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VOLUME 55 PITTSBURGH, PA — JANUARY, 2001 NUMBER 4
HAMPTON
MIRROR TO AMERICA’S HISTORY!
At first glance it might seem that the English explorer John Smith, Blackbeard the
Pirate, President Abraham Lincoln, educator Booker T. Washington, and John Glenn,
Alan Shepherd and America’s first astronauts — the Mercury Seven — have little in
common. But ever since the first boatload of English tourists set foot on American soil in
1607, pausing at Strawberry Banks for some fresh fruit and dry land before sailing up
river to found Jamestown, people in search of relaxation, water sports, and educational
fun have visited Hampton. That connection, from exploring the New World to exploring
space, gave birth to Hampton’s motto, “first from the sea, first to the stars.”
Hampton is the site of the first Christmas celebrated in the New World, when
starving colonists from Jamestown visited the Kecoughtan Indians in December, 1608
and shared oysters, fish, and holiday cheer. A year later the future Hampton was
settled, originally named for the Kecoughtan tribe. America’s first fort, a wooden
stockade called Fort Algernourne, was built to protect the new colony from Spanish
raiders.
Hampton’s location on the mouth of Hampton Roads, the world’s largest natural
ice-free harbor, was a natural draw for shipping, and the town quickly became known as
a bawdy port town with friendly inns and taverns. Pirates roamed the waters off the
colonies of Virginia and the Carolinas, and the most famous pirate eventually came to
stay in Hampton in the form of a warning. Blackbeard, based in North Carolina’s Outer
Banks, was killed in a fierce battle in 1718 in Carolina waters, after which his severed
head was mounted on a pole at the entrance to Hampton’s harbor, warning would-be
pirates of the consequences.
But it wasn’t Spaniards or pirates who finally burned Hampton to the ground in
August, 1861. It was the Confederate army, denying Hampton’s use to a Federal Army
operating out of Fort Monroe, which stayed in Union hands throughout the Civil War.
Following Virginia’s secession in 1861, Fort Monroe was used as a staging point for the
Union’s Peninsula Campaign, and hosted President Abraham Lincoln while he planned
the capture of nearby Norfolk. Fort Monroe became a symbol of freedom to escaping
slaves, who called it “Freedom’s Fort” or “Fort Liberty.” Today the original stone fort,
surrounded by a moat, is home to the Casemate Museum, where visitors can view the
cell in which Confederate President Jefferson Davis was imprisoned after the war.
Fun Facts
Hampton is the oldest continuous English-speaking settlement in the U.S.
Blackbeard’s Point on the Hampton River was named for the infamous pirate.
Legend has it that after Blackbeard was hunted down and killed, his severed
head was displayed on a pike (at what is now Blackbeard’s Point) to serve as a
warning to other would-be pirates.
America’s first English-style Christmas was held in what is now Hampton.
A city of 138,000 residents, Hampton is part of the metro area known as
Hampton Roads. Hampton Roads is the 27th largest Metropolitan Statistical
Area (MSA) in the U.S.
Located on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay, Hampton Roads Harbor and the
Hampton River, Hampton’s waterfront location is in the center of the Hampton
Roads region.
Hampton was the site of America’s first organized teaching of African
Americans.
The first site of NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
was in Hampton.
Hampton was America’s first training ground for U.S. astronauts.
THE STORY BEHIND
“TAPS”
It all began in 1862 during the Civil War,
when Union Army Captain Robert
Ellicombe was with his men near Harrison’s
Landing in Virginia. The Confederate Army
was on the other side of the narrow strip of
land. During the night, Captain Ellicombe
heard the moan of a soldier who lay mor -
tally wounded on the field. Not knowing if it
was a Union or Confederate soldier, the
Captain decided to risk his life and bring
the stricken man back for medical attention.
Crawling on his stomach through the
gunfire, the Captain reached the stricken
soldier and began pulling him toward his
encampment. When the Captain finally
reached his own lines, he discovered it was
actually a Confederate soldier, but the
soldier was dead. The Captain lit a lantern.
Suddenly he caught his breath and
went numb with shock. In the dim light,
he saw the face of the soldier. It was his
own son. The boy had been studying music
in the South when the war broke out.
Without telling his father, he enlisted in
the Confederate Army.
The following morning, heartbroken,
the father asked permission of his superiors
to give his son a full military burial
despite his enemy status. His request was
partially granted. The Captain had asked
if he could have a group of Army band
members play a funeral dirge for the son
at the funeral. That request was turned
down since the soldier was a Confederate.
Out of respect for the father, they did say
they could give him only one musician.
The Captain chose a bugler. He asked the
bugler to play a series of musical notes he
had found on a piece of paper in the
pocket of his dead son’s uniform. This
wish was granted.
This music was the haunting melody we
know as “TAPS” that is used at all military
funerals.
In case you are interested, these are the
words to “TAPS”:
Day is done
Gone the sun
From the lakes
From the hills
From the sky
All is well
Safely rest
God is nigh …

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STATISTICS
How many men died on the Philippines
— figures from Dr. Charles A. Stenger,
Ph.D.
Army & Air Corps —
Captured — 25,550
Died — 10,650
Alive 1/1/2000 — 5228
Above figures include Filipino scouts
Captured — 12,000
Died — 4,000
Marines
Captured — 2274
Died — 518
Alive 1/1/2000 — 612
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RESTORING FAITH
By DOROTHY CAVE ALDRICH
FRANCISCAN PRIEST POURED HEART INTO ‘APACHE CATHEDRAL’
It was Christmas Eve in Mescalero. Apaches from every pocket of the reservation
had been gathering all week. The light of a hundred campfires played on the wagons
and tipis nestled among the snow-swaddled slopes. From atop a knoll commanding
Tularosa Creek Canyon, the stone walls of the unfinished mission church rose — a little
higher each year — where now the people gathered for midnight mass.
Inside the roofless shell an enormous bonfire gave light and heat, and smoke rose
like prayers into the star-stippled black above as the priest intoned the ancient litany.
And then guitars and hymns gave way to native drums, and the dancers leaped into the
firelight, masked and painted and kirtled, with their great forked headdresses. Here two
ancient traditions met and married.
Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, many New Mexicans watched as the walls of
Saint Joseph’s rose. But few knew the story behind this “Apache cathedral.”
Arriving by buckboard in 1916, the newly ordained Father Albert Braun, a
Franciscan priest, had found a tiny adobe church, cracked, crumbling and sliding off its
foundation. He began to envision a larger, more inspiring structure.
It had to wait, however: In 1917 America went too war. The intensely patriotic
priest volunteered for chaplain service and sailed for France. Disobeying orders to stay
in the rear during the bloody Meuse-Argonne offensive, Lt. Braun went “over the top”
with the front-line troops. When hit with shrapnel, he refused to leave the field where
the wounded and dying needed him.
He returned from the war with a Purple Heart and a Silver Star, still dreaming of a
new church. Inspired by the Gothic structures of France, he requested permission to
begin — and the necessary funds.
Impossible, said his superiors: case closed.
Braun, strong of purpose and hard of head, thought otherwise. Dismissing the veto
as “insignificant” — his favorite riposte — he quietly began packing black powder into
the cracks of the church. Soon he reported a mysterious explosion: the church was gone.
He must replace it.
Permission was granted. But no funds.
“Insignificant!” He had $100 leftover Army pay, two work-hardened hands, and
many friends. On passes obtained from his friend, railroad attorney W.A. Hawkins, he
rode to Philadelphia to approach noted architect William Stanton. Fascinated, Stanton
drew plans (at no charge) based on medieval designs and use of hand labor.
Back in Mescalero, Braun donned overalls and went to work. He enlisted
Mescaleros and a few Chiricahuas, among them sons of Geronimo and Cochise. His old
friend Tony Leyva, widower and expert stonemason, came from California and worked
for nothing but bed and board until his death in 1938. With only primitive tools they
dug the foundation, quarried and hauled huge stones, built kilns, burned limestone and
mixed mortar. In 1920 they laid the cornerstone.
An unexpected transfer absented Braun from 1924 to 1927, but on returning he and
Tony recommenced building, aided now by a German ex-artilleryman, Brother Salesius
Kraft, who worked until 1928, when he was tragically crushed by a falling stone. He is
buried just outside the church.
Once labeled an adventurer by a disapproving superior, Braun turned this trait into
valuable service. When Mexico’s anticlerical Obregón and Calles regimes began
confiscating church property and exiling (or executing) priests, Braun volunteered to cross
the border incognito, carry money and messages to those priests who refused to leave, and
to purchase church property as a private investor to save it from government seizure.
He played his role with gusto. He and Father Dave Kirgan, disguised as wealthy
businessmen, made three dangerous trips into Mexico, worked with underground
connections, accomplished their missions — and relished every minute.
Braun also gave refuge in Mescalero to a dozen exiled Mexican Franciscans. He
converted a barn into living quarters. To meet expenses for their food, he became
chaplain for all CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camps in New Mexico and West
Texas — a greatly increased workload he dismissed as “insignificant!”
Dream-driven, he kept the walls rising. Built almost entirely of native materials,
mostly donated, the church soars 50 feet to the eaves, twice that to the tower’s top, a
monument in New Mexico’s history.
In 1939, though still lacking window glass or light fixtures, the church was dedicated.
War loomed again, and Braun volunteered for duty in the Philippines. Assigned to
the 92nd Coast Artillery, he also once war began, served a regiment of New Mexico
National Guardsmen at the request of their Protestant chaplain on behalf of the heavily
Catholic contingent. During the heroic, doomed defense, he traveled regularly between
his own post on Corregidor and “his boys” on Bataan.
(Continued on Page 4)
THE CHAPLAIN’S CORNER
“Giving until it feels good”
I hope that the title of this article
catches your attention and provokes your
curiosity; its message is completely
contrary to the expression, “Give until it
hurts”, which is often quoted in secular
funds drives. The thinking behind the title
is truly different than the conventional
wisdom of the best minds of secular
society. But it is the way the people of God
are expected to think.
The worldly approach to giving is to
figure out “What is my share?”, and then
give of our time, talents or treasures in
support of causes we consider worthwhile.
Income taxes are an example of that
thinking; we have no doubt about “our
share”; the Forms 1040 make it clear. We
have no choice but to pay or suffer the
consequences.
Jesus was asked by His followers,
whether or not they should pay taxes to
the Roman government, which would use
that money to support a military occu -
pation of Israel. His answer was, “Give
unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s; give
unto God that which is God’s”. He saw no
problem in paying taxes to the Romans.
After all, those tax payments were “only
money”; that money was coined by Caesar
and he had fair claim to his share.
We are taught to give “ourselves, our
souls and bodies” to Him. This is, indeed,
a higher level of giving. We offer Him all
that we are and have because we know
that it all came from Him and is merely on
loan to us for this lifetime.
Dedicating our lives to God is a liberating
experience because it frees us from our
worship of material things. Serving Him is
a joyful thing to do because we know that
we are returning to Him that which He
created in us. His service is perfect
freedom.
When we give freely to God we experience
a joy of giving Him what is rightfully
His. It begins to “feel good” because we
know that we are returning to Him that
which is His anyway. In giving him our
time, treasures and talents we experience
the joy of imitating Himself, who gave so
freely of Himself, who paid the price for
our sins; who redeemed us by the gift of
Himself.
Let us imitate God by giving freely of
ourselves, our souls, our hearts, our bodies.
Then we, too, will know the meaning of
“Give until it feels good”.
In His service,
Fr. Bob Phillips+
National Chaplain
American Defenders of
Bataan and Corregidor
JANUARY, 2001 — 3

For “repeatedly exposing himself to enemy fire while rescuing the wounded and
giving last rites to the dying,” he was later awarded the Legion of Merit and a second
Silver Star. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright made a special trip to pin the latter on “his”
chaplain.
During the three and one-half years of filth, brutality, disease and starvation in
Japanese prison camps, Braun endured torture and risked death to help smuggle
medicine to the sickest. He nursed the dying, buried the dead and stole food for the
living — so adeptly that they nicknamed him “Al Capone.” In the airless hold of a
Japanese hell ship, he led a thousand men in prayer and song to sustain life and sanity.
Dozens later attested, “Father Al saved my life.”
Back in Mescalero after the war, Braun finally finished his beloved Saint Joseph’s.
He dedicated it to his fellow veterans.
But war had shattered his health, and in 1949 he was assigned to lighter duty in
Phoenix. Still pulsing with life, dedication and crusty humor, and still refusing to slow
down, he built another church, three chapels and a school in the city’s poorest sections.
Even after losing a leg, he was a familiar sight racing about south Phoenix in his wheelchair,
working among the poor almost until his death on March 6, 1983. He was 93
years old.
As he had wished, his body was returned to Mescalero and the Apaches he loved;
his heart had never left. Here he lies, in the church he had built with faith, sweat and
hardheaded cussedness.
Motorists today along N.M. 70 between Ruidoso and Tularosa are once again watching
Saint Joseph’s as it undergoes extensive restoration. Time and weather have deteriorated
much of the mortar, dislodged small stones and endangered larger ones. With the help of
specialists in the almost-lost art of lime mortar (which marries to the stone and releases
absorbed moisture, as opposed to cement, which doesn’t) work continues under the expert
and energetic direction of Brother Peter Boegel, as funds become available.
People of all faiths — especially veterans — are responding enthusiastically to help
save this historic monument. Among the most memorable gifts is that from a very small
boy from Silver City, who, coin by coin, counted out his savings — 47 pennies. Like the
juggler of Notre Dame, it was all he had.
Brother Peter, too, is giving the restoration all he has. With a dedication worthy of
the heroic man who built it — and a similar insouciance — he grins down from the
scaffolding, waves jauntily and dismisses all obstacles.
“Insignificant!”
Dorothy Cave Aldrich, who lives in Roswell, is an avid history buff and author of
several books. She currently is working on a book-length biography of Father Albert Braun.
4 — THE QUAN
RESTORING FAITH (Continued from Page 3)
ONE MORE
It appears that Prime Minister Tony
Blair has approved the plan to pay an ex
gratia payment to the British Far Easy
WWII POWs and widows. The amount
remains the same as previously reported
… 10,000 pound sterling, tax free. There is
no mention of the British civilian
internees.
This plan follows the lead of the
Canadian Government who paid their
POWs and widows early in 2000 and the
Isle of Man who also paid an ex gratia
payment two months ago.
The reason for the ex gratia payment is
that these governments felt the SFO
Peace Treaty prevented compensation
from the Japanese Government. Perhaps,
the U.S. Government will be embarrassed
enough to follow suit.
The full details will be made by the
British Government’s Minister of Finance
Cook on November 8.
Gil Hair
(Santo Tomas internee)
Executive Director —
The Center for Internee Rights, (CFIR)
Life Member — AXPOW, ADBC, DAV,
AMERICAN LEGION, CORMV
A LESSON ON PRIDE
Mr. Gore and Mr. Bush, really your bickering
is enough to fill a book. You both seem
to have forgotten the meaning of “taking
Pride” for what you have done. Please let
me show you the meaning of taking “Pride”.
In the year of 1941, the youth of America,
whose lives had just began, put their
dreams aside, picked up the gun and went
to fight for what they believed in. They did
it all with “Pride”. In a far off land called
the Philippines, these same youth were
forced to make a “march of death” that led
them to prison camps and death. They
marched with “Pride”. They wondered as
the years went by “Will we live to be old
men? Or will our youth be the end?” Some
have lived to be old men. Their youth had
passed them by. In hell they lived and died.
But they took “Pride” for what they did. So
Mr. Gore and Mr. Bush, these lessons are in
the history books. Will you be able to say, “I
served my country, I served it well, and I
took ‘PRIDE’ for what I did?” The meaning
of “Pride” is the feeling of personal dignity
and worth. I take “Pride” for what I did. I’m
the wife of one of those men.
Doris R. Martel
November 23, 2000
MANY THANKS
Dear Mr. Vater,
Thank you so very much for sending me
the copy of the September 2000 issue of
the Quan. I was pleased to see that you
included my complete letter, although I
didn’t really expect you to do all that for
us — it was very kind of you to do so. I
hope that your readers will get a little
understanding of the work we are doing
here in Taiwan, and perhaps we shall
hear from some of them in due course.
We did hear from two readers who gave
information that we hope will lead to contacting
some of the “10 Most Wanted”, so
the article was very worthwhile after all.
In recent weeks we have found quite a
number of American ex-POWs who were
on Taiwan, and have begun to correspond
with them. These men have shed additional
light on the camps they were in, plus
information on the hell ships which
brought them to Taiwan and also later
took them on to Japan.
One of the reasons I like to get the POW
magazines is so I can see if there is any
way I can be of help to readers who write
in for information about loved ones who
were POWs on Taiwan. I have a huge file
and database of information on the camps,
and feel if I can share this with the readers
who may be searching for info, then all
the work I am doing to preserve the memory
of the Taiwan POWs will not be in
vain. To that end I hope you will continue
to send me issues of the Quan every time
they come out and I will of course reciprocate
with copies of our newsletter —
“Never Forgotten”.
Speaking of being a help to your readers
— I noticed in the January 2000 issue of
the Quan that a Mr. Richard A. Alford
was inquiring about an Ernest Schermer -
horn, but there was no address for Mr.
Alford listed. I have information about a
Howard Schermerhorn of Wisconsin who
was a prisoner on Taiwan and if you could
kindly either give Mr. Alford my address,
or pass his on to me, then perhaps we can
get in touch and I may be able to help
him. (I don’t have his address, Editor).
Once again, may I say what a pleasure
it is to read your magazine and I hope we
will be able to continue to co-operate to
help our readers in the days to come.
Thank you for the fine work you are doing,
and I look forward to hearing from you
again.
Sincerely,
Michael Hurst
Director,
Taiwan POW Camps Memorial Society

JAPANESE FIRM OK’S FUND
FOR SLAVE LABOR
By STEPHANIE STROM
The New York Times
TOKYO — A potentially far-reaching
settlement was reached recently in a court
case brought on behalf of nearly 1,000
Chinese who were forced to work in Japan
in World War II.
The largest general contractor in Japan,
Kajima Corp., agreed to establish a fund
with 500 million yen, or $4.6 million, to
compensate wartime laborers at its
Hanaoka copper mine and their survivors.
The Chinese Red Cross will administer
the fund.
The agreement could set a precedent for
dozens of similar cases in Japan and in the
United States, where Chinese, Koreans,
Filipinos and Americans forced to work on
behalf of the Japanese war effort are seeking
compensation from corporations like
Mitsubishi and Mitsui.
“This settlement is extremely significant,
because companies similarly accused
are likely to set up similar funds to deal
with wartime compensation issues,” said
Yoshitaka Takagi, head of a lawyers’ group
that monitors wartime compensation
cases.
Hanaoka gained a place in Japanese
history when laborers among the 986
Chinese taken there in 1944 rebelled
against harsh conditions.
Four Japanese guards and one Chinese
worker died in an uprising on June 30,
1945, an action that Japanese troops
crushed.
But a total of 418 Chinese died at
Hanaoka at the hands of guards before the
revolt or as a result of torture afterward.
The recent settlement, although small
by U.S. standards, is probably the largest
in Japan, where laws often limit the
compensation in legal battles. The accord
amounts to $4,600 for each Chinese
worker at Hanaoka.
Takagi noted that this was the first
time in Japan that compensation had been
awarded for a violation of international
law, specifically the 1907 Hague Conven -
tion dealing with slave labor.
It is also the first time that a Japanese
company has agreed to compensate Chinese
forced laborers. At least three other cases
seeking pay for forced labor in the war have
been settled, all involving Koreans.
Some 50,000 Chinese were forcibly taken
to Japan in the war, and an estimated 10
million worked as forced laborers in
Japanese companies in Manchuria during
Japan’s 14-year occupation of that northern
region of China. Up to 10 percent of them
died, according to Chinese lawyers and
historians.
Compensation of the hundreds of thousands
of non-Japanese whose lives were
devastated by imperialist expansion has
been a particularly thorny issue in Japan.
BRITAIN TO PAY ITS SOLDIERS FOR JAPAN POW EXPERIENCE
LONDON — Thousands of British
servicemen held prisoner by the Japanese
during World War II will receive payments
of $15,000 each, the government
announced recently, decades after the
soldiers first began seeking compensation
for their suffering.
The landmark payment plan —
announced by Defense Minister Lewis
Moonie four days before Remembrance
Day, honoring military veterans — will
cover up to 16,700 ex-prisoners, including
camp survivors and their widows.
Successive British governments had
resisted paying the ex-POWs compensation,
not wanting to open the door to other
such claims.
But Moonie said the “unique circumstances
of their captivity” warranted an
exception.
Noting that more than 12,400 of the
50,016 British service personnel reported
captured by the Japanese had perished,
Moonie said the prisoners’ experiences were
“often so appalling that … it has remained
with them for the rest of their lives.”
During the war, Japan made slave
laborers of Allied POWs in Asia, forcing
them to work under hellish conditions in
jungles, mines and shipyards. Beatings,
starvation and executions were common.
At Japanese camps, the POW death
rate was 27 percent, compared to a 4
percent rate in Allied camps.
“We’ve said before that the country
owes a debt of honor to them,” Moonie told
the House of Commons to cheers. “Clearly
no financial sum can be adequate com -
pensation … This is a token, an ex gratia
Omar McGuire
2850 Alder Street
Eugene, OR 97405-4144
Dear. Mr. McGuire,
Thanks for your recent message regarding
compensation for former prisoners of
war (POW) forced to labor for Japanese
companies during World War II (WWII). It
was good to hear from you.
You asked that I support the “Gilman
POW resolution.” I contacted Represen -
tative Benjamin Gilman. He said he has
not introduced a resolution on this issue.
However, Representative Duncan Hunter
has introduced a resolution, H. Con. Res.
365, which expresses the Sense of
Congress that Japanese companies that
used forced labor during WWII should
reimburse former prisoners or their survivors
for the labor and any brutality
inflicted on them. I anticipate that I would
support this resolution should the House
leadership bring it to the floor for a vote.
By AUDREY WOODS
The Associated Press
payment, which I hope will at least go
some way to relieving the distress that
they have suffered.”
Prime Minister Tony Blair told veterans’
representatives at a news conference:
“This is, for me and my generation and
those younger, just one small but significant
way in which we can say to you,
‘Thank you for your courage, and thank
you for what you did.’ ”
Sydney Tavender, 82, who served with a
Gurkha regiment on the Malay Peninsula,
said he was pleased but called the payments
long overdue. “Too many people
have died who would have benefited.”
Legal efforts by the ex-POWs to win
compensation from Japan were unsuccessful.
In 1998, a Tokyo court rejected their
demands, saying all war compensation
issues were settled by post-war treaties.
During a 1998 visit by Blair to Japan,
then-Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto
announced reconciliation measures including
a $1.3 million scholarship program for
grandchildren of British POWs.
Former Japanese Prime Minister
Tomiichi Murayama also apologized in
1995.
Those gestures are not enough, said
Arthur Titherington, chairman of the
Japanese Labour Camps Survivors’
Association.
“I don’t want an apology from the people
of Japan — I have many Japanese friends
and it’s not their fault — or from the
emperor, who was just a child.
“But the government of Japan ought to
get down to it and make a meaningful
apology using the right words,” he said.
FORMER POW COMPENSATION
The Senate approved a similar resolution
on October 31, 2000.
As you may be aware, there was an
interesting development recently in Japan
that may have bearing on obtaining compensation
for American POWs. The
Kajima Corporation, the largest general
contractor in Japan, recently agreed to
establish a $4.6 million fund to compensate
Chinese POWs. This was the first
time in Japan that compensation has been
awarded for a violation of international
law. It is also the first time a Japanese
company has agreed to compensate forced
laborers. I am hopeful this will set a
precedent that will lead to other Japanese
companies compensating American POWs
for their forced labor.
Again, thanks for sharing your thoughts
with me. Please keep in touch.
Sincerely,
Peter DeFazio
Member of Congress
JANUARY, 2001 — 5

EX-POWS TO APPEAL FOR
WAR REPARATIONS
6 — THE QUAN
By CHRISTINE MAHR
The Desert Sun
Former prisoners of war seeking retribution
from Japanese companies for alleged
slave labor haven’t lost their battle yet.
On one front, their attorneys have filed a
notice of intent to appeal the September ruling
by U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn
Walker, who dismissed their suits.
On another, the former POWs have
received the support of the U.S. Senate, which
this week unanimously adopted a resolution
urging the federal government to help bring
about talks between the veterans and private
Japanese companies that allegedly profited
from their labor during World War II.
The resolution was introduced by Sens.
Dianne Feinstein, D-California, and Orrin
Hatch, R-Utah.
“This is significant; you have a Republi can
and a Democrat coming together and saying
it’s the right thing to do,” said James
Parkinson, a Palm Desert attorney.
Parkinson is working with Herman,
Middleton, Casey and Kitchens, the San
Diego law firm that filed many of the suits
on behalf of people who allege Japanese
companies forced them to work in mines and
factories during World War II.
Parkinson represents several former
POWs including Indio resident Alfred
Berest.
Berest still questions whether the ex-prisoners
will ever get the justice they’re seeking,
but he was pleased by the Senate’s
action on their behalf.
“I was surprised and elated,” he said.
The Senate’s resolution runs counter to
the position of the federal government, which
had urged Walker to dismiss the POW suits.
Parkinson said the Senate resolution
won’t have any impact on the court case.
But, he said, it could lead to efforts by the
government to intervene on behalf of the
POWs as it did in recent claims raised by
Holocaust survivors against German corporations
that used slave labor.
The government took no position in the
Holocaust litigation but did help initiate
talks between the German companies and
the victims.
“This (Senate resolution) says to the government,
‘Why don’t you do the right thing
and bring the parties together, like you did
with the Holocaust victims?’ ” Parkinson
said.
In its statement in the federal court case
dismissed by Walker, the U.S. Justice
Department said the POWs’ claims are barred
by the 1951 peace treaty with Japan.
Attorneys for the Japanese corporations
that were sued said the 1951 treaty basically
settled any disputes with Japan.
Christine Mahr covers courts for The
Desert Sun. She can be reached at 775-4207
or at
Christine.Mahr@thedesertsun.com.
JAPANESE WWII SOLDIER
DETAILS GERM PRODUCTION
IN TOKYO COURT TESTIMONY
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TOKYO — In the first testimony of its
kind, a former Japanese soldier has told a
Tokyo court that he helped produce deadly
germs and participated in biological experiments
in China during World War II.
Yoshio Shinozuka, 77, said he participated
in the mass production of cholera,
dysentery and typhoid germs. He said he
also assisted in the vivisection of Chinese
civilians in the early 1940s.
“What I have done was something that
nobody should have done as a human
being. I cannot escape that responsibility,”
he said recently.
Though Shinozuka has spoken out
publicly about his role, his testimony
makes him the first member of the notorious
Unit 731 to acknowledge before a
court its role in Japan’s biological warfare
in northern China. He was called as a witness
for nearly 180 Chinese suing the
Japanese government for compensation
and an apology for the deaths of family
members allegedly killed by the unit’s
activities.
The trial at the Tokyo District Court is
expected to continue for several more
months.
Shinozuka said he was often told to help
out departments that needed to boost
germ production for upcoming deployments,
including the 1939 Nomonhan
attack near Mongolia and several other
germ bombing attacks in southern China
in the 1940s.
He said that just before the 1939
Nomonhan attack, he was responsible for
transferring dysentery and typhoid germs
from test tubes to bigger jars, packing
them into barrels, sealing them and taking
them to a night train for the attack.
Although some Japanese veterans have
confessed to war crimes in recent years,
the Japanese government has shied away
from making apologies to China. Japanese
textbooks still often present only brief,
perfunctory accounts of Japan’s aggression
in East Asia from the mid-1930s to
the war’s end in 1945.
shinozuka said one of his reasons for
testifying was disappointment with the
government’s efforts to come clean about
the war.
“I committed all these war crimes
because I was ordered to do so,” he said.
“The government should try to learn about
the victims. I really think it’s time for
Japan to face this issue with humanitarian
consideration.”
BRITAIN TO PAY FORMER
PRISONERS OF JAPANESE
LONDON, Nov. 7 (AP) — Thousands of
British servicemen held prisoner by the
Japanese during World War II will receive
payments of $15,000 each, the government
announced today, decades after the soldiers
first began seeking compensation for
their suffering.
The payment plan, announced by
Defense Minister Lewis Moonie, will cover
up to 16,700 former prisoners including
camp survivors and their widows.
Successive British governments had
resisted paying the former POWs compensation,
not wanting to open the door to
other such claims. But Mr. Moonie said
the “unique circumstances of their cap -
tivity” warranted an exception.
Noting that more than 12,400 of the
50,016 British service personnel reported
captured by the Japanese died in cap -
tivity, Mr. Moonie said the prisoners’
experiences were “often so appalling that
… it has remained with them for the rest
of their lives.”
During the war, Japan made slave
laborers of Allied POWs in Asia, forcing
them to work under brutal conditions in
jungles, mines and shipyards. Beating,
starvation and executions were common.
The POW death rate in Japanese camps
was 27 percent, compared to a 4 percent
rate in Allied camps.
Efforts to win compensation from Japan
through its court system were unsuccessful.
In 1998, a Tokyo court rejected their
demands, saying compensation issues
were settled by postwar treaties.
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SENATE:
SETTLE POW LAWSUITS
The Senate is urging the Clinton administration
to help negotiate a settlement to
lawsuits brought by American World War
II POWs who contend Japanese com -
panies mistreated them as slave laborers.
Administration officials say the former
prisoners’ lawsuits against the private
companies are prohibited under a 1951
peace treaty between the United States
and Japan.
But the Senate voted unanimously late
Tuesday to urge the State Department to
open a dialogue between veterans and the
companies because prisoners were forced
to work for years while being beaten,
starved and denied medical care.
The recommendation came in a nonbinding
resolution that doesn’t require
President Clinton’s signature. The vote
sent it to the House for consideration.
Neither the Japanese Embassy nor the
White House returned calls seeking
comment. But administration officials
have opposed similar legislation in the
past.

AN ANGEL AMONG US
MADELINE ULLOM
UIW CLASS OF 1948
By REBECCA MINJAREZ
It is a time when war dominated our
young soldiers lives, and our country
remained armed while trying to make
peace all over the world. Men were not the
only individuals sent to make the world a
better place, but also women.
Women known for their white attire and
warm smiles as they fought to bring their
patients comfort and salvation.
During the early 1940’s, Lt. Col.
Madeline Ullom served as a nurse with the
U.S. Army in the Philippines. On December
8, 1941, the Japanese invaded Manila and
they were all forced to move to the jungles
of Bataan. Nearly 5,000 patients and 80
nurses escaped the invasion and moved the
hospital with them. The Japanese kept
close behind and once again forced them to
flee. The next stop was Corregidor.
The hospital was set up in a tunnel system
where they remained for some time
caring for the patients and living in this
underground haven. Eventually they were
captured in Corregidor and taken back to
Manila as Prisoners of War. The nurses
were ultimately separated from their
patients, doctors, and corpsmen and
placed in an internment camp. Their new
home would be Santo Thomas University.
This was a civilian camp location of more
than 3,800 people that functioned like a
community with a school system, a city
government and in time, a hospital in
place. The conditions at the camp were
undoubtedly an improvement over combat
hospital duty, but life in the detention
camps only led them to three years of waiting.
Conditions worsened in the camp
including malnutrition, starvation, anxiety,
and contributed to illnesses continuing
interminably. In some instances — as was
the case for Lt. Col. Ullom — the physical
damage was permanent.
Finally the day they had all be waiting
for came in early 1945. “The gates came
crashing down” as the U.S. Sixth Army
liberated the Philippines. Eventually, Col.
Ullom, along with the other surviving
“Angels,” went home. Soon after, Col.
Ullom earned the Bronze Star with two
Oak Leaf Clusters and POW Medals and
continued as an Army nurse until her
retirement in 1964.
This Nebraska native has earned many
honors since her retirement, including a
recent honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
degree from the Thomas Jefferson
University College of Health Professions
in Philadelphia. Madge, as her friends
know her, works with many veterans’
service organizations, including the
Ameri can Defenders of Bataan and
Corregidor and the American Ex-POWs.
She is a sought after speaker on veterans’
issues.
In 1982, she testified before the U.S.
Senate Veterans Affairs Committee,
which was investigating the running of
VA facilities and the alleged lack of appropriate
care for POWs and women. She
later served three terms on the VA’s
National Advisory Committee on POWs,
the first ex-POW woman to ever do so. She
now resides in Tucson, Arizona and in
July 1999, the Tucson POW Remembrance
Park at the VA Hospital was dedicated to
POWs and Madeline Ullom “in remembrance
of the sacrifices endured by our
POWs held captive on foreign soil.”
Finally, this past December the Uni -
versity of the Incarnate Word presented
Col. Madeline Ullom with the 1999
Alumna of Distinction Award for Service
in Keeping with the Mission of the
Incarnate Word. She was honored during
the Fall Commencement Exercises held on
December 18. The day before, a reception
was held at the Nursing Building to honor
her and fellow POWs, Sally Blaine and
Ethel B. Millet. They also spoke to UIW
nursing students about their experience in
nursing.
During Col. Ullom’s trip to San Antonio,
she visited Fort Sam Houston where most
of her fellow “Angels” are now buried. She
was escorted by alumna Brig. Gen. Lillian
Dunlap (USANC, Ret.)
Madeline remains a brave woman and
continues with the same spirit and strong
sense of caring for others. She takes part in
numerous service organizations and continuously
volunteers her time and talent. She
never gives up. Her sentiments right before
they were invaded in Manila were
“Surrender? The only surrender which
entered my mind … was [the name of] a
favorite perfume.” She is a survivor, fighter,
and definitely “An Angel Among Us.”
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BOOK REQUEST
Dear Mr. Vater,
I have another book request for you. I
am trying to find a copy of “Apocalypse
Undone” by John Hubbard Preston. I have
tried contacting Vanderbilt Publishers
with no luck. Is Mr. Preston still alive?
Maybe I could buy a copy from him? Do
you have his address? (Editor — No.)
My library of books on WWII U.S.
Prisoners of the Japanese has now grown
to about 175. You guys are my greatest
heroes! I had two ex-POW speaking at my
school on November 10th for Veteran’s
Day. Please keep up your excellent work!
Belated Christmas
Greetings
A Blessed Christmas and
a Happy New Year to All
Eleanor & Ed Pessolano —
Sister of John S. Matuleniez —
803rd Eng.
Wally and I Send Sincerest
Best Wishes.
Hope to See You in Hampton.
R.N. Floramund Felleth Difford,
Nurse on the Mactan!
Have a Blessed Christmas
John and Alyce Connor
Merry Christmas and
Happy New Year to All
Carl and Anna Roy
HELL SHIPS
Dear Joe,
Hell ships sailing in 1943: January: Usu,
Aki, Nichimei, Moji, Tatsuta. February:
Roko, Dainichi, Kamakura. March: Koryu,
Treasure, DeKlerk. April: DeKlerk, Taka,
Amagi, Cho Saki, Kunitama, Kyokko. May:
Thames, Wales, Seikyo. June: Treasure,
Sibijac. July: Clyde. September: Taga,
Asama, Makassar. October: Tiensen, Subuk,
Rio de Janiero. November: France, #7
Hoshi, Suez. December: Soong Cheong,
Toyama, Kunishima.
Hell ships sailing in 1944: January:
Ikoma. February: Toka, Tango. March:
Kenwa, Taikoku. April: #6 Kotobuki. May:
Chukka. June: Hioki, Hozan, Kokusei,
Miyo, Teia, Tamahoko, Yashu, Harugiku.
July: Canadian Inventor, Rashin, Hofuku,
Asaka, Hakushika, Sekiho, Nissyo, Koshu.
August: Asaka, Rashin, Hakusan, Noto.
September: Uruppu, Nanshin, Kachidoki,
Rakuyo, Shinyo, Kibitsu, Kenzan, Sugi,
Maros, Junyo, Hofuku, Kaishun. October:
Hokusen, Arisan. November: Fukuji.
December: Oryoku, Enoura, Brazil, Awa.
Hell ships sailing in 1945: January:
Brazil, Melbourne, Enoshima, Haruyasa.
February: Taiko. July: #17 Nanshin.
Gregory F. Michno
38311 Avondale
Westland, MI 48186
(734) 722-3026
michnog@msn.com
JANUARY, 2001 — 7

8 — THE QUAN
VIEWPOINT
1709 James Payne Circle
McLean, Virginia 22101-4223
20 November 2000
Senator Daniel Inouye,
Your article in the Washington Post
(Wednesday 8 November) “A Memorial for
All Americans” was very eloquent in
describing the background for the National
Japanese-American Memorial.
In the last paragraph of your article you
state that, “Perhaps even more important,
it (this Memorial) honors a nation standing
tall and acknowledging its errors. It
takes a morally strong nation to have the
courage to memorialize its mistakes …
with the hope that future generations will
learn from the past and not repeat it.”
There remains some additional unfinished
business from World War II. I am
referring to the Japanese government’s
refusal to “stand tall and acknowledge”
one of its more grievous errors — the
inhumane treatment of the Americans
who were captured on Bataan and other
areas of Asia by Japanese military forces.
Those Americans who were forced to work
in unsafe mines and in factories were
treated as slaves, in violation of the
Geneva Convention requiring humane
treatment of prisoners of war. The
victims, and their families, have been
attempting to obtain recognition and
compensation for the barbaric treatment
they received at the hands of the Japanese
military — an arm of the Japanese
government — without success. The treaty
signed by the United States and Japanese
governments is presented to block any
compensation by Japan to these prisoners
of war.
Japan, a nation that transported prisoners
of war in unmarked ships that were
sunk by Allied forces, enslaved military
prisoners, and beheaded captured U.S.
airmen, should be “morally strong” and
acknowledge its errors in its savage treatment
of prisoners of war. At the very
least, those enslaved prisoners should
receive compensation from those Japanese
industrial entities that enslaved them —
at least equivalent to that provided by the
United States to Japanese-Americans
interned during the war, whose suffering,
by the way, was primarily economic, and
in no way comparable to the suffering of
the prisoners of war held by the Japanese.
The Japanese government continues to
refuse to recognize any responsibility for
compensation of these enslaved American
prisoners of war. Meanwhile, the industrial
descendants of the Japanese companies
that used American prisoners of war as
unpaid slaves are the industrial giants in
the world today.
Your leadership in addressing the
wrongs visited on those Japanese-
Americans who were interned during
World War II places you in a unique
position to address simi larly the wrongs
visited upon other Americans by the
Japanese government. Why not initiate an
effort in the United States Congress to
arrange for those successful Japanese
companies to compensate American veterans
of their “Holocaust” and to erect a
monument to their suffering in the U.S.
capital? This would permit the Japanese
government to continue to use the treaty
as a shield and evade its moral responsibility
to acknowledge its past mistakes,
while providing relief to the victims. Many
of these veterans are aged and suffering
various disabilities stemming from the
inhumane treatment by their Japanese
captors. They deserve to be compensated
for their travails and to be memorialized
for surviving despite the brutality of their
captors.
Thank you for your consideration.
Lawrence H. Boteler
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BOOK REVIEW
THE GUERRILLA AND
THE HOSTAGE
By JOHN E. OLSON
Two brothers are caught in the Philip -
pines following the Japanese attack on
Pearl Harbor. Both are Army officers. The
older, Gordon, was eagerly awaiting his
return to the United States after serving
over two years with the Philippine Scouts.
The younger, Jim, has just won his wings
as a fighter pilot in the Army Air Corps.
He arrives on the last transport to reach
the soon-to-be beleaguered islands just
two weeks before the outbreak of hostilities.
In this brief time, the brothers enjoy
the tropical pleasures that lead to Manila
being called the “The Pearl of the Orient.”
The advent of war takes them down
separate paths. Gordon, as an infantry
company commander, is involved in two of
the bloodiest battles of the brief war. Jim
performs brilliantly as a pilot, but with
the destruction of the American planes
finds himself struggling in the jungle as a
ground fighter.
With the collapse of the Fil-American
forces, Gordon evades capture and becomes
a guerrilla. Less fortunate, Jim is made a
prisoner of war. During the next thirtythree
months he struggles for life in two
prison camps as men die all around him.
The gripping story is told by one who
was a part of the suffering and torture
endured by thousands of Americans in the
Philippines.
Order from author — $19.00 includes
postage. ISBN: 0-9644432-0-1.
John E. Olson
1 Towers Park Ln. #5100
San Antonio, TX 78209-6412
BOOKS
■ Breuer, William B.: Retaking the
Philippines, America’s return to
Corregidor and Bataan; St. Martin’s,
1986 HC with dj Military/WWII/Pacific
G/g Photos Book Club 6976. Offered for
sale by Bookends at U.S. $10.00.
■ 34th Fighter Squadron, Dyess,
William E., Lt. Col.: The Dyess Story.
The Eyewitness Account of the Death
March from Bataan … and Eventual
Escape; NY., 1944. 182 p., 20 illus., sev.
maps, d/j. Unit History, American, Air,
US, U.S., WWII, WW2, World War Two,
Regimentals World War Two — Pacific
and CBI. Offered for sale by Military
Bookman, Ltd. at U.S. $40.00.
■ Falk, Stanley L.: Bataan: The
March of Death; Playboy 21174 [1982]
Photos/About (VG+), War (UR#: 56755)
Offered for sale by Bookends at U.S.
$5.00.
■ Nix, Asbury: Corregidor: Oasis of
Hope 50th Anniversary Bataan-
Corregidor; Stevens Point, WI: Trade
Winds Pub Co., 1991. 1st Ed., 1st pr.,
Book: Very Good. No dustjacket. Dk.
green, gold title. Hardcover, 8.25” x 11”
ISBN 0942495195 Pasted on signature of
author’s wife on endpaper. 215 pgs., B&W
drawings & photos; History: Military
History Corregidor-Bataan (UR#:
BOOKS007508I) Offered for sale by Book
Peddler at U.S. $86.00.
■ Mallonee, Richard: Battle for
Bataan, An Eyewitness Account;
Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1997. Reprint,
Fine, NEW in pictorial wraps, b&w photos
and illustrations, Softbound, World War Ii
Mallonee, Richard, World War II (UR#:
CDWILSON008919) Offered for sale by
Cordell-Wilson Booksellers at U.S.
$12.50.
■ Coleman, John S.: Bataan and
Beyond: Memories of an American
POW; College Station, TX: Texas A&M
Univ. Press, 1978. 1st, inscribed by author
to fellow POW, fine in near fine+dj, military
World War II (UR#: BOOKS002407I)
Offered for sale by T.A. Borden Books at
U.S. $35.00.
■ Nicolay, Helen: MacAuthur of
Bataan; NY: Appleton Century, 1943.
Owner’s pastedown else very good, Index.,
66A MacAuthur Bataan World War II
(UR#:MAIN005876I) Offered for sale by
Carroll Burcham Books at U.S. $25.00.
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ADDRESS
U.S. Gray would like to know where he
can order the video, “In the Hands of the
Enemy.” His address is 13179 Triple B
Rd., Greenwell Springs, LA 70739-3138.

SILVER STAR
On 31 March 1942, the 31st Infantry
Regiment was alerted to prepare to counterattack
against a Japanese force massing
along the Bataan Peninsula’s Alagan
River. With ration down to 8 ounces of rice
and one fourteenth of a can of fish per man
per day since early February, nearly all
members of the regiment were ill with
malaria, dysentery, and nutritional
deficiency illnesses. Cut off from resupply
for months, the unit no longer had enough
ammunition belts for .30 caliber machine
guns or magazines for Browning Auto -
matic Rifles to carry out the mission. C
Company’s commander, Cpt. Richard K.
Carnahan asked for 10 volunteers to
infiltrate Japanese lines and retrieve a
cache of ammunition belts and magazines
that had been left on a position from which
the regiment had withdrawn 3 months
earlier when another unit gave way on its
flank. Unconcerned for his safety and in
seriously weakened condition, Cpl. Morelli
volunteered for the task. His lo man detail
infiltrated Japanese lines and retrieved
the ammunition. While returning, they
encountered Japanese troops preparing to
attack a Philippine Army unit defending
the river line. Left with no choice, Morelli’s
detail attacked. In the ensuing engagement,
two members of the detail were lost,
but the remainder fought their way
through to friendly lines with most of the
ammunition. Thanks to Cpl. Morelli and
his detail, C Company received the ammunition
it would need for the coming
mission. Despite their best efforts, the
counterattack failed. Ten days later, Major
General King surrendered the depleted
Luzon Force and the men of the 31st
Infantry went into captivity, enduring the
infamous Death March, unrelenting
torture at POW Camps in the Philippines,
“hell ships” taking the prisoners to Japan,
and slave labor in Japanese mines. Of C
Company’s original 124 man complement,
only Cpl. Morelli and 3 others remain
alive. All of C Company’s officers and
senior NCOs died in captivity. None of
those on Cpl. Morelli’s ammunition detail
are still living and the other living mem -
bers of the company were already hospitalized
when the event occurred, so there are
no eyewitnesses to verify Cpl. Morelli’s
account.
As National Commander of the 31st
Infantry Regiment Association, I researched
accounts of the Bataan Campaign written
by officers from other companies who
survived the war and interviewed members
of our association who fought at Bataan.
Several recall hearing about a foray behind
Japanese lines to recover ammunition, but
cannot recall any details after so many
years. I also checked the regiment’s March
1942 roster to verify the names Morelli
recalls as having been on his detail and all
were indeed members of C Company or 1st
Battalion Head quarters, attached to C
Company. I am convinced of Cpl. Morelli’s
honesty and recommend he be awarded the
Silver Star for his selfless bravery under
extremely difficult and dangerous
conditions.
Karl H. Lowe
National Commander
31st Infantry Regiment Association
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PHILIPPINE MAPS
Dear Mr. Vater,
There are so many ADBCs asking about
Camp Olivas POW Camp, that I am
enclosing its current photo for publishing
in the Quan.
Also enclosed is an update for your publishing
on the current availability of the
below Philippine maps. The wall map was
no longer available until a few were found
recently at Quezon City:
Philippine wall map, 1985 edition, Scale
1:1’000’000 … Size 3’8” x 2’10”. It is a wall
map in the sense that its length is suitable
for wall mounting. However, the map is
shown on both sides. It is suggested that
either two maps be ordered, or that one
side of the map be reproduced locally, thus
displaying both sides on wall.
Publisher: National Book Store, Inc.,
Pasay City.
Cost: P145.00 – or $3.00
Mailing: P110.00 – or $2.75 } Total $5.75
Philippine Travel Atlas, 2000 edition.
Publisher: Department of Tourism,
Philippines.
106 colored pages, with photo illustrations.
Size 11” x 14”. Contains 70
Provinces with areas such as Bilibid,
Capas, Cabanatuan, Manila, Fort
O'Donnell, Camp Olivas, Corregidor,
Bataan, Mt. Samat, San Nicholas, Clark
Field, Subic, Lingayan, San Fernando,
Baguio, Cavite, Sangley Point, etc.
Cost: At current exchange rate of P49.50 –
to $1.00: $10.00
Mailing and delivery time of one month
$1.50: $3.00.
Total $13.00.
The Foregoing maps/atlases may be
purchased at no profit to the provider, a
Life Member of ADBC, at the following
addresses, and as a community service to
ADBC, representing the best interests of
the Coast Guard: CWO-4 S.T. Watson,
USCG RET/USCGAUX, PSC 517, Box
RCB, FPO AP 96517-1000.
Sincerely,
CWO Stephen T. Watson, USCG Ret.
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
PSC 517, Box RCB
FPO AP 96517-1000
THOUSANDS DIED
ON ‘HELL SHIPS’
The Shinyo Maru was one of 23
Japanese World War II prison vessels that
became known as “hell ships.”
Many Americans died aboard the ships
— through executions, privations or from
attack by U.S. and allied ships and planes.
Here is a timeline of the voyages of 11 of
the ships, which sailed from the
Philippines:
■ Tattori Maru, departed Manila on
October 8, 1942, with 1,202 American
POWs. Arrived in Mukden, Manchuria, on
November 11, 1942; 11 dead.
■ Umeda Maru, departed Manila with
1,500 American POWs. Arrived in Japan
on November 25, 1942; five dead.
■ Nagato Maru, departed Manila with
1,700 American POWs on November 25,
1942. Seven men died in route; 150 dying
men were left on dock and were never
seen again.
■ Taga Maru, departed Manila in
September 1943 with 850 American
POWs. Arrived in Japan with 70 dead.
■ Shinyo Maru, departed Mindanao on
September 3, 1944, with 750 American
POWs. Torpedoed by USS Paddle on
September 7, 1944; 668 dead.
■ Haro Maru, departed Manila on
October 3, 1944, with 1,100 American
POWs. Arrived in Takao, Formosa, on
October 25, 1944; 39 dead.
■ Arisan Maru, departed Manila on
October 10, 1944, with 1,800 American
POWs. Torpedoed by USS Snook in
October 1944; 1,795 dead.
■ Unknown Maru, departed Manila on
October 16, 1944, with 1,100 American
POWs. Torpedoed by unknown submarine
on October 18, 1944; 1,100 dead.
■ Oryoku Maru, departed Manila on
December 13, 1944, with 1,800 American
POWs. Sunk by U.S. Navy carrier planes off
Bataan peninsula on December 15, 1944.
■ Brazil Maru, departed Lingayen Gulf
on December 27, 1944, with survivors of
the Oryoku Maru, arrived in Japan on
January 2, 1945. Enuri Maru departed
with additional survivors on January 14,
1945; arrived in Japan on January 29,
1945; 1,426 died on the three voyages.
Source: The Shinyo Maru Survivors
Association.
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WAKE ISLAND
Carl S. Dyer, 2201 Margetle Rd., Peru,
IL 61354, would like to have a list of the
men of Wake Island. He remembers Loe
and Bill Gray. Help if you can.
JANUARY, 2001 — 9

OUR ONE VA IS MAKING GREAT
STRIDES FOR VETERANS
When I came to VA nearly eight years
ago as Deputy Secretary of Veterans
Affairs, I came as part of a team of veterans
advocates with definite goals designed
to help VA become better by serving veterans
better. Achieving those goals required
a true team effort — a One VA effort —
which I am proud to have been part of,
along with you and every VA employee.
We have transformed VA health care.
Eight years ago, VA treated 2.7 million
patients; last year, that number was 3.6
million. In 1993, we operated 182 out -
patient clinics; today we have 689, and we
are adding new clinics at a rate of more
than one a week.
More than four million veterans are
enrolled in VA’s health care benefits plan
— a plan that has given every honorably
discharged veteran the opportunity to be
treated at a VA facility. In a recent
national survey of veterans, 80 percent of
those surveyed said that they are more
satisfied with the health care they receive
from VA than they were two years ago.
In addition, we have created an unparalleled
system of long-term care services for
our aging veterans, including nursing home
care, private residential care and assisted
living programs. The Veterans Millennium
Health Care and Benefits Act, passed by
Congress in 1999, focuses on these issues.
The Act stipulates that veterans requiring
nursing homes due to service-connected
disabilities or veterans with a high dis -
ability rating, be guaranteed long-term
care. We are in the process of establishing
pilot programs to determine the effectiveness
of different long-term models of care
delivery.
We have worked in earnest to reduce
homelessness among veterans, made great
strides in caring for Gulf War veterans
with undiagnosed illnesses, and now provide
compensation for 13 illnesses related
to Agent Orange exposure in Vietnam, as
opposed to only four in 1993.
Claims processing today is more complex.
The level of effort required to evaluate a
veteran’s claim for benefits is much greater,
and our decisions are reviewed judicially by
the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
This has created expanded procedural
requirements.
We are aggressively hiring new veterans
service representatives (adjudicators).
By the end of 2001, we expect to have
1,000 more employees adjudicating claims
than we had in 1999. And by 2002, we will
have more than 6,000 employees working
on claims, more than half of the Veterans
Benefits Administration work force.
Separating service members can now
file claims for disability compensation and
receive physical examinations during their
separation process. This has significantly
reduced the time it takes to get them into
our system, and to adjudicate their claims.
10 — THE QUAN
It is critical that our national cemeteries
meet the expanding need for additional
burial space for veterans. Last year,
561,000 veterans died — more than 1,500
a day. VA has opened four new national
cemeteries in the past two years, and we
are planning new cemeteries in six states:
Georgia, Michigan, Florida, California,
Oklahoma and Pennsylvania. We are in
the midst of the greatest expansion of our
national cemetery system since the Civil
War.
My time with VA has gone by much too
quickly. I am proud of the great strides
our One VA has made on behalf of veterans.
We are going in the right direction,
and I know that momentum will be maintained
by employees charged with the
most noble mission in government … to
care for those who have borne the battle.
Hershel W. Gober
Acting Sec. of Veterans Affairs
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BOOK REVIEW
THE ZERO WARD:
A SURVIVOR’S NIGHTMARES
By MURRAY SNEDDON
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In 1941, Army Air Corps pilot Second
Lieutenant Murray Sneddon was stationed
in Manila on the Philippine Islands
when the Japanese bombed the airfields
beginning the United States’ involvement
in WWII.
The Air Force became infantry and he
was sent to Bataan to defend the coast.
With supplies, food and ammunition
depleted, the Japanese invaded the island
of Luzon and took thousands of prisoners.
Thus began the infamous Bataan Death
March. These men were forced, under
deplorable conditions, to march to prison
camps. Many died along the way!! As a
prisoner, Lt. Sneddon was subjected to
extreme inhumane practices.
In 1944, with American forces on their
way, prisoners were loaded onto what are
now known as “Hell Ships” where more
deplorable, stinking, inhumane treatment
took place. These unmarked ships were
torpedoed by American submarines and
sunk. More men died than lived.
The Zero Ward, written and illustrated
by Captain Sneddon, is his incredible
story of captivity, escape, courage, faith
and return to his sweetheart and family in
the United States.
Mrs. Fiona D. Sneddon
2431 Cheyenne Dr.
Bishop, CA 93514-8014
VA EXPANDS NETWORK OF
GERIATRIC SPECIALTY CENTERS
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an effort to
keep pace with the growing number of
elderly veterans, the Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA) is expanding its network
of geriatric centers of excellence with
a new one co-located at the Birmingham
and Atlanta VA medical centers.
“This center, called a Geriatric Research,
Education and Clinical Center (GRECC),
will join 20 other GRECCs across the
nation to increase the basic knowledge of
the aging process and diseases associated
with aging. We will share that knowledge
with health care providers to improve the
quality of care for elderly veterans,” said
Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Hershel Gober.
The Birmingham/Atlanta GRECC will
have various functions divided between the
two medical centers. Two important problems
of the elderly — urinary incontinence
and mobility — will receive a special focus.
The GRECC program has steadily
expanded since it began in 1975. GRECC
staff have pioneered the development of
academic nursing home units, special care
units, specialized exercise programs, medication
reduction clinics and sexual
dysfunction centers. Additionally, GRECCs
have established spinal cord injury clinics
for older persons, a geriatric preventive
health program for older veterans in the
community and adapted work therapy
program for veterans with dementia.
VA’s research program includes conditions
directly associated with aging —
dementia, degenerative bone and joint diseases
and diabetes — as well as diseases
that are prevalent among the elderly, for
example, cardiovascular disease.
In serving America’s aging veteran population,
VA faces a demand for geriatric
care that the rest of American society will
confront in 15 to 20 years. About 36 percent
of the veteran population is 65 years
or older, compared with 13 percent of the
total U.S. population.
VA is meeting this challenge through an
extensive geriatric program that includes
nursing homes, domiciliary and residential
rehabilitation programs, VA-supported
state homes, hospice and respite care and
non-institutional long-term care. Addi -
tionally, VA is expanding programs that
care for veterans in their own homes or
communities, such as adult day health care,
homemaker and home health aide services
and community residential care programs.
“VA is fully committed to caring for our
aging veterans, who often have extended
and complicated health care problems,”
said Gober. “GRECCs represent an exciting
success story in facing this challenge. They
have been leaders in geriatric research, the
training of health professionals in gerontology
and insights into the best way to care
for our senior population. That’s why we
call them ‘Centers of Excellence.’ ”

JAMES P. BENNETT
WARREN — Services were held at
Peter Rossi & Son Memorial Chapel for
James P. Bennett, 88, of 1421 Arthur
Drive, N.W., who died at Autumn Hills
Care Center in Niles.
Mr. Bennett, known as “Sarge,” was
born February 25, 1912, in Galatin, Pa., a
son of George and Teresa Tadoni Bennett.
He moved to Warren in 1946.
He attended Kent State University,
Youngstown University and Gregg
Business School in Manila, Philippines.
He enlisted in the Army in 1931, and
retired in 1953 as post sergeant major at
Camp Pickett, Va. He was also a civilian
federal employee with the Army and Air
Force Reserve and at the Ravenna Arsenal.
During his military service, he was
captured in the Philippines in 1942 and
was one of 3,400 among 22,000 who
survived the Bataan Death March. He
was a prisoner of war for 31⁄2 years in
Japan and China. Forty-three years later,
he received a Bronze Star for heroism and
meritorious service during World War II.
He also received the Purple Heart.
Upon leaving the military, Mr. Bennett
worked as a clerk for Warren Municipal
Court Judge James Ravella in 1953 and
1954. He then had unsuccessful campaigns
for the 11th District’s U.S. Congressional
seat and for Warren City mayor. He
returned to federal service in 1958 at the
Air Force Reserve Base in Vienna and the
Ravenna Arsenal before retiring in 1969.
In 1970, he became Trumbull County
administrator and then a bailiff for municipal
Judge Donald R. Ford in 1972 and for
Judge Reed Battin in 1975. He was also a
Democratic Party Committeeman for
Precinct 8-F in Warren’s 8th Ward.
In 1978, he received the Red, White and
Blue Award in 1978 from the American
Legion Ohio 9th District and Meritorious
Service from Trumbull County 4-H. He
was a member of American Legion Post
278, Disabled American Veterans Trum -
bull County Chapter 11 and Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post 8860. He was also a
member of the Ohio State Association and
Board of Trumbull County of Soldier’s
Relief commissions.
He was director of the American Red
Cross Trumbull County Chapter and
received a 100 Hour Pin for volunteer
work at St. Joseph Riverside Hospital. He
was a member of BPOE Lodge 295,
National Association of Retired Federal
Employees, American Federation of
Government Employees Local 1952 and
the Jefferson Democratic Club.
A Mason, he was a member of Carroll F.
Clapp Lodge 655, Ancient Accepted
Scottish Rite Valley of Youngstown and Al
Koran Temple of Cleveland.
He served two four-year terms on the
packard Park Board of Trustees. In 1985,
Mayor Daniel J. Sferra proclaimed James
P. Bennett Day in Warren. Also that year,
the Ohio Senate and House of Represen -
tatives passed resolutions recognizing his
contributions as a soldier, public servant
and civic leader. He was a member of First
United Methodist Church.
Besides his wife, the former Frances
Ferrello, whom he married May 30, 1937,
he leaves a son, James P. Jr.; a brother,
Roger; a half sister, Marie Butch;
five grandchildren; and seven greatgrandchildren.
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BURTON E. BERGER
Burton E. Berger, born February 27,
1922 in Clarkes, died January 27, 2000 in
Salem. He was 77. He was reared in
Clarkes and graduated from Oregon City
High School in 1939.
He served in the U.S. Army Signal
Corps and was stationed in the Philip -
pines in December 1941. After surviving
the Bataan Death March and 43 months
as a prisoner of the Japanese in the
Philippines and Japan, he returned to
Oregon State College, graduating in 1949
with a degree in education.
He married Leora Kuhlman of Corvallis
in 1951.
Mr. Berger held a master of religious
education degree from Iliff School of
Theology in Denver and a master’s degree
in agricultural journalism from the
University of Wisconsin. He did postgraduate
work in educational psychology and
adult education at USC, the University of
Oregon and the University of Nebraska.
He worked as an agricultural journalist
in Wisconsin and Nebraska and from 1956
to 1966 was with the OSU Cooperative
Extension Service, first as an information
specialist and later as a state extension
agent specializing in training in com -
munications, leadership and community
development.
From 1970 to 1980, Mr. Berger was executive
director of the Nebraska State Bar
Association and later the Houston Bar
Association. He served three years as
secretary of the National Association of Bar
Executives and was an associate member of
the American Bar Association. He retired
in 1988 from his post as labor relations officer
for the National Finance Center in New
Orleans and moved to Salem.
He was a member of Phi Kappa Phi,
national scholastic honorary; Kappa Delta
Pi, education honorary; and Sigma Delta
Chi, professional honorary in journalism.
He was awarded the Certified Association
Executive designation by the National
Association of Association Executives, an
honorary life membership in the Nebraska
State Legal Secretaries Association and a
Certificate of Merit by the USDA for his
outstanding service to the National
Finance Center.
Mr. Berger was a licensed pilot and pursued
a lifelong interest in photography,
travel, music and reading philosophy,
psychology and science fiction. He was a
member and parliamentarian of the
Columbia River Chapter of the American
Ex-Prisoners of War.
Survivors include his wife and his
daughter, Patricia, both of Corvallis.
In keeping with his wishes, no services
were held. Private interment was in
Clarkes Pioneer Cemetery.
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OSCAR S. FARGIE, JR.
Oscar S. Fargie, Jr., Sgt. Major, USMC
(Retired), passed away on Tuesday,
October 20, 1999. He was 77 years old. He
was born in St. Louis, MO and joined the
U.S. Marine Corps in 1939.
He served in the Pacific during World
War II, and was captured in the Philip -
pines, surviving the Bataan Death March.
He was held a prisoner of war for 31⁄2 years
in Japan and worked in the copper mines
while a captive. He also served in the
Korean and Vietnam Conflicts. He was a
member of the American Defenders of
Bataan and Corregidor; life member of
DAV, Chapter #1, Honolulu; life member
of VFW, Oahu chapter, NARFE, Waikiki
Chapter 1656. He was awarded the following
medals: Bronze Star; WW2 Victory,
Asia Pacific, Philippine Defense; American
Theatre, China Service; Presidential Unit
Citation; Armed Forces Distinguished
Unit Citation; POW Medal, Korean
Service, United Nations Service.
He is survived by wife, Kaweloleilani J.
Miles Fargie; sons, William T.K. and
Dennis M.K.; 5 granddaughters and 5
grandsons; nieces and nephews.
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FR. FREDERICK EDWARD
JULIEN, M.S.
Fr. Julien was born February 20, 1910
in Watervliet, NY, and died on Thursday,
November 23, 2000, at the LaSalette
Shrine in Silang-Cavite, Philippines.
He was ordained a Roman Catholic
Missionary of Our Lady of LaSalette on
May 18, 1940, at the Immaculate
Conception Cathedral in Albany, NY. He
was first missioned to Burma. On the way,
he was captured by the Japanese soldiers
on December 7, 1941, and spent three
years in a prisoner of war camp in the
Philippines. Liberated on February 23,
1945, Fr. Julien returned to the States for
some much needed recuperation.
In 1949, Fr. Julien was missioned to St.
Patrick Parish, and shortly thereafter was
named Pastor of the Parish. Fr. Julien
and the parishioners spent many hours of
manual labor in building up the present
site of St. Patrick Parish. In 1955, Fr.
Julien founded a parish school of which he
was always very proud, and which continues
to thrive to this very day.
Desiring to return to the Philippines to
build a Shrine in honor of Our Lady of
LaSalette, as he had once promised, he
was given permission during 1962. He
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JULIEN (Continued from Page 11)
returned to his beloved people of St.
Patrick Parish in 1978 where he was
involved with many other projects. His
love was gardening, and he kept the
Church property very beautifully adorned
with many flowers. He was instrumental
in beginning the annual Curtis Swain Golf
Tournament, which benefits his beloved
St. Patrick Catholic School.
In the recent past, together with his
good friend, Rick Pezdirtz, Fr. Julien was
able to publish a book of his very complete
life, entitled “Promises Kept.”
We want to thank each of you who have
filled Fr. Julien’s life with so much happiness.
The Memorial Mass was open to the
public. Afterward, all were welcomed to
share lunch with the children of St.
Patrick Catholic School.
Memorials may be made to St. Patrick
Catholic School or to St. Patrick Catholic
School Foundation, 2118 Lowry, Lufkin,
Texas 75901.
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WILLIAM A. NORFOLK
On Monday, November 6, William A.
Norfolk of Palmyra, Missouri, passed
away. He was 78 years old. He was in
Maple Lawn Nursing Home, Palmyra,
where he had been a resident for 3 years
and 5 months.
He was a veteran of the Bataan Death
March and was a POW for 31⁄2 years.
He is survived by wife Helen of 54
years, daughter Rebecca (Tuley) and son
Roger, 4 grandsons and 1 granddaughter.
Burial was in Gillenwood Cemetery at
Palmyra on November 8.
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JOSEPH O. QUINTERO
Joseph O. Quintero, age 82, a resident
of Albuquerque for 54 years, died Sunday
morning, November 12, 2000 after a
lengthy battle with Parkinson’s disease.
He was a committed husband, a loving
father and loyal friend who was an
inspiration to all who knew him.
Born on September 19, 1918 in Fort
Worth, Texas the eldest of nine children to
Faustino Quintero and Lorenza Olivas, he
moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1946
and began a career with the federal government
as a research technician. Previous to
this time, he served as a Corporal in the
United States Army during World War II.
He was captured on the Island of
Corregidor in the Philippines and endured
four and a half years as a prisoner of war.
He was awarded numerous medals
including the New Mexico Medal of Honor,
Silver Star, Bronze Star, and the Purple
Heart. During his imprisonment he managed
to make an American flag that was
inspirational to his fellow POWs and to
others after the war ended. The story of
this flag is well documented in various
books and articles of World War II history.
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He was an active member of the Nativ -
ity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish for
many years. People have been touched by
his enthusiasm and humor whether it be
at home, work, church, or bicycling around
the North Valley. He will be missed by all
and remembered with great love.
He is survived by his wife of 47 years,
Gladys Ann Baltz-Quintero; and their four
children and families: Son, Joseph F.
Quintero and wife Josephine, children
Nicholas and Serafina; Daughter Margaret
Ann Weber and husband Joseph B. Weber,
children Allison, Diana and Sara; Son Leo
F. Quintero; Daughter Mary L. Tafoya,
and husband Jacob S. Tafoya, children
Justyna and Isabella. He is also survived
by sisters Lucy Oliveira, Ruth Scroggins;
and brother John Quintero; among other
close family members.
The Rosary was held Wednesday,
November 15, 2000 and Mass of Christian
Burial was Thursday, November 16, 2000.
Both took place at the Nativity of the
Blessed Virgin Mary Church.
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MICHAEL J. ROMANELLI
Visitation was held for Michael Joseph
Romanelli, 80, at Corpus Christi Catholic
Church, 5335 Snyder Avenue. The rosary
was also said. Mass was held at the
Corpus Christi Catholic Church with
Father Jim Setelik presiding.
Mr. Romanelli died October 5, 2000, at
the V.A. Hospital in Reno of pneumonia.
As a soldier in the U.S. Marine Corps
during World War II, Romanelli was
captured in Corregidor in May of 1942,
and survived the remainder of the war as
a prisoner in Japan. Following his military
service, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa
from the University of California, Berke -
ley, with a degree in American History.
He spent his working life as an investigator
and later Assistant Chief of the San
Francisco Region of the U.S. Civil Service.
He retired at age 53, and for the next
twenty years traveled the West with his
wife, Jean. He became an expert amateur
carpenter, built a sailboat, and filled the
homes of those close to him with handcrafted
furniture.
He was a devoted husband, father, and
grandfather. When asked what he was
most proud of in his life he said, “I’ve got
four good kids.” His grandchildren were a
great joy in his later years.
Among his survivors are his wife of 53
years, Jean; his four children, Elaine
Romanelli, Susan Romanelli, Patricia
McIntosh, and Paula Delgado; son-in-law
Anthony, and nine grandchildren:
Christina, Bubba, Christopher, Mitchell,
Ryan, Peter, Megan, Kristopher, and
Brianna.
KEMP TOLLEY
Kemp Tolley, 92, a retired Navy rear
admiral who wrote scores of articles and
three books concerning history and naval
affairs, died October 28 at his home in
Baltimore County, Md., after a stroke.
Adm. Tolley was born in Manila, while
his father was serving there in the U.S.
Army, and was a 1929 graduate of the
Naval Academy in Annapolis.
During the 1930s, he served aboard battleships,
cruisers and a submarine tender.
He also served on the exotic China station,
becoming executive officer of the river gunboat
Tutuila on the upper Yangtze.
He became fluent in Russian, German,
French and Spanish. During World War II,
he spent two years as an assistant naval
attache in the Soviet Union and saw combat
in the Pacific as a navigator of the battleship
North Carolina. He was wounded in
the fight for Okinawa.
After the war, his assignments included a
tour from 1949 to 1952 as intelligence division
director at the Armed Forces Staff
College. His last assignment before retiring
from active duty in 1959 was as commander
of a Western Pacific amphi bious group.
In retirement, he wrote for such authori -
tative publications as the Proceedings of the
U.S. Naval Institute. He also wrote four
books, including “Yangtze Patrol,” “Cruise of
the Lanikai” and “Caviar and Commissars.”
Adm. Tolley wrote and lectured about his
secret adventures during the early hours of
World War II. He maintained that
President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave
orders in late 1941, before the United
States entered the war, that a wooden
schooner be lightly armed and sent into
harm’s way. It was to sail south from the
Philippines, attempt to locate a Japanese
fleet that U.S. officials thought was at sea,
draw fire and thus bring the United States
and Japan into war.
Adm. Tolley was given command of a
76-foot wooden schooner, the Lanikai, which
was armed with one gun (last used in the
Spanish-American War) and had last seen
action as a prop in a John Ford-directed
movie, “The Hurricane.” But before the
then-lieutenant commander could put to
sea, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
They also attacked the Philippines from
which Adm. Tolley and his craft, with 25
men, managed to run the Japanese gantlet
to Java, then after the fall of the Dutch East
Indies, miraculously sailed the ship to safety
in Australia, completing a journey of
4,000 miles.
Survivors include his wife, the former
Vlada Gritzenko of Baltimore County; and
a son.
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DOROTHY SCHOLL ARNOLD
Mrs. Dorothy Scholl Arnold died
September 16, 2000. Mrs. Dorothy was an
Angel of Bataan & Corregidor and lived
with her daughter Carolyn Arnold
Torrence in Weatherford, OK 73096.

CHARLES P. FOWLER
Charles P. Fowler passed away
November 23, 2000 at the John Knox
Village Medical Center in Tampa, FL. He
is survived by wife Bette who was with
him till the end.
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DECEASED
No Other Details
Martin A. Manson
Sacramento, CA 95831
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HENRY P. WILTON
Henry P. Wilton, from Bethlehem, Pa.,
passed away October 5, 1998. He is survived
by his wife. No other details are
available.
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LUCY JOPLING
Mrs. Lucy Wilson Jopling, born August
26, 1917 in Big Sandy, Texas, died Mon -
day, December 25, 2000. She finished
Nurses training at Parkland Hospital,
Dallas, Texas in 1939, and was one of the
first Red Cross Nurses called on active
duty in the Army in 1940.
One of the first Reserve Nurses sent
overseas to the Philippines in 1941, she
escaped Bataan to Corregidor on the day
Bataan surrendered and from Corregidor
to Australia by submarine 48 hours before
it surrendered to New York City July,
1942. She helped to fly out patients from
almost every island from New Caledonia,
Guadalcanal, Bouganville, Biak, New
Guinea, Leyte back to Luzon and helped
fly out the prisoners of war which was the
highlight of her life in 1945.
Returning to the USA August 1945, she
was awarded Air Medal, Presidential
Citation with two Oak Leaf Clusters,
Ameri can Defense Service Medal with
Bronze Star, American Campaign Medal,
Asiatic Pacific Campaign with 7 campaign
stars, World War II Victory Medal,
Philippine Defense Ribbon with Bronze
Star, Philippine Liberation Ribbon with 2
stars, Philippine Independence Ribbon,
and Bronze Star.
She married Daniel Jopling, Japanese
prisoner of war on December 5, 1945 and
retired from nursing in 1980. She enjoyed
working with young people.
She is survived by her two daughters,
Dr. Suzie Franklin, Milwaukee, WI; Mary
Danielle Yeager, Montrose, CO; two sons,
Michele Jopling, Lawton, OK, and Patrick
Jopling, Bossier City, LA; seven grandchildren;
one great grandchild; three sisters,
Betty Richter, Cisco, TX; Gay Tucker, Big
Sandy, TX; Rose Pearn, Richardson, TX.
Services were held at the Main Post
Chapel at Fort Sam Houston. Interment
with Military Honors was in Fort Sam
Houston National Cemetery.
REVEAL PROPHETSTOWN MAN, MISSING
DIED IN JAP PRISON IN JUNE, 1942
ANTHONY VONRYCKE
Prophetstown — Poly VonRycke received
word from the war department that his son,
Cpl. Anthony VonRycke, technician fourth
grade, died in a Japanese prison camp June
26, 1942, of malaria. He had been reported
missing in action at the time of the sur -
render of Corregidor May 7, 1942.
Corporal VonRycke enlisted in the
Army Air Corps December 17, 1939, at
Rock Island and was sent to Sacramento,
Cal., where he trained until he was sent to
Honolulu in May, 1940. After a short time
in Hawaii he went to Nichols Field near
Manila and was stationed there at the
time of the bombardment of the islands by
the Japs.
A war correspondent on a Detroit,
Mich., paper while writing of the action in
the Philippines told of seeing VonRycke in
an anti-aircraft emplacement during the
fighting.
Anthony VonRycke was born December
25, 1920, and attended the Prophetstown
schools, graduating from high school in
1937. His mother died in August, 1942. He
is survived by his father, two brothers,
Charles and Lawrence of Rock Island, and
two sisters, Mrs. Fred Dessing of Prophets -
town and Mrs. George Lootens of East
Moline.
SEEKING INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Vater,
My father was a survivor of Bataan and
recently passed away. During his time as a
POW he kept a daily diary of his time
spent there. This personal account is from
his enlistment at Ft. Leavenworth to prewar
Manila, through the battle of the
Philippines, to surrender on Bataan,
imprisonment at Cabanatuan and Hiro -
hata, Japan, and to liberation. His diary
has been self-published and we have just
had a second printing done with the inclusion
of an added page by my mother of a
memoriam to him. We are interested in
advertising his book in the Quan and
would like any information you might have
that would tell us how to go about doing
this. We would be glad to send you a copy
at no cost for your review. We would like to
sell the book for $15.00 just to recover our
printing and shipping costs. Also, I have
included his obituary for publication in the
Quan if that is possible. Any information
you could provide to help us in our efforts
to sell his book would be appreciated. I
have included my address and phone number
if you have any further questions.
Thanks for your time and attention.
Sincerely,
Robin Black
Route 1 Box 2430
Urbana, MO 65767
417-993-5278
ANTHONY VONRYCKE
ADBC WEB SITE GROWS
The ADBC Web Site continues to grow
and now contains even more pages of helpful
information. It now has a new Internet
address and you are encouraged to use
this one from now on. You can visit our
Site by entering the following URL into
your browser:
Please visit our Site and meet some old
friends, make some new ones, send us
your biographical sketch (digital photos
welcome). Read about future conventions,
reunions and meetings; find out how you
can find help with your VA claim; many
more things. Go there for names and
addresses of all of your elected and
appointed officers. Send us your e-mail
address, etc., so we can post your name on
the Web Site.
For more information, e-mail me at:
frphillips@sprintmail.com or other
Committee members: Martin Christie:
or Warren Jorgen -
son:
JANUARY, 2001 — 13

WESTERN STATES CONVENTION REGISTRATION FORM
Registration including banquet is $40 per person. There is no charge for EX-P.O.W.
wives and widows. The charge for other guests for banquet only will be $30. Please
make reservation before March 20, 2001.
PLEASE PRINT
Full name_______________________________________ Guest __________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
Name preferred for name tag, if different from above.
Address_________________________________________ Phone (_____) ___________________
City ____________________________________________ State _______ Zip________________
Unit in P.I.______________________________________ P.O.W. camp ____________________
Please indicate number of persons for each banquet selection.
Prime rib _______ Teriyaki Chicken breast ________
14 — THE QUAN
POSSIBLE TOURS — INTERESTED??
________ ________ NAVAL BASE VENTURA COUNTY (combination of Naval
yes no Air Station Point Mugu and Naval Construction Battalion
Center Port Hueneme)
________ ________ RONALD REGAN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND
yes no MUSEUM.
PLEASE SEND REGISTRATION INFORMATION ABOVE NO LATER THAN
MARCH 20, 2001 TO PETER LOCARNINI, 1734 PACIFIC AVE., SAN LEANDRO, CA
94577 — (510) 357-9689
FOR INFORMATION REGARDING VENTURA AREA, SHUTTLE SERVICE FROM
LOS ANGELES, BURBANK, OXNARD AIRPORTS OR AMTRAK, PLEASE CONTACT
JOHN OR TRUDY REAL, 4349 VASSAR ST., VENTURA, CA 93003 — (805) 642-5142.
AMERICAN DEFENDERS OF BATAAN AND CORREGIDOR
WESTERN STATES CHAPTER
Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington
Convention April 3, 4, 5, 2001
Holiday Inn
Ventura Beach Resort
450 East Harbor Boulevard, Ventura, CA 93003
(805) 648-7731 (800) 842-0800 Fax (805) 653-6202
Rates: $80.00 — honored two days before/after, if available.
Reservation cut-off date: March 20, 2001 — Group code ADBC-WC
Arrival date _________ Departure date _________
First nights deposit or credit card is required to guarantee your reservation.
Credit Card Type ___________ Number ____________________________ Expire __________
NAME___________________________________________ PHONE (_____)_________________
ADDRESS _______________________________________________________________________
CITY ____________________________________ STATE ____________ ZIP _______________
Please use phone number and address above.
RP, JAPAN REMEMBER
WWII SUICIDE PILOTS
By CHRIS P. GRUTAS
Tribune
CLARK FIELD, Pampanga — Filipino
and Japanese officials recently commemorated
the 55th founding anniversary of the
Kamikaze, a group of Japanese suicide
pilots in World War II (WWII), during a
simple wreath laying rite at the Lily Hill
compound inside this former United
States Air Force Base.
Japanese Buddhist Ekan Ikeguichi, who
officiated the prayer for the commemoration,
said the Kamikaze “represents a
dark portion of the world’s history” but
was revered as heroes in their country.
Ikeguichi, in his prayer, also asked that
Japanese parents will never be asked to
send their children to war.
At the height of WWII, when Allied
Forces were about to recover Clark Air
Base from the Japanese Imperial Army,
the invading troops retreated to nearby
Mabalacat town for refuge.
During their retreat spawned the world
renowned and dreaded Kamikaze Organi -
zation, a group of fearless Japanese pilots,
established on October 20, 1944 at the
house of Marcos Santos in Mabalacat.
The Colacirfa Hill in Barangay Tabun,
Mabalacat was turned into a Japanese
command post where Kamikaze pilots
stood unchallenged in their war exploits
for quite some time, which was headed by
then Vice Adml. Takijiro Ohnishi, commander
of the Japanese Naval Forces in
the country.
The pilots, also known as the first
human bombs, deliberately crashed their
planes on the decks of enemy warships.
It was in early morning of October 20,
1944 that an announcement signed by the
admiral was posted which read: “The
201st air group will organize a special
attack corps that will destroy and disable,
if possible, the energy carrier forces in the
waters of the Philippines.”
Twenty-three young pilots coming from
the 201st air group and 1st air fleet were
in a frenzy and voluntarily affixed their
names to signify their participation in the
Kamikaze Organization.
BOOK
Ms. Dorothy Dore Dowlen, a medical aid
at a concentration camp located in
Malabalay, Bukidnon, Mindanao, has
written a book entitled “Enduring what
cannot be endured. She was born in the
Philippines to a British father and a
Filipina Mestiza mother and now resides
in San Jose, CA. Her book is sold by
mcFarland & Co. — 800-253-2187. Cost is
$29.95 + tax.

VA GETS TOP MARK ON
PERFORMANCE REPORT
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate
Governmental Affairs Committee has
released grades to 24 government agencies
for their Fiscal Year 1999 Performance
Reports, and the Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) received a grade of “A.”
“These Performance Reports are supposed
to inform Congress and the public about
what agencies are doing and how well
they’re doing it,” said Chairman of the
Governmental Affairs Committee, Sen. Fred
Thompson. “The VA clearly demonstrates a
commitment to results- oriented performance
and accountability.”
The grades were based on an analysis of
24 of the largest agencies by the General
Accounting Office, the Congressional
Research Service and the agencies’
Inspectors General offices. “We graded the
reports on a curve. Even so, we could only
grade four of the 24 agencies above a ‘C’. On
the other hand, seven agencies got ‘D’s or
‘F’s,” said Thompson.
“VA’s mission is the most service- oriented
of all Cabinet departments. Our customers
include 24 million veterans and their families,”
said Acting Deputy Secretary of
Veterans Affairs Edward (Ned) Powell, Jr.
“Services and benefits are provided through a
nationwide network of 172 medical centers,
more than 760 outpatient clinics, 134 nursing
homes, 58 veteran benefits regional offices
and 119 national cemeteries. We have established
customer service standards to ensure
VA equals the best in business. Our goal is
‘putting veterans first,’ ” said Powell.
According to a Governmental Affairs
Committee news release, VA’s top grade for
its performance Report was based on three
criteria: 1) Performance — what the report
said about how well VA delivered key performance
results that citizens expect of VA. 2)
Management — what it said about progress
in resolving major management problems
that could waste tax dollars and impede performance.
3) Usefulness — how useful was
the report in explaining VA’s accomplishments.
“A lot of people worked hard to put this
report together,” said Powell. “We established
benchmarks to measure outcomes and
compare our performance with private sector
organizations to ensure that VA services
were truly efficient and effective. But more
importantly, the report reflects the dedication
and effort of thousands of VA employees
who responded creatively to the challenges of
improving veterans’ services while streamlining
structure.
“Throughout VA, we are actively changing
old patterns and routines to meet a new definition
of care and services,” added Powell.
“Yet the Department has a rich tradition to
uphold. We must and will ensure that our
policies, our people, and our programs
remain focused on their fundamental purpose:
to fulfill the American public’s debt of
gratitude to those who served this nation.”
PRE-CONVENTION REGISTRATION
We have had good past results with the pre-registration application, beats standing in
long lines. We are going to change the card a little. The 1st line will be your 1st name
(Bill/William for instance). On the P.O.W. Camps line use only your favorite. The rest of the
blank fill out as stated. The registration will be $25.00 per person which includes the banquet
and registration as has been in the past. The banquet ticket should be exchanged for
table reservations. DO NOT send money. Pay when you come to the convention.
Steiger, Rod (1925-) — Hollywood actor.
He lied about his age and enlisted in the U.S.
Navy in 1941, serving in the South Pacific as a
torpedoman on the destroyer U.S.S. Taussig.
Steiger was involved in the Battles of Iwo Jima
and Okinawa, among others, being medically
discharged for acute skin disease twenty-four
hours after the Japanese surrendered.
Stewart, Jimmy (1908-1997) — Holly wood
actor and Academy Award winner for 1940. He
enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps eight
months prior to the Pearl Harbor attack,
becoming the first actor to do so. Stewart had
been deferred from the draft because he was
underweight (140 pounds) for his height
(6’21⁄2”), so he put on ten pounds to barely qualify
for en listment. For a while, he became a
bombardier instructor at Moffet Field,
California. In 1943 Stewart was transferred to
England to the 445th Bombard ment Group of
the Eighth Air Force.
Stack, Robert (1919-) — Hollywood actor.
He served as a gunnery officer for the U.S.
Navy for three and a half years in World War
II. At one time he taught gunnery at Pensacola.
Susskind, David (1920-1987) — TV
producer. In World War II, he served as a
communications officer on a U.S. Navy attack
transport and participated in the invasions of
Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Susskind was discharged
in 1946.
Vallee, Rudy (1901-1986) — Popular
singer, musician, and movie actor of the
1930’s and 1940’s. During World War II, he
enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard, rising from
chief petty officer to obtain a commission as a
lieutenant senior grade. In 1943, Vallee
became a bandmaster of the Eleventh Naval
District, entertaining troops for the U.S.O.
Previously in 1917, he had enlisted in the
Navy to fight in World War I but was discharged
because he was underage.
REGISTRATION CARD — PLEASE PRINT
FIRST NAME_____________________________________ GUEST ___________________________
FULL NAME _____________________________________ PHONE ( ________ ) _______________
ADDRESS _________________________________________________________________________
CITY____________________________________________STATE ___________ZIP ______________
UNIT IN P.I. _______________________________________________________________________
P.O.W. CAMP _____________________________________________________________________
WORLD WAR II VETS IN HOLLYWOOD END OF A SERIES
Van Dyke, Dick (1925-) — Hollywood
actor and comedian who spent two years in
the U.S. Army Air Force during World War
II.
Wallace, Mike (1918-) — CBS newscaster.
He served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II as a communications officer in
Hawaii, Australia, and aboard a sub marine
tender.
Wallach, Eli (1915-) — Hollywood actor.
He served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps
during World War II.
Warden, Jack (1921-) — Hollywood actor.
He was a U.S. Army paratrooper in World
War II with the 101st Airborne Division. On
the last practice jump over England prior to
D-Day, Warden broke his leg and injured his
back, which prevented him from making the
D-Day jump. In the 1980 TV movie, A Private
Battle, he portrayed Cornelius Ryan, who as
a correspondent did jump with the 101st
Airborne Division at D-Day.
Warner, Jack L. (1892-1978) —
Hollywood movie producer and head of
Warner Bros. Studios. At the outbreak of
World War II, he was commissioned as a
lieutenant colonel in the Army Air Force. Due
to his studios’ proximity to the Lock heed
aircraft plant, Warner had painted a huge
sign on the rooftops of his sound stages
pointing the way to Lockheed so that no one
(the Japanese) would mistakenly bomb his
facilities. The words “Lockheed thataway”
were followed by an arrow. The sign was
short-lived.
Webb, Jack (1920-1982) — Hollywood
actor and producer. He enlisted in the U.S.
Army Air Force in 1943 where he was trained
as a B-26 pilot. Webb was discharged in 1945
having never left the States.
(Continued on Page 18)
JANUARY, 2001 — 15

16 — THE QUAN
WIDOW’S & ANGEL’S WEB NO. 2-1
The first two Widow’s & Angel’s Web items in the Quan were No. 1 and 2. This is
the beginning of a new calendar year and the beginning of what some call the true
“Millennium Year” so, we’ll start numbering by year.
Have you made New Year’s resolutions or, like me, have you decided you are too
set-in-your-ways to change? That is not a good idea. Maybe we should enthusiastically
resolve to do something we always wanted to do but couldn’t find the time. Then, keep a
positive attitude toward ourselves and everyone else.
Donnie Mathis sent an article from the Denton Orator newspaper, along with comments,
about their Veteran’s Day World War II Veteran Remembrance and Balloon
Release in Denton, NC. The project registered names for the national World War II
Registry and took contributions to help with the construction of the WWII memorial in
Washington, D.C. A great project to bring a community together to honor our Veterans.
Carolyn Arnold Torrence, daughter of “Angel of Bataan and Corregidor” Dorothy
Scholl Arnold, reported that her mother passed away September 16, 2000. Dorothy lived
with her daughter and son-in-law in Weatherford, OK. On a happier note, the
Oklahoma Nursing Association had Elizabeth Norman, author of “We Band of Angels”,
as their guest speaker, in October. They presented a memorial to honor Dorothy Scholl
Arnold at that time.
More “Angels of Bataan and Corregidor” information, most of it furnished by
Floramund Fellmeth Difford:
—Eunice Hatchett Tyler had a stroke July 4th, 2000 and has worked hard to recover
from its effects. I am happy to report she drove herself, December 29th, to attend Lucy
Wilson Jopling’s funeral at Fort Sam Houston Chapel, here in San Antonio. She is determined
to be back on the golf course in a few months.
—Speaking of Lucy Wilson Jopling, she died Christmas day in Bossier City, LA,
where she has resided in a nursing home for a few years. The family was grateful to
“Angels” Sally Blaine Millett and Eunice Hatchett Tyler for making the effort to attend
the impressive funeral service. With Lucy’s death, Floramund reports there are twenty
two Army nurse “Angels” left.
—Floramund’s Semi-Annual newsletter, mailed to “Angel” Anne Williams Clark,
was returned. Anne has lived in New South Wales, Australia. We don’t know if she
moved or something has happened. In her newsletter, Floramund reports she had heard
from: Agnes Barre Smith, Sallie Farmer Durrett, Helen Cassiani Nester (who had
talked to Rita Palmer) and Hattie (H.R.) Brantley. I talk to Sally Blaine Millett, Earlyn
Black Harding and Hattie (H.R.) Brantley occasionally.
—Madeline Ullom was in San Antonio in December 1999 to receive the
“Distinguished Alumna” award from her Alma Mater, The University of Incarnate
Word. This year she has been recuperating from a broken pelvis, but was happy to be
home for Christmas.
Have you made Reservations for the ADBC Convention in Hampton, VA?
May 15 is coming fast!!!
Lora Cummins, I Towers Park Lane #1809, San Antonio, TX 78209, e-mail:
lorac@texas.net
BOOK INFORMATION
WE BAND OF ANGELS
The Untold Story of American Nurses
Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese
A Pocket Books Trade Paperback Reprint
Publication Date: May 9, 2000
ISBN: 0-671-78718-7
Price: $13.95
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Elizabeth M. Norman is an associate
professor of nursing and the director of the
doctoral program at New York University’s
Division of Nursing in the School of
Education. Her specialty is nursing history.
The recipient of many honors and awards,
she has written Women at War: The Story
of Fifty Military Nurses Who Served in
Vietnam and numerous articles. She lives
with her husband, Michael, and their two
sons, in New Jersey.
POCKET BOOKS
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
212-698-7000
BOOK REVIEW
O’DONNELL,
ANDERSONVILLE OF THE PACIFIC:
Extermination Camp of
American Hostages in the Philippines
By COL. JOHN E. OLSON, USA-RET.
In December 1941, American and Fili -
pino soldiers, sailors, and airmen fought
against the Imperial Japanese Armed
Forces that attacked the Philippines. Four
months later, the Americans and Filipinos
fired the last of their depleted stores of
ammunition and formally surrendered to
the Japanese. Treated like hostages
instead of prisoners of war, the forces
were led on a harrowing journey to Camp
O’Donnell, where 1,565 perished from
disease, malnutrition, and exhaustion.
Available from the author,
One Towers Park Lane, #510,
San Antonio, TX 78209
ISBN 0-9644432-1-X.
252 pp. Charts, photos, appendices,
bibliography. $15 postpaid. Paperback.
SEEKING INFORMATION
Mr. Pruitt,
My name is Bill Asher and I work for
the North Kitsap Herald, a community
newspaper in Poulsbo, Washington. I am
working on a 2001 Memorial Day section
for my paper. The plan is to have a small
biography, and hopefully a photo, of as
many Kitsap County residents who have
died while in military service as possible.
I am seeking any information that you
might be able to provide on the following
31st Infantry Regiment soldiers:
Private Patrick F. Corcoran,
Anti-Tank Company
Major Robert E. Lund,
Unknown
Corporal John D. Van Arsdale,
“M” Company
Private Henry E. Wilson.
Headquarters Company
I believe all of these men died while
prisoners of war.
Any information you could provide, personal,
military, photos or other contacts,
would be of great assistance.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Bill Asher
P.O. Box 278
Highway 305, Ste. 7000
Poulsbo, WA 98370
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PLEASE HELP
Dear Quan,
My father, Capt. Earl Richards Carle,
U.S. Army, nicknamed “Dick”, served in
the 92nd Regiment, Battery H, Coast
Artillery. The following information
(please excuse any spelling errors) was
gleaned from research done by my
brother-in-law.
Daddy left San Francisco aboard the
ocean liner President Coolidge of the
American Presidential Lines, destination
Manila via Honolulu, on July 15, 1941.
From Manila he went to Ft. Mills on
Corregidor for assignment to regiment. He
was sent to Makinaya, Olongopo on Subic
Bay, and placed in charge of coastal
artillery Battery H. After the surrender at
Bobo Point with Gen. Parker, he survived
the “Bataan Death March” but died of
malaria at Camp O’Donnell sometime in
April of 1942.
If anyone remembers my father or anyone
connected to his regiment, I would
very much like to hear from you.
Sincerely,
Stephanie Carle Peck
16 Millbrook Road
Medfield, MA 02052
508-359-2638
email: everbreeze@mindspring.com

TOUR OFFERINGS
2001 REUNION
AMERICAN DEFENDERS OF
BATAAN AND CORREGIDOR
Presented by Phillips Tours, Inc.
TOUR A — WEDNESDAY, MAY 16 —
WILLIAMSBURG OVERVIEW &
JAMESTOWN ISLAND,
8:30 AM-4:00 PM
Depart via motor coach with your tour
guide for the charming town of Williams -
burg. Your guide will provide interesting
and informative narration during your ride
about the historic Virginia Peninsula and
the Hampton Roads area. Once in
Williamsburg, step back into the 18th
century while strolling the streets with
your historical interpreter while guiding
through the past and the events that
helped shape America’s history. Enjoy a
one and one half hour leisurely walking
tour through the restored area of this
lovely colonial capital city (Actual distance
is approximately 4-5 blocks). Following
your overview tour, enjoy free time to shop
and browse in the many unique specialty
shops in Merchants Square. Enjoy lunch on
your own in one of the Colonial Taverns or
in Merchants Square. Your guide will point
out all of the dining options as you pass
through town. Next, admire the view as
you ride along the scenic Colonial Parkway
to Jamestown Island, original site of the
first permanent English settlement in
America in 1607. Exhibits include ruins of
the 17th century settlement and a Visitors
Center with a 15-minute film, museum and
gift shop. Also on display at this time are
recent archeological finds, including the
400 year old skeletal remains of one of the
first settlers. Package Price: $32.00 per
person, inclusive.
TOUR B — THURSDAY, MAY 17 —
MACARTHUR MEMORIAL, RIDING
NORFOLK CITY TOUR & SPIRIT OF
NORFOLK LUNCH CRUISE,
9:00 AM-3:30 PM
Board the motorcoach for the short
drive to Norfolk where you will visit the
MacArthur Memorial to view the outstanding
collection of artifacts, documents,
photographs and memorabilia housed in
Norfolk’s historic city hall which trace the
life and times of five-star General Douglas
MacArthur. See the 25 minute film which
chronicles General MacArthur’s life. The
General and Mrs. MacArthur are both
entombed in the rotunda of the memorial.
A gift shop with unique memorabilia is
located on the premises. Next, ride
through Norfolk’s historic district and
restored areas. View the lovely homes
along the Hague, the Chrysler Museum,
old St. Paul’s Church, the Moses Myers
House, Nauticus the mighty Battleship
Wisconsin and many other points of interest.
Board the magnificent Spirit of
Norfolk for a two-hour luncheon cruise.
TOUR REGISTRATION —
AMERICAN DEFENDERS OF BATAAN & CORREGIDOR
MAY 16-18, 2001
NAME___________________________________________________________________________
PHONE _________________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS_______________________________________________________________________
E-MAIL _________________________________________________________________________
Number Total
Tour A —
Williamsburg/Jamestown
Wednesday May 16 — 8:30 AM-4:00 PM ___________ @ $32 pp ___________
Tour B —
MacArthur Memorial/Spirit of Norfolk
Thursday, May 17 — 9:00 AM-3:30 PM ___________ @ $45 pp ___________
Tour C —
Ft. Eustis/Va. Air & Space Center
Friday, May 18 — 9:00 AM-3:30 PM ___________ @ $30 pp ___________
PLEASE MAIL THIS FORM BY APRIL 25 WITH YOUR CHECK
OR MONEY ORDER PAYABLE TO:
Phillips Tours, Inc., 6132 Sylvan Street, Norfolk, VA 23508
(757) 440-0202 mptour@aol.com
Feast on a sumptuous buffet and enjoy the
informative narration as you cruise
through the Hampton Roads Harbor. View
the many interesting sights along the
waterfront, including the mighty aircraft
carriers and nuclear submarines at the
Norfolk Naval Base. Enjoy dancing and a
show following lunch. The ship has two
climate-controlled lower decks and an
open-air upper deck. Package Price:
$45.00 per person, inclusive.
TOUR C — FRIDAY, MAY 18 —
FORT EUSTIS ARMY TRANSPORT
MUSEUM, VIRGINIA AIR AND
SPACE CENTER & FREE TIME
ON THE DOWNTOWN HAMPTON
WATERFRONT, 9:00 AM-3:30 PM
Depart via motor coach for the short
drive to Fort Eustis, home of the U.S.
Army Transportation Corps. Here at the
U.S. Army Transportation Museum you
will explore the world of motion and transportation,
from mighty steam locomotives
of days past to the world’s only captive
“flying saucer”, experience the history of
wagons, and trucks, airplanes and helicopters,
locomotives, tugboats and
DUKWs and experimental hovercraft,
such as the “flying jeep”, and examine
more than 200 years of Army transportation
history. Next, tour the Virginia Air
and Space Center, located in charming
downtown Hampton, and the official visitor
center for NASA Langley Research
Center. View interactive exhibits, suspended
aircraft, the space gallery and
historical displays of Hampton Roads.
Enjoy the exciting movie in the 300 seat
IMAX Theater, and shop for unique gifts
————————
in the Museum Shop. Enjoy free time to
shop and browse in the shops of downtown
Hampton and time for lunch on your own
in one of the charming restaurants or
quick service eateries here. Package
Price: $30.00 per person, inclusive.
Package price includes motor coach
transportation, tour guide, admissions
as listed, meals as listed and taxes.
Gratuities for guide and driver are not
included and are at the discretion of
the individual. FULL PAYMENT BY
CHECK OR MONEY ORDER IS DUE
BY APRIL 25, 2001. No refunds after
this time unless tour is cancelled. Your
cancelled check will serve as your
receipt. No tickets will be issues, your
name will be on the tour list to be
checked off by the guide. A minimum
of thirty people is required for each
tour. If this minimum is not met, the
tour will be cancelled and refunds will
be issued on site at the Holiday Inn
Hotel Hampton. LAST MINUTE PAR-
TICIPANTS WILL BE ACCOMMODAT-
ED NON SITE ON A SPACE AVAIL-
ABLE BASIS ONLY, AND TICKET
PRICES WILL BE $3.00 ADDITIONAL
PER PERSON. All tours will depart
from the lobby entrance of the Holiday
Inn Hampton, and boarding times will
be fifteen minutes prior to listed
departure times.
Questions? Please Call Phillips
Tours, Inc. at (757) 440-0202 or e-mail
at mptour@aol.com. A representative
of the tours will be at registration
Wednesday, May 16, 2001.
JANUARY, 2001 — 17

When I returned from interment in
Japanese P.O.W. Camps I carried to the
family of P.F.C. Garth H. Fletcher his old
moldy wallet with a few pictures and two
poems he had written in Cabanatuan.
Garth died in Manchuria 3 January 1942.
His body was returned to the U.S.A. in
1946 and is buried in the green hills of
Vermont. Could you please find room to
publish his poetry?
To Yesterday
How natural it is, for a man to stray
In his idle time to yesterday
and live again in reverie
The blissful days that used to be.
In boyhood days, the swimming pool
To the naked skin, was sweet & cool
and little things mixed up with school
were youthful rights to play the fool.
The girls we knew and danced with there
Are dancing with us once again.
We quickly learned when first we roamed
The magic of the world called home.
All this memory but sweeter now
where we look back & we see how
If we did it would be the same again
Oh! How natural it is for a man to stray
In his idle thoughts of yesterday.
G. Homer Fletcher
Cabanatuan Prison Camp
August 5, 1942
I Paused Today
I paused today in the midst of war
To read a book, with pages tore
From endless scores of tired men
Who reminisce, of what has been.
A woman’s face in a beauty ad,
A sonnet of a love sick lad,
A lengthy praise of men sublime
Who wrote the records of their time.
There finished with a joke or two.
I turned the page, I’d read it through.
I smothered this book with a fond caress,
Relaxing with the happiness
This aged book with pages tore
Had brought to me in the midst of war.
Garth Fletcher
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WWII VETS (Continued from Page 15)
Winters, Jonathan (1925-) — Holly wood
comedian. He served in the U.S. Marine
Corps from 1943-1946.
Young, Gig (1917-1978) — Hollywood
actor. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard for
three years in World War II, under his real
name, Byron Elsworth Barr.
Zanuck, Darryl F. (1902-1979) —
Hollywood producer. He was commissioned a
lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army in 1941
to make training films. Zanuck participated
in the North African invasion as a colonel and
was discharged in 1943.
Zimbalist, Efrem, Jr. (1923-) —
Hollywood actor. He enlisted in the U.S. Army
on April 2, 1941, serving as a first lieutenant
in the infantry. It was in the Army that
Zimbalist first met director Joshua Logan,
who helped him begin his acting career.
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POETRY
AMERICAN DEFENDERS OF
BATAAN & CORREGIDOR, INC.
56th National Convention
Holiday Inn
Hampton Hotel & Conference Center
May 15, 2001 to May 20, 2001
Tuesday, May 15, 2001 7:00 PM Reception
Wednesday, May 16, 2001 8:00 AM Church Services
8:30 AM-4:00 PM Tour
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10:00 AM Executive Board
8:00 PM-11:00 PM Reception Host Bar Ball
Thursday, May 17, 2001 8:00 AM Church Services
9:00 AM-3:00 PM Registration
9:00 AM-3:30 PM Bus Tour
9:30 AM Membership Meeting
10:00 AM-2:00 PM Ladies Shopping Bus
1:00 PM-3:00 PM VA Seminar
7:30 PM-11:00 PM Reception Host Bar
Friday, May 18, 2001 8:00 AM Church Services
9:00 AM-2:00 PM Registration
9:00 AM-3:30 PM Tour
12:00 Noon Widows Luncheon
7:00 PM Hotel Reception
8:00 PM-12:00 AM Quan Party & Dance
Saturday, May 19, 2001 8:00 AM Church Services
11:00 AM Memorial Service
6:30 PM Head Table Reception
7:00 PM Banquet
Sunday, May 20, 2001 All Day Farewells. See You Next Year!
Be Sure to Wear Your Badge
In the Shadow of the Rising Sun
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telling this amazing account of survival …
a brutal story, probably under the most difficult
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am glad that she wrote this book. Her medi -
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contagious diseases and those brought on
by dietary deficiencies caught my eye in
particular. I have taught anatomy and physiology
for over 36 years and her descrip -
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ever seen summaries as neat as those she
slipped between the pages. Such a wrenching piece that I read the book in
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has haunted me.” J. Hill Haman, Frankfort, KYOrder from author: Yvonne
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THE CORREGIDOR SCHOOL
This fitting tribute as a personal gratitude
to the Filipino people and in honor of
the men and women who defended the
Island Fortress of Corregidor was the idea
of two marines, Ted R. Williams and the
late Captain Louis E. Duncan.
During one of their early visits to the
“Rock” the lack of a school for the many
children of the inhabitants became apparent.
Providing an education for these
children appeared to be a fitting tribute to
those who sacrificed it all for the preservation
of freedom as well as to all of the
defenders of the historic island. This
project/memorial had its roots in 1984 and
was adopted as a memorial to the Fourth
Marine Regiment in 1986.
The Corregidor School has been supported
by donations from members of the
Fourth Marine Chapter and their descendants,
and generous contributions of time,
materials and money from Army, Navy,
Army Air Corps and American and Fili -
pino civilians all who support the program
in the interest of humanity. The committee
is proud that not one cent of moneys
collected has been spent for shipping, or
personal expenses of project personnel. All
has gone for direct aid to teachers,
students and equipment needs.
At the outset the support provided
salaries and learning materials. In the
intervening years the original school
building was improved and later replaced,
and textbooks, and other learning, art and
athletic supplies have been and continue
to be provided. In addition lighting, refrigeration,
cooling, typing, copying, cooking
and audio equipment have made the
Corregidor School a viable learning place.
Recent additions from American supporters
have provided an electric piano, a TV
and VCR, a new stove, computer desks
and encyclopedias in augmentation of
local, Filipino, contributions of computers
and logistical assistance.
The valued contributions of the Corregi -
dor Foundation, Inc., (CFI) under the
supervision of Executive Director, Colonel
Alfred Xeroz-Burgos, Jr. have continued to
inspire this memorial by building a new
and more functional schoolhouse. The
Foundation also provides housing and
utilities for the teachers.
Members of the committee extend their
gratitude to all who have provided support
to this living memorial and offer special
recognition to the following Philippine
citizens for their valuable assistance and
contributions:
Mrs. Carlos Romanos
Mrs. Rudolfo Medina
Mrs. Patricia Altamonte
Mr. Soliman Cruz
Colonel Alfred Xeroz-Burgos, Jr.
Mrs. Vicky Gatchahan
Mr. Regino Cruz
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Committee Members
Martin S. Christie, Commander,
4th Marines Chapter, ADBC, Inc.
Ted R. Williams, Project Chairman
and Co-Founder
Mrs. Debra Duncan-Cossart, Treasurer
Board Members
Dr. Robert McGetchin
Mr. Al McGrew
Mr. Henry Von Seyfried
JANUARY, 2001 — 19

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NECROLOGY UPDATE
AND REQUEST
Martin Christie has taken over the job
of Necrologist in the ADBC; we all need to
help him by telling him when we learn of
the death of an ADBC member. Please
send a notice to Martin at his home
address:
Martin S. Christie
23424 Mobile Street
West Hills, CA 91307-3323
He needs the following information for
his report to the Freedom Foundation in
Valley Forge:
Member’s full name
Next of Kin Full Name
Next of Kin’s Street Address or
P.O. Box
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Date of Death
Military Unit or Branch of Service, etc.
This information is also important for
maintaining correct Membership Records
and Quan mailing list for the ADBC, and
for the Memorial Certificate Program.
Thanks in advance from your Necrology
Committee.