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ISBN Number: 978-0-578-07176-3 1. paws of the Japanese 2. Luzon and Bataan Campaigns 3. POW Ships 4. 26th Cavalry Regiment (Philippine Scouts)

The Last Stand I was with the Filipinos And we had backed into Bataan.

Came the last day offighting, And a shell had laid me low; Then I heard the lines were breaking.

So I waited for the blow.

While bleeding in the bamboo With my fever running high.

A horse pulled up from nowhere With a funny-looking guy That swung from off his saddle, Then dropped the bridle down, And walked into the thicket Where I was tossing on the ground.

The horseman was a picture, With long and golden hair, Tall and blond complexioned, He bore a martial air.

His boots were high and heavy-spurred; His gauntlets full and wide; Two pistols and a cavalry sword Hung loosely by his side.

"Ah, the Twenty-Sixth!" I shouted.

"Is the cavalry up the way?"

The horseman smiled and shook his head, And then I heard him say: "The Little Big Horn, Corregidor, Dunkirk or Bataan Garry and I will forever ride Where brave men make their stand.

Charles Brown (POW), Bars from Bilibid Prison, 1947

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DEDICATED TO JIM FLEEGER &

My CLASSMATES BosJULIAN ROY KIRKPATRICK (DECEASED) BUTCH SAINT GERRY SCHURTZ &

JAMES WILLIAM DUNMYER, USMA JOHN BROADUS LEWIS, USMA

1962

1951

WHO LOST THEIR FATHERS ON POWSHIPS AND FOLLOWED THEM INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND HAD DISTINGUISHED CAREERS IN PEACE AND WAR

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Acknowledgments Many friends and associates helped make this book possible.

My wife Ann helped me the most by reading and proofing the manuscript and making many suggestions to improve it, especially when I dealt with organization and numbers. She said this was an important story that should be published.

Two new friends contributed unsparingly to the publication of this book. Penny Leas read and proof read the manuscript, provided many valuable editing suggestions, and ensured that the final manuscript was ready for printing. Desiree Terry volunteered her time to prepare the covers and the introductory pages for each chapter. She also suggested innovative ways to improve the format . In addition, Desiree worked to make the maps and illustrations more attractive and then worked with Penny Leas to prepare the final manuscript for printing. Both believed that the story needed to be told, and for that I am deeply grateful.

Tom McCann of Commonwealth Films in Boston, an inspiring author, film writer, and producer, reviewed the manuscript and encouraged me to go forward and publish it. His wife, Joan, said the story reminded her of "walking through the Vietnam Memorial."!

Professor Ralph Weber, a distinguished historian with family connections to this era - his wife and her mother were civilian POWs of the Japanese and his wife's father died on a POW ship - also reviewed the manuscript and provided many valuable suggestions.

World War II infantry officer, Herbert Goodman, and his wife, Mary, gave unstinting support. Herb went out of his way to send copies of the manuscript to people he thought would support its publication.

My friend, the late Captain Bob Morrison, USN-Retired, a submariner with deep interest in the Pacific War, added useful comments. So did his wife, author Susan Keyes Morrison, a classmate at the American School in Manila and at La Jolla High School in California.

Two other friends - Nina Alford, an award-winning American History teacher, and Nancy Huebsch Rosasco , another respected classmate from La Jolla High School - read the manuscript and provided many useful suggestions.

Retired Army Lieutenant Colonel John Lewis gave me a copy of an unpublished manuscript that covered some of the actions of 26 t h Cavalry officers who fought in the Visayas and on Mindanao. He also loaned me an invaluable book about U. S . chaplains who served in the Philippines and in the POW camps. These sources provided vital information for the book.

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Dwight Beach, another friend, gave me access to his family's papers concerning his uncle who died on a POW ship. Moreover, he promised to buy many books to give to his family in remembrance of his uncle. My kind of guy.

Lastly, my thanks to Jim Fleeger for providing me with his dad's diaries and letters and associated family papers and photographs.

I deeply appreciate all the comments made to improve the manuscript and all the

assistance given to get this book published.

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Contents Prologue

1

Maps

15

ONE

"Hi!, I'm Fleeger"

23

TWO

"War seems very remote over here"

37

THREE

"Regiment delayed astride the main road"

83

FOUR

"Prevent the enemy from occupying the Bontoc area"

121

FIVE

"Establish a resistance movement"

131

SIX

"Tired - hungry - hell of a life"

147

SEVEN

"Then again it will be roses for Lou"

195

EIGHT

"It was rough - I was a survivor"

209

NINE

"Chaplain Houden died on detail"

227

TEN

"The Purple Heart has been awarded posthumously"

253

ELEVEN

"Will it ever end?"

263

TWELVE

"I have high hopes for return home"

285

Photos

Epilogue

305

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Appendices A B

C D E F

G H

I J

K L M

N

o P Q R S

T U V W

X Y

Abbreviations and Symbols Selected Japanese POW Ships Organization, 26 th Cavalry Regiment (PS), 8 December 1941 Organization, 26 th Cavalry Regiment (PS), 23 February1942 Rosters of All Officers, 26 th Cavalry Regiment (PS) Rosters of Officers Missing After Surrender, 26 th Cavalry Regiment (PS) Rosters of Officers Who Surrendered or Were Captured, 26 th Cavalry Regiment (PS) Rosters of Officers Who Did Not Surrender, 26 th Cavalry Regiment (PS) Rosters of All Officer Dead, 26 th Cavalry Regiment (PS) Rosters of Officer Battle Dead, 26 th Cavalry Regiment (PS) Rosters of Officer POW & Captive Dead, 26 th Cavalry Regiment (PS) Rosters of Officer Survivors, 26 th Cavalry Regiment (PS) Summary of Known Decorations, Officers, 26 th Cavalry Regiment (PS) Other Officers Associated with the 26 th Cavalry Regiment (PS) Rosters of Fleeger's Friends Rosters of Dead Among Fleeger's Friends Rosters of Survivors Among Fleeger's Friends Summary of Known Decorations, Fleeger's Friends Roster of Fleeger's Classmates in the Philippines, 1941-1942 Rosters of All Officers Executed War Illness Record, Harry Fleeger Fleeger Telegram, 24 December 1941 Extract Fleeger Letter, Bataan, 27 February 1942 Fleeger Letter, Cabanatuan, 2 March 1944 Weissblatt Letter, 10 March 1945

309 310 312 313 316 321 325 327 330 332 335 337 341 343 346 350 352 354 356 359 360 361 364 365 366 367

Selected Bibliography

369

Photo and Map Credits

372

Index

373

Note 1

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Telephone conversation with Thomas McCann , 6 August 2008.

Prologue

e a r h is Captain Fleeger n

People Index

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Adduru, Governer Marcelo, 125

Berry, ENS William, USN, 151

Agamon, PVT Antonio, 115

Bickerton, MAJ James, 107,217-19

Allen, 1LT Paul K., 108, 112,

Bidgood, MAJ Clarence, 153-54,273,295

Allen, MG Terry de la Mesa, 66

Bidgood, COL Ferdinand, 273

Alexander, COL Irwin, 206

Bill - See MAJ William Chandler

Almonte, SGT Julian, 115

Binder, BSM Martin, USN, 213

Alvarez, Fr. (ND), 137

Blaine, COL (ND), 50

Anastacio, PVT Eustaquio, 115

Blakely, CDR E. A., USN,212

Anders, MAJ Frank, 242

Blanche (ND), 168

Andreas, COL (ND), 70

Blanning, Cistilj Sisty jVirginia W.

Andrews, RADM Adolphus, 76 Aquila, PFC Andrew, 150

(Mrs. James), 56, 166-67 Blanning, CPT/MAJ James, 53,fn 53,55-7,

Archer, Alice (Mrs. Herman N.), 167, 187

99, 101, 104, 113, 153-54, 165-167,

Archer, CPT Herman N. (Pappy), 164, 167,

170, 187, 217, 223, 236, 273

170,172,176-77,179,187,236

Bluemel, BG Clifford, 102-03.

Argeanas, SGT James, 278

Bob (ND), 168

Auld, Dr. (ND), 64

Boudreau, COL Napoleon, 151

Aunt Florence (Florence Morgan Stout), 185

Bowen, 2LT William E., 122-24,128-29,215, 255,290

Babcock, LTC David S., 154-55, 181,244-5,

277

Bowen, Mrs. William E., 290 Bowers, LT Charles R. (Russ), 92, 108-09

Baclig, COL Eustaquio S., EX, 346-7

Bradley, Amelia, 72-3

Baehr, MAJ Carl, Jr., 64, 66

Bramley, CPLjSGT Clarence H., 164,280

Barker, CPT Joseph R., II, (Little Joe), EX,

Braun, MAJ (CH) Albert W., 46, 153-54,

85,93,104-5,107,113,131-33,

135-38,276

235,271-72 Brazelton, SSGT Earl, 128

Barnett, Stewart, 128

Breitung, LTC Howard, EX, 295

Barth, Phyllis, 166

Brereton, MG Lewis, USA Air Corps, 47

Bartlett, Gordon, 188

Brinkmeyer (Brinkemeyer); CPT j MAJ

Batchelor, CPT Jack F., USA Air Corps, 170, 187, 244

John E., 177 Brodsky, SGT Philip, 213

Bates, PVT Arthur E., 237-8

Brougher, BG William E., 89, 104, 136, 187

Bauer, MAJ Karol A., 153-54,239-40,295

Brown, PFC Robert, 201

Bauman, CPT (CH) Herman, 235

Browne, MAJ Charles J., USA Air Corps, 242

Beach, CPT Dwight, 43

Browne, MAJ Charles J., Jr. (Brownie),

Beach, LT Kenneth Otto, 43

153-54, 242, 295

Beecher, LTC Curtis T., USMC, 277-78, 292

Buboltz, CPTWalterJ., 85, 217-19

Bernd, CPT Peter, 63,

Bubs - See Aunt Berta Morgan Selby Buchly, LTC Walter, 84

People Index /375

Bulatao, PVT Frederico, 115

Cleary, MAJJosephA., 54, 65,108,111-12

Bulkeley, LT John, USN, 101

Clemons (Clemmons), 2LT Carl C., 186

Burlando, LT/CPT Robert

c.,

107,217,219,

221-2

Clinty - See COL Clinton A. Pierce Coale, lLT/CPT David L., III, 107,217,219.

Burrell (ND - possibly lLT William), 155

Connie (ND), 50

Byrd, ADM Richard, 198

Coyle, MAJ Harold (Bud), EX, 59, 236 Cramer, CPT Leland (Lee), 65, In 65, 66, 85,

Cahill, Ed, (probably COL Edwin Martin), 70 Cahoon, lLT Carol, 107-8, 110

Cairns, LTC Bogardus S. (Bugs), 188

217, 223-24, 245 Cummings, CPT William M. (Morris), 107, 170,

217,222

Camp, LT Francis, 122-25

Cummings, CH William, 222-23

Capinpin, BG Mateo, 94

Cunningham, lLT Ethan Robert, 88, 105, 108,

Carberry, CPT (CH) Richard, 43, 52-53, 137

Cardenas, PVTjPFC Eloy P., 278

110-11

Cy - See Cyrus Young

Carnegie, Dale, 197-98 Carter, J. J., 201

Daly, "Moe," 167

Carusso, 1LT Robert, 217, 224

Davis, SGT Robert, 186, 278-80

Cater, PVT Jack A., 182,278,296

Daws, Gavan, 169, 172,292-93

Celestino (ND), 39

Delanty, TSG James E., 180, 280

Chamberlin, 1LT Stephen, 210, 224

Disney, COL Paul, 236

Chandler, Betty (Mrs. William), 56, 66, 167,

Domalanta, T5 Martin, 115

184, 187

Dominick (ND), 61-62

Chandler, Clark Porter, II, 56

Doolan, Roy G., 73-4, 298

Chandler, CPTjMAJ William, 9-11,54-6,65,

Dooley, CPTjMAJ Thomas, 89, 93, 274

69,72-3,77-8,84-5, 101, 103-5,

Doolittle, LTC James, 115

110, 112-13, 129, 136, 153-55, 165,

Doran, MAJ Roy E., 187,274

170,180,184,187-88,218,223,

Dorris, LTC Winnifred 0., 186, 274

265-66,269,293,297,302

Dougherty, COL Louis R., 64, 71, 247

Chandler, William Stuart, 56

Drake, PFCjCPL Aaron C., 170, 186, 278

Charles, Charley (Japanese), 62, fn 62, 70-1,

Drake, BG Charles, 59

205,301

Duckworth, COL (MD) James, 234

Chunn, CPT Calvin, 276

Duf~,COL(CH)John,

Churchill, Winston, 5, 156, 245

Dunmyer, LTC James William, 241

Chynoweth, COLjBG Bradford G., 4, 43, 58-9,

Dunmyer, CPT/ MAJ William J. (Dunnie),

73,75,85,106-07,264,297 Cichy, PVT Anton (Tony),213 Clark, Senator Bennett Champ (D-MO) or D. Worth (D-ID), 76 Clausewitz, Carl, 5 Cleary, Betty (Mrs. Joseph), 112

137,221

153-54, 157, 163, 170, 187, 239-42,295 Dunmyer, Eleanor (Mrs. William J.), 240-41 Dutch (ND), 50, fn 50 Dyess, CPT/LTC Ed, 6-7, 149

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Eichelberger, COL Robert, 75

Fowler, CPT John, 223, 265-66

Eisenhower, BG Dwight D., 296

Fran (ND), 64

Espiritu, PVT Samson, 115

Frank, LT (ND), 223

Euperio, PFC Pedro, 97

Furagganan, SGT/ 1LT Arthur P., EX,

Evans, 1LT Fred B. Jr., 268

123, 126, 128-29, 138,224, 255,264

Falconer, PFC John, 150 Falgatter, Truman (Unde Trum), 186

Gacgacao, SSG Mathias, 115

Falk, Stanley, 148

Gamble (ND; possibly John D.), 155

Farrell (ND), 178-79

Games, CPL Atanacio, 115

Farris, MAJ Houston S., 85, 268

Garcia, PFC Ceofas, 278

Fields, LTC Albert C., 49, fn 49, 57

Gardner, PVT Herschel R., 278-80

Finley, CPT Glen S., 33, 143 (photo), 188

Garife, SGT Guadencio M., 114

Finley, Glen S., jr., 33

Garver, LTC Ralph T., EX, 231-32

Fischer, MAJ Harry 0., 11, 186-87,

Garver, COL Ralph T., Jr., 232

274-75,280 Fitch, CPT Alva R., 43, 153-54, 170, 264, 273-74 Fleeger, Cliffie (Mrs. Louis, mother), 24, 158, 168,187,202,285,288

Garver, LTC Ralph T., III, 232 Gavin, LT James M., 44-5 George, lLT John A., 108

G'I (possibly George E. Isaacs), 65, fn 65 Gochenour, CPT (VC) William, 43, 269

Fleeger, Frances, 285

Gonzalez, PVT (ND), 98

Fleeger, Jacky, 285

Gordon (ND), 50, 61, 68, 70

Fleeger, James (Jim), 2-3, 11-13,32,57,84,

Graef, MSG Calvin R., 212-13, 305

102, 157-58, 183-85, 187-88,200,

Granade (Grenade), MAJ Ed, 56, 64

202-04,207,285,287,291,300

Graves, 1LT Stephen S., 108, 111

302,307

Griffiths, Anne (Mrs. Kenneth), 233

Fleeger, Larry, 33, 57, 84, 102, 157-58, 183-85, 187-88,200,202-04, 206-07,285,287,300,302 Fleeger, Judge Louis (father), 11,24,71, 157, 165,187,199,285,288

Griffiths, CPT Kenneth

c., 233

Gross, MAJ Gardner B. (Spade), 154, 163, 170,187,236,274 Grunert, MG George (Big George), 41, 49, 61,297

Fleeger, Louise, 2-4, 9-12, 32, 38-9, 48-51, 54-59,61-71,93, 102, 144-45 (photos),

Halsey, VADM William, 206

155, 157-58, 161,163, 166-68, 1 79,

Hamrick, PFC Eugene E., 278

182-85, 195-207, 285, 287, 288-91,

Hardwicke, 1LT Clifford, Jr., 108, 110-11

295-96, 299, 302

Hart, ADM Thomas, 74, 95, 296

Fleeger, Sam, 159, 182, 186,285,291 295-96

Hay, Secretary of State John, 38, 41 Henderson, TSG Charles W., 238

Foote, Tom, 112

Hendricks, lLT Archie M., Jr., 108, 112

Ford, CPTJack, 85,217,219-20

Herbst, lLT (MD) Mark, 150

People Index / 377

Herrick, MAJ Leroy M. (Roy), 187 Heuser, SSG Louis G., 115, 128

Kanally, PFC Billy B., 186, 238

Hewitt, Dr. Thomas, 175

Kaufman, CPT George, 50

Hirsch, COL Ralph, EX, 230, 232, 294

Keith - See Keith Selby

Hodges , LTC Campbell B. , 24

Kelly, CPT Colin, 88

Holmes, Linda, 175

Kendall, Paul, 65

Homma, LTG Masaharu, 19, 100

Kennedy, President John F., 265

Honorio (ND), 58

Ketchum, Alice, 109

Hope (ND), 64

Ketchum, Gladys, 112, 166

Hopkins, COL Armand, 246-47

Ketchum, Hubert W., 109

Horton, LTC Thomas R. , 233-36, 294

Ketchum, LTC Hubert W., Jr., (Sandy), 85,

House, PVT Jesse

c., 237-38

108-10, 112-13,294

Houser, MAJ Houston Parks, Jr., 269-70

Kimmel, ADM Husband, 296

Houser, Houston Parks, III, 270

King, BG Edward, 21, 69

Howard , MAJ Charles E. N., Jr. (Budge),

Koenig, LT Fred, 10

153-54,269

Kuroki, GEN (Count) Tamemoto, 75

Howden (Houden) CPT (CH) Frederick B. (Ted), 46, 158, 227, 235-36

Lapham, MAJ Robert, 131-35, 137,276

Hudgens, PFC/CPL S. R. (Syd), 186,278

Lappin, PFC/ SSG Frederick B. , 280

Hughes, PVT Charles, 214

Laragay, CPT (DO) Edward J., 114, 217,

Hull, Secretary of State Cordell, 41 Hurley, Fr. (ND), 137

223,255,264 Lauman, MAJ Philip G., Jr., 167, 241 -42

Lawton, CPT Manny, 239-40 Isaacs, COL George E., (G'I), 65, fn 65

Lay, 2LT Kermit, 148

Ives, COL Albert, 64

Layog, lLT Basilio

c., 346-47

Leavelle, Charles, 7 Jacobs, MAJ (MD) Eugene, 152-53

Leisenring, lLT William P., 214-15, 219, 289

Jim - See MAJ James Blanning

Lewis, PFCjSSG John E., 280

Johnson, Mrs. (ND), 164

Lilly, COL Edmund J. , Jr., 102

Johnson, MAJ Chester L. (Johnnie), 153-54

Lincoln, President Abraham, 161

164, 170,187,274-75 Johnson, LTC Harold K., 2, 160, 264, 293

Lindsay (Lindsey), LTC James R. (Plute), 64, 68,

243

Johnson, Katherine (Kay) (Mrs. Chester L.), 187

Litton, George, 136

Jones , MG Albert M., 297

Lockwood, LTC Hansford N., Jr., 64

Jones, Irene (Mrs. Samuel) , 228

Lodge , Douglas, 64

Jones, CPT/ MAJ Paul M., 85, 101, 104, 187,

Lough, COL Max, 43

214-15,289 Jones, CPT/ MAJ Samuel Edward, 38, 228, 232

MacArthur, GEN Douglas, 5-6, 24, 29, 31 ,

Jones, CPT Thomas S. (Troop C) , 89, 106,

38,41-3,46-8, 51, 64, 67, 72,

122-23, 125-29 , 174, 266

74-5, 77, 86-88, 93-4, 95, 99 ,

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101,110, 125, 127, 132-34, 138,

Musselmann, CPT Merle, 290-91

156,173,200,206,216,231,243,

Muzacko, Mary, 238

267,275,287,297 Magsaysay, CPT Ramon, 134

Needham, CPTJames, 126, 128

Mark, lLTHenryD., 108, 110, 112-14,294

Needham, Mrs. James, 126, 128

Marquez, PFC Manuel 0., 238

Nelson, COL Frank, 85, 256, 264

Marshall, GEN George C., 296

Nimitz, ADM Chester, 6, 173, 287

Martinez, PFCjCPL Luciano, 278

Nogi, GEN Maresukae, 75

Masangcay, SSG Severo, 114-15

Norling, Bernard, 125, 128,267

McGee, LTC John, 268, 274

North, COL (MD) William, 275

McGuire, CPT Ralph, 131-32

Nutter, 1LT W. H., 33, 143 (photo), 188

McLennan, COL Carter R. (Dour Scot), 65,

Nye, Senator Gerald (R-ND), 76

71,85, 106-7256,264 Merrill, COL Gyles, 85, 106, 131-32, 134,256,265,276

Oldham, PVT Adrian E., 278 Oliver, CPL Glenn, 213

Meyer, CPL Donald L., 212-13

Olson, CPT John, 162, 229, 245

Mickelsen (Mickelson) CPT (VC) Clayton H.,

Olson, (Ole) (ND), 236

43,90-1,113,217,223-34,255

Orson, CPT (VC) Oliver, 221 , 223, 292

Miller, CPT David A., 148-49, 210, 224, 294

Osmefla, President Sergio, 113

Miller, ND, 242

Overbeck, Robert, 212-13

Minton, CPT Warren A., 106, 123-25,

Oyama, Field Marshal Iwao, 75

128-29, 158-59,266-67,296 Miole, PFC Leonilo, 114-15

Packard, MAJ Harry E ., 51-3, 73,

Mird - See Aunt Mildred Morgan Young

153-54, 170, 180, 187, 247-48

Monaghan, Fr. Forbes J., 137

Paculanan, SGT Francisco, 115

Montiadora, CPL Andres, 124

Pappy - See CPT Herman N. Archer

Moore, MG George, 78

Parker, MG George M., Jr., 86, 95, 297

Moran COL Juan, EX 346-48

Patton, COL George S., Jr., 32, 94

Morgan, Aunt Berta (Bubs) (Mrs. Keith Selby),

Paul, ND, 203

39, 187 Morgan, Aunt Florence (Mrs. Stout), 185

Pell, CPT Floyd J. (Slugger), 228, 232

Pierce, BG Clinton A. (Clinty), 50, 57-8, 69,

Morgan, Aunt Mildred (Mird) (Mrs. Cy Young),

84-5,92-3,99, 101, 105, 109, 113,

51, 186

127,136,188,214,230,256,264

Morgan, Aunt Virginia, 32

Plato, 5

Morgan, Susan Louise (Mrs. Harry Fleeger),

Plemmons, PFC Carl K., 278

32

Morris (Most likely Morris Cummings), 12

Pop - See MAJ Evert S. Thomas Praeger, MAJ Ralph E., EX, 20, 85, 89, 106,

Morse, COL William, 43

122-27, 129, 131-33, 138,230,

Morton, Louis, 84, 91, 230

266-67

Murphey (Murphy), LTC William W., 248, 295

Priestley, MAJ William J ., 241-42

People Index / 379

Provoo, SGT John Oavid, 232-33, 296

Short, LTG Walter, 296

Pudy (NO), 204

Shoss, COL Morris, 2, 4 Sibal, PVT Angel, 115

Quezon, President Manuel, 5-6, 38

Siciliano, 1LT Joseph M., 268 Smith, MG William R., 24, 30

Rada, CPL Emanuel, 238

Smyth, PFC Robert W., 280

Ramsey, 1LT Edwin P., 53, fn 53 , 77, 97-8,

Smyzer, LT (NO), 269

104, 107, 110, 131-34, 137, 178, 256,276,294 Ramsey, LTC Mott (VC), 57, fn 57 Reed, MAJ (MO) Emil P. (Rigor Mortis), 268-69

Spies, CPT George J. (Jack), 107, 131-32,

135, 137-38 Stadler, COL John H. (Harry), 49, 61, 64-5, 68,71

Reynolds, SGT John E., 170, 186-87, 238-39

Stear, SGT/TSG Arthur W., 280

Reynolds, MAJ Royal, Jr. , 274, 276

Stevens, Frederick A., 90-91, 135, 138

Rice, CPL Kenneth V., USMC, 280-81

Stewart, BG Merch B., 24

Richards, CPT Forrest C., 85, 217, 223-24

Stimson, Secretary of War Henry, 292

Richardson, AOM J . 0., 296

Stivers, COL Paul, 58

Richardson, LTC/MG Robert C., Jr., 24-5, 32

Stout, Aunt Florence Morgan, 185

Rivera, PFC, Philip F ., 278

Strickler, MAJ Dudley G. , 228-30, 232

Rockwell, RAOM Francis W., 101

Strus, PVT Walter P., 238-39

Roosevelt, President Franklin D., 5-6, 41, 116,

Svihra, LTC Albert G., 236-37, 295

296-97

Swift, COL I. P., 94

Rosen, COL Melvin, 2, 4 Russell, CPT Andrew G., Jr., 346, 348

Tallungan, CPL Leo, 114

Russells (NO), 186

Tarkington, COL H. W., fn 13 Taylor, CPT (CH) Robert Preston, 159-60

Saint, LTC Frederick G., 102, 245-47

Tenney, 1LT Lester, 233

Sammy (NO), 51

T. H. (NO), 40

Sandoval, PFC Bertram (Bert), 186,238

Thomas, MAJ Evert S. (Pop), 153, 233, 235,

Sassoon, Siegfried, 295 Sayre, High Commissioner Francis, 74 Seay, CPTJames

c.,

107,214-15

302 Thomas, lLTFrederickF. , 107-08, 111-12 Thomson, CPT (VC) Burton

c., EX, 232-33, 296

Segura, SGT/TSG Joseph A. (Jose), 278

Thompson, PFC Wilson S., 280

Selby, Berta Morgan (Bubs) (Mrs. Keith),

Thorp, LTC Claude, EX, 85, 106, 111, 131-33

39, 187

135, 138

Selby, Keith, 39-40

Togo, ADM Heihachiro, 75

Selide, PFC Selvino, 115

Tojo, GEN Hideki, 53-4, 181

Selleck, BG Clyde, 90

Tolentino, SGT (ND; possibly CPL Fidel), 98

Seymour, 1LT Clinton C., 186-87,268

Tolentino, CPL Fidel, 114

Shaw, CPT (MO) Vaughn, 269

Tracer, TSG Jay C., 280

Sherman, GEN William T., 5

Trapnell, Alys (Mrs. Thomas J. H), 166

380/ Remind Me to Tell You

Trapnell, MAJ/LTC Thomas J. H. (Trap), 2, 4,

267

fn 53, 85, 87-8, 90-1, 94, 99, 101,

Weaver, COL/BG James R. N., 46, 66, 78

113, 136, 148-49, 166, 168-69, 178,

Weiland, LT (ND), 222

180,188,201,217-18,223,236,

Weissblatt, Franz, 289-90

264-66,293,300

Wheeler, Senator Burton K. (D-MT), 76

Travera, PVT Philip, 180, 228

Wheeler, lLT/ CPT John Z., 49-50, 54, 57-8,

Truglia, lLT Dominick, 93, 108, 111-12

63-4,fn 65,66,83 (photo), 85, 90-1,

Trujillo, PFC Reynaldo (Ray), 170, 180, 186,

96-8,111,113-14,185,187,217,

238-39

223,294,300

Truman, President Harry, 302

Whitcomb, 1LT Edgar, USA Air Corps, 166-67

Turner, 1SG Houston, 149-50

Whitehead, 1LT Arthur, 107, 267

Turner, MAJ John W., Jr., 186-87, 242

Wilbur, PVT Avery, 213

Turner, PVT (ND), 239

Willowby (Willoughby), COL Charles, 74

Twaits, Pryor (Prior), 11, 186,274,276

Wills, 1LT Donald H., 256, 267-68 Wilson, Betty (Mrs. Ovid 0.), 165, 291

Uddenberg, LTC Alf E., EX, 232, 294

Uncle Cy (Cyrus Young), 40, 186 Uncle Trum (Truman Falgatter), 186

Wilson, LTC Ovid Oscar (Zero), 160, 166-67 274,276-77 Winans, MG Edwin B., 24 Windham, Amasha B., 135

Vachon, COL Peter, 43

Wing, MAJ Paul R., 277

Vance, LTC/COL Lee, 71, 84-5, 99, 101,

Wing, Toby, 277

103, 113, 188, 256, 264 Van Nostrand, CPT/LTC William S., 107,

179,217,219-21

Wohlfeld, CPT Mark M., 346, 348-49 Wright, CPT John, Jr., 242, 292 Wrinkle, CPT Paul H., 85, 108, 111, 112

Van Orden, PFC William N., 280 Villamor, CPT Jesus, 47

Yamamoto, ADM Isoroku, 68

Villanneuva, PFC Epemaco, 114-15

Youmans, 2LT Joseph M., 346, 349

Viray, PVT Narciso

c., 115

Young, Cyrus (Uncle Cy), 40, 186

Volckmann, LTC Russell, 128

Young, Mildred Morgan (Mird), 51, 186

Wada, Shunusuke, 246

ZerJas (Zerphas), CPT (CH) Mathias, 43,

Waddelton, MAJ W. F., 33, 86 Wainwright, MG/LTG Jonathan M. (Skinny),

159-60,217,219-21,272

Zitzman, Kenneth F., 44

44,57,61,68,74,78,86-7,89-93,

Zobel, Matilda, 89

95, 101, 104, 106, 113, 115-16, 122,

Zwaska, MAJ Andrew B., 153-54, 295

136,214,229-30,237,265,276, 293,297 Ward,MAJ/ LTC John T. (Tubby), 43, 232-33 Ward, lLT William H., 210, 224 Warner, 1LT/ MAJ Everett L. (Major Bottle), 158,

About the Author

John Bradley was born and raised in the Philippines. He and his parents became civilian POWs of the Japanese and spent thirty-seven months in Santo Tomas Internment Camp in Manila until rescued by the 1st Cavalry Division in February 1945. His father did not survive.

He graduated from the U. S. Military Academy and was commissioned an infantry officer in the U. S. Army. A parachutist and a Ranger, he served with the 1st Cavalry Division in Korea, the 82 n d and 101 s t Airborne Divisions, XVIII Airborne Corps, and the Airborne Department of the Infantry School in the United States, and as a military field advisor in Vietnam. Mter retiring from the Army, he worked for corporations in Texas and California. In 1996, he opened a business in Houston.

After earning a MA in History from Rice University, Bradley returned to West Point where taught military history, wrote The Second World War, Asia and the Pacific, developed and presented a special lecture about General Douglas MacArthur, and spent four years managing projects associated with the Bicentennial of the American Revolution. Since 2001 , he has taught courses in U. S. History and World War II at the University of Houston-Downtown. He also has taught courses about World War II and the Cold War for the Center for the American Idea and at the Glasscock School of Continuing Education at Rice University.

He continues to research and write military history.

Benny Havens

From Nevada's hoary ridges, from stormy coasts of Maine, From Lava Beds and Yellow Stone the Story never waned; Wherever duty called, they went, their steps were never slow, With "Alma Mater, " on their lips and "Benny Havens, Oh."

When this life's troubled sea is o'er and our last battle's through,

If God permits us mortals there his blest domain to view, Then we shall see in glory crowned, in proud celestial row, Thefriends we've known and loved so well at Benny Havens, Oh!

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