Rufus & .loon
.6.kulrlOl'l, Artl¥ & Aones
AldrH:h, John
Allen, Albert & tbw;y
Ames, Korol
Antonio & Mort
Slonley & Irene
c:owr-, Dione & Holly
Cmlor, .10M & Rulh
Ch:njlef, leweU & Sino
Chartolf, Mauric, & Doris
(holhom, Wotlet' & Ruby
Amo. Robert & A...1ond
Chtrnit~y,
Alexor\Cler, J.L
Alief!, eon
Allmon, Robert
I
I
Co~.
CaSOI'lO~,
John
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Gagnel, Thomas & Sylvia
Goiney, Gil~ & Rochel
Galbraith, ~roy & Ceulio
Gospo!'O\'ic,.Joseph&Peorl
~Iry.
Roy
Chist, Norman & ha
Amos, H.M.
Gentry. William & Kothefine
Glllini, Albert & Pauline
Andrews, Austin & Mary
Giantonio, Oom & \Duriel
Agostinelli, ChorIes & Froo
Giordino, Joseph & Angelino
Clement, Robtt1
Aquilino, Ben & Itose
Gill. Robert & Jeon
Cole, Brownell & FlowIce
Amtstl'Ol'lg, Don & Venline
Goldbrum, Louis & florerw;e
Comeou., HOtOCe
Ashton, Dr. Paul & YYOMe
Gombos, fred & M«y
Confet; Runell & n..Imo
Au~tin, Joke & Vernie
Good, Ifn KoIhtriM
Cook, OurIes & Madge
Arres. Cec.lia
Goodron, Roy, SI_
CGOb, Joel & Rulh
Arodof..lds, Bern
Goodro,.., John & Dolly
CCH'l'M!llisson, H.J. & Rulh
Bobier, Ed &..I!onelle
GonIon, Rithord & Jton
Comwoll, Paul
~tI, A.T. & EYII
Gould, fnos &Stello
Costigan, HorokI & Merle
80n0ch, John, Stoniey
Groy, Qcnnce & Jton
Court_y, Madison &10cqueline Groy, ~ 8. MorIllo
Bomo, Joseph 8. Galeno
Cowley, Bill & Conni.
Barry, Roymond 8. Mary Jone
&ftne, Jomes & CCH'l'M!lio
Crogo, .John & Fiorenc:e
Borton, Robert f Jane
GriffitM, William 8. Rost
CroslMd, 00n0Id & l<aly
Bartsch, Bill
Grill , Bernard 8. MorIllo
Cummins, Ferron 8. \.oro
Botemon, Jomes 8. Nelo
GroY'on, Bill & Mary
CIKOflO, Rosemory
Soumgortner; Andrew & Mary
Gurule, Bill 8. Edoo
Cusooo, lou 8. Helen
Boxler, Joseph & lillian
Glltierrez, Joseph
~,CIorence 8. Mory
Beale, Art 8. Wilmo fJemifer
Iiorrelson, Joy
OouQherty, Coy 8. Mildred
Beauchomp, Allen & Dorolhy
Harringlon, Neal & louise
Delle(, Che5ler 8. Fronces
Beck, Rithard 8. MorVoteI
Iioms, 1I. Col, Arthur 8. Helen
DetPino.Tony
Bell., An 8. Joome
Iio$sler, John & Dorolhy
i>engelevi, Victor
Bemell, Dolores
Holcher, Vinson 8. T,..ilo
Berley, RADM. ferdinond 8. Mn. F. Dennill, Rithord 8. Dorolhy
Hebert, Charley
Oenobile, Don
BernSTein, Hymon & Rhoda
Hebert, Carol
Bigelow, Fronk & Meriom
Demon, Jomes
Heinlel. Jock 8. W'tnifBd
Biwgef, Theodor! & Homel
IfertIsl, Dr. Marlo; 8. GifWlie
Didio, Moe
Biggs, Corl
Higdon, PoTric:k 8. Helen
Bingham, Cordell & Judy
Dilworth, Gory 8. Suson
Hildebrond, Bernord 8. Helen
Bjornslad, Itoge<' 8. Rulh
DiPo~Ie, Fronk & Micky
H~1. Ed & Alite
Blond, Albert 8. AlberTO
Dluboldo, John 8. Elizobelh
Hill, Ed, tfonty, Andrew 8. Joirne
Bloski" Charles 8. Annelle
Hively, Verno
Di.on, Ernest 8. Groce
Bockset, AlIlOld
Holland, Thomos
Oook, Robert 8. Marguerite
Boeshort, CIo1es 8. Mildred
Dominitk, Hoyne 8. Pe9IIy ArlIn Hom, Janee
Bookwaldef, Undo
Hough, Williom
Downey, Jomes 8. Gary
Roalk, MayrKJf'd
Iiouser, Bill 8. (Isie
DuBois, Albert 8. Svson
BosTion, leslte' 8. Pouline
lfuff, .lomes
Eddlemon, Gforve 8. Rulh
Boudotl, .Joe 8. Ido!,.m
Hull , William 8. Roe
Edwords, Jomes 8. RUTh
Bown. Slonley
Hunl, Roy
Edwords, George 8. Coroline
Boye!', Robert 8. Delilo
Elliol!, le,..is 8. Glenda
Hutchison, Russell 8. Borbaro
Brumon, Thomas
Irvin, (rnesl & Gladys
fllis. Willie
Broil, Williom 8. Mrs.
Irvin, OO'vid 8. .h.ne
Elmer, Wuley 8. Celio
Btoleau, I..uro
Emanuel, Jomes & Helen
Irvin, Don
Brozeou, Wolter 8. KoThryn
Emerick, John 8. Thel'llso
Jockferl, Edword 8. Henrielto
Btehm, ChorIes 8. Groct
fneriz, Manuel
Jerschelsb, IioroId
8c'en1el, OO'vid 8. Nwq
Jewelt, Vineenl & Mildred
8ridges. Tolmadge 8. RoSt!
Forgeo, Morten
Joder, Dick 8. Margit
Brillon, Lewis 8. Julio
fost, Chel 8. Jof\e
Johanson, Bill 8. Elva
8rilendine, Candy
feoThml_, Mortio
Johnson, Harry 8. YIf9irIio
Brock, Reid
Feiner, Harold
JoIvtson, Edward 8. Bea
Brown, Robert 8. Nellie
Johnson, Woller 8. DoroThy
feiner, ldo
Bl'lIWn, Jomes & Pouline
fellows, Ditk
Johnson, Milton 8. lorToine
Brow_II, Cot . .John
Jones, Winston & Rebel
felsen, AI 8. Ootolhy
BruleT, HeIvy 8. fl~ Marie
Jones, Jock 8. RIIo
filko, .Joe
Buchner, EdwonI 8. Dorolhy
Koplon, Lorry 8. Joyce
floitz , Jomes 8. ~gy
Buss., Jock 8. Gwen
Koster, Charl.s
flood, Conoid
Butler, B~I
Kozrnite''Clok, Chesler 8. Vivian
fowler; HoroId 8. MargueriTe
Coire, .Jornts 8. ArvIo
Kelty, l.I.IIher 8. Mary
fox, Joseph 8. RUTh
Calhoon, William
Kendrick, Gronl 8. (louise
Fullerton, Fred 8. Nilo
Collen, Eitleen & Ann lindslrom
KeSTet; Bosil 8. ErneStine
FrHbom, Pout & Shirley
Cantwell, Jim 8. Gerrt
Kinthetoe, Lennie 8. Doris
ffylM., Nicholos
Copps. OO'vid
Kiner, ~
Frock, ~. 8. Al mo
Corobine, Conoid 8. f fOllCet
King, Irven 8. Joon
fronkfln, Eugene & AnooBelle
Corrorini, Harry 8. lillian
KnighT, Samuel 8. Mory
Frontl, Oole 8. ~
CorringTon, ..IomH 8. Joyc.
Knighl, R4Vmond 8. Margarel
FredOtIuon, Bob 8. ..lone
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krIox, Rolph
John & Ann
KOPOCI, Joseph & Bernic.
Kortzylt, Stonley & Kallwine
kuM, Raymond
Kurvef1" Hortlld & Oorolhy
kulolek, Somuel & Mory
1Dchmon, IDuis
loCoSIf, Fronklin & Helen
wmbioso, Jenro & Evelyn
!.amm, Woller & Rulh
!.non, CJoreoce & ImM
!.aSfet; Rolph
lanclois, Whilney & ftOfO
lawson, Joe
t.othennon, Dale
ltvis, Robert 8. Marie
lIiIbeller, Worren
leClair, .John 8. Mary
1(001,
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Lee5et; £1_
lei9hlon, ~inotd 8. Bi10beth
long, Elmer 8. Charlol"
~, Rolph
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!.ower, Joseph 8. Veronic:o
linton, Helen
lundy, William
lyons, .John 8. Jo
lype, Merle & Ello
Moeorovic:h, Woller & Violel
Motmillon, Robert & Coroline
MotyrIiki, John & Foye
Mokepeoce, Roy 8. MarTha
Monferd, Kirlo; 8. lelo
Manuel!, Rithord 8. Umo
Mope, YlClor 8. luIo
Mortin, Sob 8. Marge
Mossello, Bill & Olgo
MelTes. H.f. 8. Nancy
Motheny, Joe 8. Shirley
Motthews, Normon 8. Jeon
MoIKY, Angelino
Moyhue, Frvr* 8. June
MtAleslet; Shelly 8. lois
MeAlee, Charles
MtCorrtKiOge, John 8. RuTh
McCorthy, Jim
McQoin, Mo.
MeCtommo, lDndys
MeGllil'll, Omor
McHole, Jerry
Meliole, ~ 8. Wilmo
MeKendree, B.D.
Menoni, Horry 8. Bea
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Merritt, Hugh 8. Evelyn
Meyritk, Richard 8. Rebo
Mittte', Jock 8. ledo
Millte', Joyne
Miller, Bruce
Miller, Andy 8. Ginny
Mills, loyd 8. Charlie
Milro, Albert 8. Rulh
Milyneck, CorI 8. Byll)'!
Mlniet; John 8. Irene
MoIoro, louis
Moody, Som
Moonr, Albert Blond
Morris, fro 8. Peggy
MoUler. Froncis 8. Sue
Moss, Albert 8. Noro
Move, H.D. & I.R.
Mortl', John & COfOlioo
Mullef, George & Gladys
MIonson, Jerry
Naylor; ~ & Belly
N'lpOjo/ln, Joseph & Rulh
NI'tIISOIIl, Melvin & Viol,t
Nicholson, To,i, & L2no
Nio , Asburt & Holel
Noll, Debbie
tkNTis, Jock
Norris, Donakl&Morion
Nor1hcoll , Thomos & fleonor
Nonhcoll , Jolwl & Dol
Nugent, Doniel & Ruth
Nylro, Harry & Dolores
Okonsky, Jerome 8. Shirley
Oleluo, John 8. Dione
Osborn, Rithord 8. Dolores
Qsbom, Oo~ 8. Hilda
Padillo, leo & Mary
Porker, Iiormon 8. Soro
Porn, Williom 8. Mory
Posla!." AmueI 8. Yorvinio
Pollen, Thomas
Potrizio, Auslin 8. Dot
Poyne, Hon'y 8. Bittie
Pellegrino, Domenic
Pendltberry; D,..igltl 8. June 8. Eugene
Perry, Rolph & ArvIo
Pernal, Ed 8. Dorthea He<Jsey
PheIp5, .John 8. Beny
Phillips, B.J.
Phillips, Robert 8. Avdl'lly
Philliils, W,e. 8. frontes
Ping, Robert & Eloine
Piper, Bob
Plecko, Fronk 8. Joan
Polakowski, Marion 8. Eleonore
Porwoll, Kenneth 8. Nwq £lIen
Posum, John
Poster, Joseph 8. Helen
Powell, HorIon 8. Jean
Pmosl, Theodore 8. Morwllo
PruiTl, Omits 8. Jean
Quitk, Henry
Rabenold, Thomas 8. Myrtle
Roines, lDrry 8. Belly
Ropp, Floyd
Roy, George 8. Oonno
Itoy, .John 8. Bertha
Royz , Lewis
Reic:her!, Poul 8. MI'l. P.
Reidinger, Ro~ & Elizobeth
Relteroril, PeTt 8. Betty
RNlet; Pout 8. Nicki
Reyes, Donald 8. Violel
Reynolds, Arthur 8. Rulh
IteyrIOIds, BI.WTel 8. l<athleen
Richords, Williom 8. Cel'sline
Ric:hordson, f.l.
Rogers, Eugene & Noro
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Rotond, Orville
Ramonlo, Nol & Comiltt
R4seoberTy, Harry 8. Noney
R4seodoh1, Robert 8. Benie
Rolh , Fred & AfWl
Rowlond, John
Roy, Corl 8. AMI!
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AUGUST, 1986 - 9
4 1st National Convention
(Continued from Page 9)
Rozmus, Helen
Sly, Allen
Rubensteill, Soul & SIlirity
Smith, Arnhooy
Rutlfdge, Tillman & ~e
Smith, Eon
Ruller, Don
Smith, Fronk & .lenie
Ryon, Mickey
Smithey; Tol modge & Corole Wolden
Soc$OO, GI.IMOr, Tht!lmo & Barbara Soifer, Gilbert & Josephine
Sondor, .Io/vI & Kay
Sommeo;, StGn & Ptggy
Soma, Foul & E~vn
Stanley, ~ & 1o.6.M
~, Joclt & Violo
5tori<, Dorrell & My
Sthclefer, Dorothy
5tawian. Tony
Sthanfield, Hyman & Dorothy
Ste<klein, Frank & Bemiee
SthmtisHr, Curtis & Mary
STeed, JoIllli!S & Oallie
Seiffert. Harry & ShefTie
STeYer. ArrlIie & Gini
Sellen, Roscoe' V~mo
5TeY'eI'IS, Grtis' OrisTin!!
Seneil. Nemesia
Stewart,
Bertha
Senna, AI ' Helen
Stinson, lloyd' Jean
SIlrode, Harold' Dorothy
SToutenburg/!, Marshall, Selma
Sicilian, Joseph' Mary
STraka, ~Te
Sit...a, Agapila' 5ac:0Il'0
Stro..,n. Aivtflo
Stroka, 'Noll & OtTO
Sues$, Herbet1' Willa HaaIt Seun
Worren'
Summers. Ellon & Earline/ Doro Bently
Sutphin, Hernm ILeona Gastirlqer Sutphin
TOIlliff, PDuI' Anito
Taney, .Io/vI & Hel_
Toylor, RoberT' Millie
T~iot. ~is' Fwl
Thamp$OO, Niles
Thomp$OO, RobM , fern
Thorwn, A.D. & lleen
Ti~le. RenisOf1
Tobin, JoIllli!S & Virginia
Toland, Philip, Vvelle
Topping. Oavid' Margie
Treski, Edword & Wilda
Trifilo, Som' 10
Tray, Clement' Joyne
Tybur, Albert
lJnger, St_, Joy
Urban, Ston & Pat
Urton. Anton' Marie
Uuel. Cee;il, Marthabelle
\\Iitltu$, Ben
\IonAJslyne, HonlId
\\In 1faaIt, Oavid , Ruth
'lora, Henry
\\Iter, Joseph' Helen
'Mgler, Robert & Dorothy
\\In ~Terffy, George
Wallace, William' Ruth
Word,
Alice
WaI$OO, Thomos & Mary
~ir; JoIW'I & Ange
~tzner. Donie!' P'tryll is
Webh, Thomas & Mor!Ie
Wells, W. Gunner & Oal
Wiloyto, Henry' Helen
Wilber, c.O. & Ruth
Williams. Ali9ustus
Willioms, fori & Dorothy
Jot,
Wilson, Wesley' Maggie
Withrow, lewis & knie
Whet'1er, Rolph & Elsie
White, Harold' Virginia
WoMemon, George & 1rflM!
Wood, .loIw! & .Ionice
Wood. 11'WI
Wood, So." & Anne
Woodoll, Dwight & Wonda
Woodruff, Rithard
Work. Loyd
Wright • .lomes , Ruth
WIg. ELWlic:e
limmerman, Joseph & Vef'gie
l imlllli!nnoo, louis & Enda
Zincke, Herbert & Reb
l ito, .loseph' Oixie
lorz~lo, 8.G. & Morgen!
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FLORIDA CHAPTER
The semi·annual convention for the Flori·
da State Chap ter ADBC will be held at the
Pagoda of Ormond Beach. Florida on Friday.
October 24 thru Sunday, October 26. 1986,
51 South Atlantic Ave., Ormond Beach.
Florid a 32074. The room rate will be 536.00
per night single or double, these rates are
good three days prior and for three days after t he convention dates.. Plans are for a buffet and cocktail party Friday t he 24th and a
banqueton Saturday night the 25th. entertainment will follow. T he banquet will s tart
at seven p.m.. prime rib will be served lit
S16.00 per person. For reservations and in·
(ormation write to A.t.. Fullerton, 320 Date
Palm Dr.. Lake Park, FI. 33403 or John Aldrich. 4430 Pompano Dr.• Tampa. FI. 33617.
MEETING
L.-R. - Capt. Walter O. Chat ham, Lt. Col. Winston Jones & Lt. Col. Hay Chont. Jr.
INFO NEEDED
Dear Sir:
This is to request you r kind assistance in
obtaining in formation as research data for a
no"'el in progress.
f am particu larly interested in learning
about the use of faciliti es at Santo Tomas
University in Manila as on internment cen·
ter for civilians and femal e prisoners of war
during the period of JanuBTY 2. 1942 through
the end of hostilities in February. 19450.
Can you provide any bibliographical references to this matter?
Would you possibly know the where·
abouts of Ilny of the survi vors of this intern·
ment center?
Could you suggest any further avenues by
which I might obtain additional informa·
tion?
Thank you fo r your interest and help.
Sincerely.
James H. Summers
Cimarron. New Mexico 877 14
505-376·22 10
IO - THEQUAN
Nancy T. Evans
7 Ralph Avenue
Falconer. New York 14733
Dear Sir,
I have just read "Surrender and Survival"
By Bart Kerr and noticed your organization
li sted in the back of the book.
As the daugh ter of a Regular Army officer.
I lived in Manila from July 1939 until1l.Iay
1941 when my mother and I were evacuated.
I was a high school student at the t ime so
remember vi vidl y everything about Manila.
a place I loved ve ry much. By the way. my
lat.e father's name wasA. RhuTaylor. JAGO.
He was the class of 1920 at US~l A.
I have often wondered what ha ppened to
my parents' friends during those awful wflr
years in the P.l . My hobby is anyt hing con·
nected LO pre-war Manila and after. I wou ld
appreciate any help on your pan.
Sincerely.
(Mrs. ] Noncy T. EV~lns
If yo u can help Nancy. please write her.
The third annual meeting of the Mukden.
Manchu ria P.O.w:s will be held October 24.
25. 26. 1986 at
Holiday Inn
Highway 360 at Brown Blvd.
Arlington. Th . 76011
Telephone 81 7·640· 77 12
For more information contact
Harvey Allred
901 Wood Haven Ct.
Euless. 'l'x . 76039
8 17 ·540·0909
HOT FLASH
To all EX-POWS of the J apanese with
Beri·Beri feel.
I found something that work s wonders.
It's called The Foot Fixer. by Clai rol.
I t takes about three quarts of warm water
and has three settings: heat. heaL & massage.
Of
j ust heaL.
Finally some sleep!
J ohn Garleb
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VA UPDATES VETERAN
POPULATION PROJECTIONS
The deceased men at O'DonneU as developed by Col. John E. Olson, U.S.A. Rtd.
SERGEANTS
HAGAN, S.
LEWIS, JACK P.
ZARONSKY, S.L.
GLIDDEN, NORMAN
CORPORALS
HERVEY. ELMER
MERRIMAN.J.R.
RALPH, EUGENE
HOWELL, J AMES A.
KNEELAND, RAY
SEVENTEENTH BOMB SQUADRON
PR IVATES
5117
470 BARNES, FRED
5130
991 COPLEO. AUGUST
5112
337 ENSLEY, C.R.
51 6
181 GOLLETT, ALBERT
GRANT. R.P.
5{23
674 PRIVATES F IRST CLASS
5115
420 ROGERS. L.W.
6J •
1226 T ITUS. D.J .
5/28
874 WARREN, CARL
61 5 1209 ZEOBROWSK I, JOHN
6/23
5117
5/15
5{20
5{27
1396
417
.11
563
8.9
5/ 7
613
5/ 9
1165
4{28
51
479
250
HISTORY
The Seventeenth Bomb Squadron (L) as part of the 27th Bombardment Group (L) arrived in the Philippines on November 20th and was temporarily placed at Fort Wm. McKinley
just outside of Manila. 1Wo days before the war broke. the squadron was transfered to a newly
constructed airfield at San Fernando. I t remained there until Christmas Eve when it was
moved to Cabcaben Field on Bataan. The commander was 2d Lt. W.G. SLiriing.
STAFF SERGEANTS
MICHNA, JOSEPH
1540
CORPORAlS
CAMPBELL,CALVIN P.
DEATH ROSTER
SIXTEENTH BOMB SQUADRON
PRIVATES FIRST CLASS
277 SAVOIE. ALEXANDER
5110
8/11
1519
PRIVATES
BOGUE, E.C.
BROOKS, FRANK L.
,
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SERGEANTS
CAMPBELL. W.H.
CAUSEY. I.H.
JENDRYSIK. F.
SCHM IDT,J.A.
CORPORALS
(Continued on Page 12)
The projections include national and
state-level data on living ex-service personnel by age, sex. and period of military service. They include breakdowns by county, VA
medica1 districts. and VA medica1 center primary service areas.
According to the report:
5/22
6J 9
658
1292
5/30
6J 3
6J I
1035
1150
11 16
5/24
71 I
5/11
711
1434
5/ 7
307
20.
5/18
5/31
5115
1142
6/1
1101
51 5
152
."
.03
HISTORY
The Ninety-First Bomb Squadron (L) moved as part of the '!Wenty-Seventh Bombard·
ment Group (L) to Fort Mc,Kinley where it stayed until December 6th. On that date it was
sent to San Marcelino. another newly completed airfield that was located on the shores of
the China Sea at Iba. Zamba1es Province. It remained there until Christmas Eve when it rejoined the group at Cabcabe.n. The commander during this period was Lt. w,E. Eubanks, Jr.
DEATH ROSTER
192d TANK BATTALION
PR IVATES
51 3 11 55
BODEN. EVERETT
5/23
681 CARROLL, W.B.
8/21 1533
DETTMER. D.A.
5125
801 DEVINE. BEN
DOSHIER. A.R.
Thedemographic studies assist the VA in
formulating policy, budgeting. and program
planning. Of particular importance is the
role t he data play in planning for future rued·
ical care for veterans, especially the aged.
9/13
HISTORY
This squadron arrived in the Philippines as part of the'!WenLy-Seventy Bombardment
Group (L) on November 20th. 1942 and was billeted at Fort McKinley. On December 6th it
was moved to Lipa in southern Luzon to operate from a newly constructed airfield. With the
t hreat created by the Japanese landings to the east. the squadron was moved on Christmas
Eve to join the rest of the group at Cabcaben Field on Bataan. The commander was Lt. Glen·
wood Stephenson.
DEATH ROSTER
NINETY FIRST BOMB SQUADRON
STAFF SERGEANTS
PR IVATES F I RST CLASS
ROGERS, BULEYC.
6J 2 1141
FREYALDEN. HOVCEN
SERGEANTS
TAGG. RALPH
879 JEWELL. LAWRENCE E.
BENNETT. FREDRICK R. 5/28
LAMPK IN. ARTHUR B.
6/29
973 PRIVATES
NOLEN. JOHN W.
Sil l
309 GRAVITT. H.T.
REIB. EDWARD H.
6/10 13 19 HEATH. ARTHUR
MCGRATH. EDWARD
CORPORALS
DROHAN. JOSEPH
5110
288 ROBINSON. CHAS.
TURPEK. FRANCIS
VAN GELDER. V.
VENTURIELL. JON
WEISS. ROY W.
YERGER. DONA LD
The Veterans AdministraLion has issued a
report updating projections of the nation's
veteran population for the years 1980 to
2030. The report incorporates improved
methodologica1 techniques as well as data
which have become available since the last
projections were prepared three years ago.
11122 1547·
614 1222
5/14 290
5/19 557
5/6
175
• There were 27.8 million veterans living
in the United States and Puerto Rico as of
March 31. 1986. By the turn of the century
this is expected to fall to 24 million and by
2030 be down to 1404 million.
• While the number of veterans will be on
a downward trend. the elderly veteran population willgrow dramatically. The number of
veterans at least 65 years old will increase
from today's total of 5.3 million uta peak of
8.9 million in 1999, a69 percent increase. VeLerans 75 and older will grow from today 'a 1.l
million to 1.5 million in 1990. and t hen triple
in size over the next 15 years to 4.4 million.
• Those 65·years-old and over now represent 19 percent of the veteran population.
This will rise steadily over the next three decades before peaking at46 percent by 2015.
• Theovera1l decline in the number 01 veLcrans will not be distributed evenly among
the states. In fact, by the turn of the centu·
ry, four states are expected to gain veterans
- Alaska, Arizona. Florida. and New Mexico. During the next 14 years. all states will
experience marked increases in their veteran population 65·years-old and over.
• California currently has the largest veLeran population of any state with 2,897.000.
followed by New York with 1.902.000 and
Thxas with 1.778,000.
• By the turn of the century. California
will s till have the most veterans with
2.370.000 but fuas, with 1.708.000 veterans, will have replaced New York in second
place. New York will have 1.500.000 living
veterans.
• World War II veterans, numbering 10.2
million. are currently the largest !lubgroup of
veterans. with just under 8.3 million VieLnam ern veterans the second largest . By
1992. Vietnam veterans will be the largest
component.
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Manuel Cruz
Box 1331
San Antonio, TX 78295
Ralph CuUinian
19 Timberbrook La.
Nashua, NH 03062
Frank J E Destefan
3 12 Upson Dr.
EI Paso. TX 79901
William Guent.her Jr.
134 Glenmore Ave.. West. View
Pittsbu rgh, PA 15229
Frank James
5800 Percival Rd. 305 Arrowood
Columbia, SC 29206
HI STORY
THE 192DTANK BATTALION LANDED INTHE PHILIPPINESON NOVEM·
BER 20,1941. IT WAS ASSIGNED TO FORT STOTSENBURG. FOLLOWING THE
OUTBREAK OF WAR IT WAS HELD AT FORT STOTSENBURG AS PART OF THE
USAFFE RESERVE. ON DECEMBER 21. IT WAS RELEASEDTOTHE NORTHERN
LUZON FORCE AND MOVED THE FOLLOWING DAY TO JOIN THE ELEMENTS
OFTHATCOMMAND WH ICH WERE DEPLOYED ALONG THE SHORESOF LIN·
GAYEN GULF. AFTER THE JAPANESE LANDINGS. THE BA'f'TALION WAS USED
IN THE DELAYING ACTION BACK TO BATAAN, WHERE IT WAS ENGAGED
LIGHTLY INTHE ACTION AT LAYACJUNCTION IN EARLY JANUARY. fOLLOW·
I NG THIS, ON JANUARY 7TH THE COMPANIES WERE DEPLOYED ALONG T HE
MANILA BAY SHORELINE ON BEACH DEFENSE.
ON JANUARY 20. THE BATTALION WAS ASSEMBLED IN RESERVE NEA R
CABCABEN. BUT REMAINED THERE FOR ONLY A WEEK BEFORE BEING
MOVED 'IU THE WEST SIDE OFT HE PENINSULA. IN EARLY FEBRUARY COM·
PANIES WERE COMMITTED TO SUPPORT THE INFA NT RY RESISTING JAPANESE LANDINGSATQUINAUAN AND ANYASIN BAYSAND THEIR PENETRA·
TIONSOFTHE I CORPS FRONT. WITH THE TERMINATION OFTHESE ENGAGE·
MENTS, THE BATTALION WAS ASSEMBLED NEAR KILOMETER POST 201
SOUTH OF BAGACWHERE IT REMAINED UNT IL THE fl NALJAPANESE DRIVE
IN EARLY APRIL. IT SAW ONLY LIMITED ACTION PRIOR 1'OTHE SURRENDER,
BUT THE PERSONNEL FOUND THEMSELVES ABOUT AS FAR FROM CAMP
O'DONNELL AS ANYONE ON BATAAN. ASA RESULT. MOSTOfTHE BATTALION
MADE MARCHESTHATWERE AS GREAT AS ANY WHO ENTERED THE CAMP,
AND MUCH MORE THAN MANY.
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Bruce Choate
RL 2 Box 22
Atmore. AL 36502
Orman G. Jaques
588 Jasmine Lane
Sant.a Maria, CA 93454
Galo Maglasang
3400 Mountain View
Bakersfield, CA 93309
Tom Melody
1236 24 th St.
SanLa Monica, CA 90406
Judge Dean Sherry
697 Arlington
Berkeley, CA 94707
Dewey Smithwick
231 Soulh Front St. Lot. 42
Hampton, VA 23664
Edward D. Ross
N. 6822 Dakot.a
S pokane. WA 99208
Howard Ed Taylor
15615 N. 35th Ave. Apt. 133
Phoenix, AZ 85023
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operate the home loan program without a
ceiling on its loan aut.hority.
Other measures sent to the House include:
H.R.4333
-extends benefit.s to former POWs by ad·
ding three more disabilities to the list of
conditions presumed to be related to
captivity: hypothermia. spastic c;olon.
and arthritis due to trauma;
-shortens from six months to90days the
period of captivit.y required for continuing VA dental treatment.
BATAAN RELIEF ORGANIZATION
BULLETIN 19
DEC. 28. 1943
Excerpts from BRO ....-e think you will enjoy or else be informed.
Stimson
We presume by now you have all heard or read about. the insinuating let.ter written to the Chairman of t-he Military A Hairs Committee by Henry L. St.imson, Secretary of War, regarding Senate
Bill 1374. stating in part: " I n the case of captured personnel. there
is no way to distinguish between those men whofI) by virtue ofhaving fought to the last might be deserving of a reward in the form
of a promotion and 12) those who surrendered in circumstances under which they might reasonably have been expected to continue
to resist," (See Congressional Record dal.ed December 2. 1943, page
10322).
The BRa and its affiliates in New Me:cicoand other SUItes have
and are still protesting this remark made by the very person who
is responsible for t hecausing of such a disgraceful surrender on Bataan and Corregidor, and we ask you to cont inue t.his fight along
with us. I quote below an editorial from our President of BRO
regarding the above s ubject:
Irthere are any who like the way our sons were treated. they had
better not read these lines. tiS they an! not intended to make them
or those responsible feel any better.
OUf hearts are with our boys. wherever they are. Some of us.
whose !IOns are reported as having given their all, Brestill doing our
utmost for their comrades. trying to prove ourselves worthy of the
glorious heritage which our own sons have left us. the greawst heritage of al1 - s upreme sacrifice that others might live. If we seem
bitter at limes. let it be remembered that the happy part of our
hearts is gone. and the portion left has been drained of most all but
patriotism, humanitarianism and bitterness. But we are s till try·
ing so desperately to carry on. We feel that all Americansowea debt
to those who survive. which can never be paid in fulL We can only
~w_L
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The latest blow to our sons has been the "thumbs down" atti·
tude of the Administrat ion toward Senate Bill 1374. It was not
enough to send our boys into a highly potential danger zone before
they had completed their promised t raining period. I t was not
enough that they fought most valiantly while starving and with·
out proper medical care. It was not enough that, when they were
so weakened they could no longer stand and fight. they prayed for
Spiritual s trength to continue when material strength wllsdenied
them. It was not enough that they have written oneof the bright.est pages of valor in American hisLOry, as is shown by thei r cita·
t ions. It was not enough that some of our highest officials have
failed miserably in thei r duties. NO! All of that was not enough.
NOW those very same officials have t he temerity LOcast as persions
on the very honor of our sons. both those who have died in the servo
ice of America and those who are living. S uch a s hameful act has
no place in America. especially in the IIctions of any high officiaL
Our valiant sons have given America everything they had, far
more than what was expected of them at the time. We. here at home,
have provided everything that was as ked of us. and more. for t hem.
That leavcs ONLY ONE POSSIBLE WAY in which ourboyscould
have held out longer. That would have been with the HELP that it
was the responsibility of cerLain officials in the Administration to
get LO them and did not. Now. those. very same officials imply that
our dead and prisoner sons could have held out longer than they
did. Most likely those s Lrength'giving. life-saving SUpplies could
have been delivered LO t hem. more than that. most likely they could
have been evacuated with highest honor if WE had had the F IF·
TY DESTROYERS which s hould have boon available and ,",'Cre not..
The s urrender of Bataan. COfr'Cgidor, Guam, and Wake was not due
in any to the lack of herois m on the part of our gallant defender:s of
those places. Those defeats were due entirely LO the fai lure of duty
of those oHidals, who from the very beginning of the war have
s hown the most complete contempt for the welfare of our fighting
Americans who are now in the hands of the Japanese. The only ac·
tion left for us is LO see to it that our heroes get justice whether or
not the Administration wants to give it where itisdue. If Ameri·
canjulltice means anything at all. our heroes WILL GETTHAT
JUSTICE. THEYSHALLBE HONORED! It is the very least we
can do.
Per9onally, if someone expresses even the slightest intimation
in my presence that my boy had just one s hort cowardly hair in his
head, that someone is going to get hurt.. Thatisjustthe sameway
that every mother and dad fee15 who has a fighting lIOn in the hands
of theJaps. But we mus tdo more. far more than to justexpressour
feelings, We mus t really DO something about it. That Something
must PROVE the appreciation of AtL AMERICA. Wehaveitin
Senate Bill 1374.
That bill as presented by SenatorChavez. is in the hands of the
Senate Military Affairs Committee, which as Senator Robert R.
Reynolds as Chairman. Senator Chavez has asked that "-'e all write
LO our own Senators and LO Senator Reynolds to get we bill reported
favorab ly out of committee. We can do more than that, we can get
ten friends to do the same. even if we have to furnis h the stamps.
LET'S GET BUSY!
- Dr. V.H.S.
As an Organization we sent the following wire to Secretary
Stimson:
"Your letter to Senate Military Affairs Committee relative to
Senate Bill 1374 reflecting upon bravery of heroes of Bataan, Corregidor, Guam and Wake arousing furious resentment in all apprecialive Americans, Our boys C\-'Cn prayed Almighty God for
st.rength to continue fighting. Would you? About time War Departr
ment from top to bottom realizes it was THEY who lost the Bat.tleor BATAAN and NOT our boys,"
From the BRO of Illinois:
"Your statement regarding prisoners of Philippines unwarrant·
ed and contrary LO statement of your department at the time of surrender. There was no individual surrender. All sUrTendered under
orders of General Wai nwright. Senate Bill 1374 MUST PASS. "
From BRO of Montana:
.
"From what source did the ins ulting statement that our sons
on Bataan were yellow bellies originate? Such statement is un·
American and should be investigated. After disgraceful situation
Pearl Harbor it appears real yellow bellies were ones afraid to get
aid to boys on BATAA N who fought so gallantly protA!cting Ameri·
can principles,"
Montana also sent another to their Senators. Congressmen and
members of Military Affairs Committee:
"Why this implication deserted men figh ting with what in·
competent management saw fit to send now yellow bellies? Is this
America's tribute to her 80ns?"
Senator Chavez received the following letter from the Execu·
tive Director of the National Legislative Committee of the Ameri·
can Legion in Washington which will alleviate some of the aruiety of members througout thecounLry regarding the Legion's s tand
on the bill:
"The National Legislative Committeeof the American Legion
is interested in your bill S. 1374 to provide promotion of certain
A men'can prisoners of wa r.
" We do not havea s pecific resolut ion on this s ubject but we do
have a broad covering resolution from one of our national conven·
tions and I. asexccutive director of the nalionallegisilltivecommit.tee, could s upport your bill
" I f there is any thing the nationallegislativecommitt:ee can do
to further the progress of this bill. I s hall appreciate it if you will
advise me. Sincerely you rs, Francis M . Sullivan. Executive Direc·
tor:'
Albuquerque. New Mexico.
December 2. 194 3.
Hon. Dennis Chavez,
United. States Senate.
Was hington. D.C.
My dear Senator:
It was with amazement that I read ofSectetary Stimson's letter in which it is alleged that he accuses the boys - IIOmeof the boys
- that were captured on Bataan as cowards. and wishes LO dis·
courage the Bill that wou ld grant each one of these boys the ad·
vancement of one grade in rank. To give any of these boys the ad·
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vancementof one grade in rank is the least thai. wec:an do for them.
Had it not been for their j;taUanlstand it is hard to say what might
have happened in our waf with theJapanese. These boys kept t he
J aps so busy that they did not have the time. nor the inclination
to move in on us at Hawaii, and other places.
We, who know these boys: who have lived with them and
watched many of them grow to manhood from children; who intimately knew the officers who commanded t hem can never believe
that there was a coward in the group. These boys volunteered for
action, and they knew when they volunteered that in a short peri·
od of t.ime they would see that action. They were promised one
year's training before they would be moved overseas - they
received somewhere between six and eight months training. 1bwards t he last of t.his t raining they had only one gun to train with.
They all knew when they leftE I Paso that they had not the proper
training for battle. yet everyone of them were more than anxious
to gel. into baWe. Had there been any cowards among them. they
would havegott.en out before they left EI Paso. All of them were happy in the thoughts thaI. 81.Iast they were going to see action - t he
action for which they had all enlisted.
Undoubtedly, there is more to the Secretary's letter than appears on the surface. Could it be that he now wished to accuse-our
brew boys of cowardice so that the inadequacies of his own deplU't·
ment might be covered up? Could it be that he does not wish the
public to know how little these boys had to fight with, when it was
his duty to see that they were properly prepared? Could it be that
he is trying, now. to discredit that gallant soldier. General MacArthur? Perhaps, Senator. it might be better that the Court Martial
of the two high ranking officers from Hawaii be held at once. land
I understand that they are perfectly willing to be tried atoncel. so
thaI. the public may know who is to blame for t he loss of the Philippines. Secretary Stimson will never be able to cover up the failure
of his own Department by calling the boys of Bataan. "cowards':
We. of the last war. know GeneralMacArthur, we know how men
under him fight; we know that never would a man under his com·
mand surrender until given the word by his superior officer, we
don't know. but we all feel that MacArthur has been given a lousy
deal. but most of us are positive in our thoughts that the boys of
the 200th - not oneof them - was ever a coward or a slacker in his
duty.
Cordially yours.
(Signedl Paul C. Corrigan.
National Executive Committeeman.
lll.h District. comprising New Mexico.
Colorado. Utah and Wyoming.
Bataan Club of Salinas (BROI;
Salinas, California.
Mr. Henry A. Stimson.
Dec. 1st. 1943.
SeCretary of War,
W,.shington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Stimson,
With reference to your letler to the Senate Military Affairs
Committee. relative to Senate Bill 1374, and your opposition to
resular promotions for men taken prisoner in the Philippines. Wake
and Guam campaigns.
Un less the public has been badly misinformed, our men involved in the fu-stcampaignsof the war, surrendered only after taking physical. ment.aland moral beatings beyond the capacity ofhuman natu re to absorb.
it will be remembered, 'A'f! hope. that these men were sacrificed
necessarily butcold·bJoodedly. to hold up theJaps- progress as long
as possible. They fought long after they had suffered the shock of
learning that in s pite of all the glowing promises they had heard.
they were completely on their own. Without a doubt, t hey met the
testand measured up to it. Surely in retu rn for all this. there should
come a realiution of our obligation to these men.
I n view of the facts. we cannot do other than take exception to
you r opposition.
Yours very tru ly.
THE BATAAN CLUB OF SALiNAS.
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From a mother of a son now a prisoner of the Japanese who
fought on Bataan, and Vice-President and co-founder of BRO:
Rt. 2. Box 606
Albuquerque. New Mexico
December 16, 1943.
Hon. Henry L. Stimson
Secretary of War
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Stimson:
After thinking seriously about the recent report of yourobjection to Senate 8ill1374, I feel I mustwriteyou as I knawthere musl
be some misunderstanding some place. I do not forget that you and
Mr. Hull stood practically alone on the issue of sending aid to the
Philippinea.
While 'A'f! know that a great many of our Senators were in favor
of sending General MacArthur men and material, they have not.,
so far, had the authority. I feel Mr, Stimson. that our men and boys
in the Pacific were and still are in a peculiar position in regard t(l the
usual practices of warfare. and in regard to aid, there is no use going into the terrible struggles of Wake. Guam, and the Philippines.
It is a page in American History we will forever look at with shame.
The first, and we pray the on ly time we sent our soldiers into bat,..
tie and did not back them up - the first time our soldiers were ever
sent any place the Stars and Stripes waved that they could not look
up when they heard the Star' Spangled Banner and say: "Every
man. woman and child under that banner is behind us. They will see.
we get help." They were so sure of it. But the men, the ships, the
planes. t he medicine and supplies were not rorour sick, starving
and wounded men.
I realize we had to assist Europe. if only for ourO'Wn protection,
but wealso had en obligation to ourselves to uphold our awn honor.
T have investigated and have been informed by good authority that
ninety·seven per cent of the men going overseas now want to go to
the Pacific. They remember Bataan. Wake, and Guam.
Our men, going into battle in the other theatres of war. have
weapons to fight with, full stomachs to build up their strength. If
sick or wounded. they have medicine. blood plasma and hospit.als.
thank God - but our men had none of these things and those that
survive are now prisoners.
There are thousands of men here in this country who never had
and never will have one day of foreign service and they are receiving advancement every few months, while those men of the early
days of our war are placed in a poSition where it is absolutely impossible for them to advance unless a grateful people. allow them
one advancement a year.
You and I know, as everyone does, it was not humanly possible
for them to hold out a day longer as from all the reports of officers
and men there, as well as from Tokyodispatches. they were so weak
that many could not even stand - sick. starving, barefooted. and
in rags. Could anyone ask any more of them?
We hope and pray that none of our gallant men taken prisoners
by Germany will have toserve even a year. and we thank God they
are getting a Red Cross package once every week. but those taken
in the Pacific have already served two years, and in that time they
have received. we hope, two Red Cross packages.
Mr. Stimson. lam asking not only asa mother of the boysoV1!r
there. but as a citizen of one of these, our most glorious United
States- can't we do something to show those men and boys that
we still love justice and that their early struggles are appreciated
by a grateful and loving nation.
Sincerely yours,
Ethel M. Bickford
(Mrs. Charles Bickfordl.
Senate BiI11374
The following is acopyofthis INFAMOUS bill designed only
to give our heroes a promotion of which they justly deserve:
78th - 1st - Chavez
To provide for promotion of certain American prisoners of war.
That effective December 8. 1942, each officer of the Army.
Navy, (including the Coast Guard) or Marine Corps below the grade
of colonel or corresponding grade in the other services. and each
ICon/hilled on Poge 15)
BATAAN RELIEF
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warrant officer and enlisted man below the g rade of master sergeant or corresponding grade in otber services. who was serving
in the Philippine Is lands or on Wake or Guam on December 2. 1941.
and whois now a prisoner of war, shall be advanced one grade from
the grade he held on that date; and s imilar promotions s hall be
made December 8, 1943. and December 8 in each year thereafter
in the case of each person below the grades above specified on such
dates. respectively: Provided. That. nothing in t his act s hall be construed to reduce the grade or pay of any person promoted between
December 8, 1941, and the date of his capture.
Sec.. 2. Each of the persons specified in section I who. by reason
of the character of his service, such as avaiation personnel persons
serving on submarine duty, and the like, received special pay, shall
continue to receive s uch pay during the time he is a prisoner of war
notwithstanding the fact that by reason of his status he is unable
to e ngage in the service qualifying him for such additional pay.
Stimson's Explanation
Our President., Dr. Spensley, is in receipt of t he following letter
from Secretary Stimson in his own defense. No doubt a number of
you have received this same letter;
Dec. II. 1943.
Mr. V.H. Spensley. President,
Bataan Relief Organization.
Albuquerque. New Mexico.
Dear Mr. Spens ley;
I wish t.o correct the misunderstanding you have of my letter
of November 20th to theSenate Military Affairs Committee regard·
ing the proposed bill to promote certain American prisoner! of war.
Your telegram of December tstindicates that you interpreLed
parts of my letter as containing implications questioning the val·
orof our men captured by the Japanese at the Philippines. Wake
•
aod Guam Islands. No interpretation could be further from the
truth. No one prizes more highly than myself the valor and heroism of these men, nor appreciates more greatly Lho magnificent
patriotism they proved.
The paragraph of my letter to the Senate Military Affairs Com·
mittee which caused your misunderstanding dealt with tho general
policy of promoting prisoner! of war. The War Department believes
t.hatany provision for automatic group promotion of captured Unit.ed States soldiers is unwise as it necessarily ignores individual
cases. This is a basic policy cons ideration and is in no wise intend·
ed to be a comment o n any individual past performance.
I earnestly hope I have corrected this misunderstanding. A
similar reply is being made to others who have expressed them·
selves to me.
Sincerely yours.
HENRY L. STI MSON.
Secretary of War.
Finale
Now folks, do you see anything so terribly wrong in Senat.or
Chavez' Bill whic h would allow these gallant heroes such a promotion after s uffering and starving in battle, then being taken pris'
oner after surrender because of becoming too weak to fight further?
Neither do we! We are giving you the names below of the Senate
Military Affairs Committee and very respectfully request that you
support us in this fight by writing to these men tosupport this bill
and ask them to report it favorably to the Senate. because it is the
wry least they can do for these heroes:
Senators Robert H. Reynolds (N.C.). Chairman: Elbert D. Thomas (Utah); Edwin C. Johnson (Colo.); Lester Hill (Ala.); Sheridan
Downey (CaL); A.B. Chandler (Ky.); Harry S. Truman (Mo.): Mon.
e. Wallgren (Wash.); Harly M. Kilgore (w.va.); James E. MU rray
(Mont.); Joseph C. Mahoney (Wyo.); Warren R. Austin (Vermont);
Styles Bridges IN.H.); Chan Gurney (8. Dak.l: Rufus e. Holman
(Oreg.l: Henry C. Lodge (Mass.l: Chapman Revercomb (\Wa.);
George Wilson (Iowa). AU ckl Senaw Office Building.
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INSIGNIA'S
12SIGNALCOMPANY
BADGE: Approved 15 Oct. 1940. On a
hexagon, one side up, dividing into twelve
radiating a«tions alternating white and
orange, a pair of pliers a nd an open pen
knife. both black. interlaced in saltire.
Below the hexagon, a gold scroll bearing
the motl.o "UN ITED WE SERVE" in
black letters.
DESCR; White and orange are the colors
of the Signal Corps. The six orange sections represent the six. principal regions of
the Archipeligo from whence came t he six
district tribes composing the Company.
The knife and pliers a re two indispensable
tools of every signalman. The sample was
approved 1 Oct. 1941.
FIRST REUNION OF
THE USS FINCH AM·9
Pictured abovelL to RI Joe Zonanello. Stan Summers and AI Mitro. During the May
1986 convention at the ADB&C Inc. at Orlando. Fla., three of the surviving crew members
of the USS FINCH were once again reunited afte r no t seeing each other since 1942.
Another unexpected reunion was when AI Mitro joi ned USS CANAPUS shipmates
John McCambridge. Robert Ping, Richard Dcnnig and "Stinky " Tardiffwhom he had not
seen since Umeda Bunshu days in 1945.
A great time was had by all reminiscing their war days and experiences.
12 QUAIlTERro.lASTER REG IMENT
S HI ELD: Per fess buff and azure in chief
a sea lion naiant and in base a motor wheel
argent.
CREST: None
MO'f'TO: SIGUE (Push F'orwardl
DESCR: Approved 19 Feb. 1937. The
shield is buff and blue. the colors of the
Quartermaster Corps. The sea lion is an
adaptation from the Philippine seal and in·
dicates the allocation or the organization
and the motor whee l represents
t ransportation.
DIS INSIG: Auth 19 Feb. 1937, shield
and motto. Sample. 27 Sep. 1937.
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18 Warbler Drive
McKees Rocks, Pa. 15136
Please Send Correct Address When Moving
HELP WANTED
REUNION
I am interested in making contact wi th
any persons that. were involved in operations
with the P.35A aircraft in the Philippines.
Your assistance is g reatly appreciated.
Thank-you for your time.
Andre LaClair
486 Ballyhack Rd.
Port Crane. Ny. 13833
Survivors of Wake. Guam & Cavite. Inc.
(P.O. Box 1241. Boise. 10183701 Annual R.eunion September 11,12, 13. 1986at Red Lion
Motor Inn, Medford, O R 97501.
BE SURE YOU
SUPPORT H.R. 4333. WRITE TODAY
A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT HAS EXPENDED
ON THIS BILl. DONT LET US DOWN .
AMERICAN DEFENDERS of BATAAN & CORREGIDOR, lnc.
(INClUDING ANV UNIT OF FORCE OF THE ASIATIC FLEET. PHILIPPINE ARCHIPElAGO
WAKE ISlAND. MARIANNA ISlANDS. MIDWAV ISlAND AND DUTCH EAST INDIES)
DUES - $8 .00 PER YEAR
APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP
LIFE MEMBERS HIP RATE:
60 o r over .......... $25.00
Relurn To:
Elmer E. Long, (PNC)
~.~~'Bnoa~ i:;e,ary
New Bern, NC 28561·2052
Name ______________________________________________________
Sincerelly.
Genevieve Donoho
Secretary·Treasurer
I am searching for someone who may have
known my brother, Charles E. "I asso, 200
C.A.A.A .. Medical Detachment. Ft. Stotscnberg and later at Cabanatuan II. Hedied on
theOrynuku Maru enrouteto J apan. Date of
death was J anuaryZ9, 1945.atage40. ln the
s tates he had been stationed at Camp Wal·
lace and Ft. Bliss, 'lexas. He was drafted in
Pinconning, Michigan. If you have any in·
formation please write to Ruth 1·lasso Sutton (next of kin]
12098 M antawauka
Fenlon, Michigan 48430
Address _____________________________________________________
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White Web Belt w/buckle . . .. . .. . .. . 10.00
Caps wllogo .... ........ ........... 5.00 Lile Membership Pin ... . .......... .. 9.00
Tee Shirts: S·M·L·XL ................. 6.00 Bumper Decal ...............
. .2.00
Bell Buckles ...................... 10.00 Window Decal. .............
. .. 2.00
TIes - Black-Blue . . . . ............ 2.00 Ladies Pin. . . ... . . .. . ... .. .. .
. .. 7.00
Tie Bar. . . . .. . .. .
. ......... 7.00 Ladies Earrings - Pierced .... . ...... 7.00
Polich for Hat.... ..... ... . . ...... 2.00 Ladies Earrings ............. .
. .. 7.00
Cuff Links ...... .... ..... . ......... 7.00 Blazer Palch ....
. ............... 3.00
Lapel Pin.
. ..... .............. 7.00 Hat - Size ..................... 15.00
Tie Tacks.
. . . 7.00 Bumper Decal - Logo & Name. . ... 2.00
LIFE MEMBERSHIP RATES
' 0 · 60 ...
IG - THEQUAN
. ...... .... $35.00
60orover . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. s25.00
INFO PLEASE
Elbert J. Wardle, 1309 South 44th Ave ..
Yakima, Wa. 98908 would like to locate
George R. Smith of the 498th Bomb Sqdn;
345th Bomb Group. He was T/Sgt.
MINI·CONVENTION
The Exocu tive Board will meet Oct. 30
thru Nov. 2, 1986atthe Hotel Madison, Norfolk, Va. We have plan ned a bus t rip to theinteresting sites of Norfolk as well as the Navy
Yards and MacArthur Museum. The rates
are $49.00 single or double.
All members are invited. Write Elmer E.
Long, Jr., National Secretary for de tails.