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Thurcday, April8, lMf faiHHM msmsmm WERE ' RINGWOOD W.N.U.FEATURES J*vmm STORT SO FAR: The itory at ;lito>r part la the battle for the Philippines is being told by four of the Itt •aval offlceri who are all that la left •f Motor Torprdo Boat Squadron 3. Thejr «« Lieut. John Bulkeley (now Lleatea. mat Commander), squadron commander; Lieut. R. B. Kelly, serond-ln-command; aid Ensigns Anthony Akers and George E. Cox, Jr. Lieut. Kelly has told how ..JM was sent to the tunnel hospital N Cerrpgldor, where he met a nurse named Pepty. Survivors from the sinking of a Shipload of refugees were brought to the hospital, and patients from Manila were Moved there. From them he learned how badly the war was going tor us. A member of the tank corpi is speaking. CHAPTER IV 0 §0 it: IT* , '^v.t •* 'We were lying on our side in paddy, and the Japs would come over and look at us. We played possum in there all day. They tried to open our door with bayonets, but 'we had it locked. In the afternoon a Jab officer looked at us through the slots--all of us lying stilly holding breath, and then he said, in English, "They're all dead." " 'But we figured it was a Jtrick-- kept right on playing possum and, sure enough, in about an hour they came back for another look. But we were lying in exactly the same positions. This time1 they gave a few disgusted grunts and walked off. About an hour after dark we listened carefully, and then unlocked our door. Sure enough, they'd gone, SO we beat it for the road.' " 'Tell me what became of your •hoes,' I asked him. I couldn't figure how an experienced soldier would ever let himself get separated from his shoes. The kid grinned Sheepishly, 'I guess that was a damn-fool trick,' he' said. 'You see it had been hotter than hell in that tank, and we were all dirty and tired and sweaty, so we decided to take a bath in a creek just across the rice paddy. But we had to go through mud to get there, so, keeping our clothes on until we got to the • water hole, we took off our shoes and hid them in the tall grass. But when we got back 'we hunted for several hours, and we couldn't find that grass clump. Finally we started on, barefooted.' " 'But where were the Japs?' *' 'They'd gone on ahead toward 'Manila. The next night we were resting by the roadside. We heard a noise behind us, so we scooted low in the bushes by the side of the road, and saw more of them go by on bicycles--all headed toward Manila. It seemed to be a Jap reconnaissance patrol, because behind them came trucks and guns and infantry, going by in the dark--so close we could have reached out and touched them. If we'd had a machine gun, we could have wiped out several hundred, but we only had our 45's. They kept up most of that night--one group stopped and ate chow on the road bank opposite us; we were scared stiff they'd come over and find us. It was hard for the wounded to lie quiet. Our tank driver had a rivet stuck in his throat--every time he took a drink, the water would come leaking out-- and the radio operator's arm was full of shrapnel from an exploding ibullet. Hie rest of us were okay, but our feet were getting damned •ore. " 'At dawn we stopped by a native Village to collect some woes, but pPft were all too small.' •How'd they treat you?' " 'Fine--gave us all the food we could eat, but you could see they didn't want us around. Afraid the lisps would find us hiding there and shoot them too. You couldn't blame the natives. So we got out, and spent the other six days of the trip sleeping in ditches or brush rimwpf walktagnights.' | " *Were the wounded weak?' I " 'Sure, and so were we. The tank driver with the hole in his throat wanted to stop--said for us to lei^l behhjd. We werf air jgJd with less than two thousand regulars, plus these green kids who had really been sent here to polish off their training, plus thousands of Filipino boys just as brave but just as green, most of whom had never been in uniform until a few weeks before the war started. " 'Where in hell's the navy?' they'd ask me. 'Why aren't they bringing us tanks and planes and more men? It only takes two weeks "to get here from Pearl Harbor.' Of course none of them knew what had happened at Pearl Harbor. "'They'll be along,' I'd say. 'Any day now,' " 'Hell,' they'd say disgustedly. *We won't see them for six months.' " 'Suppose we don't,' I'd say. 'This place can last six months. Wasn't it built like Malta and Gibraltar-- to withstand siege?' "Only pretty quick I began to find out how wrong I was. Corregidor had been built years ago, end then we'd agreed not to modernize if the Japs didn't modernize the Carolines, We kept the agreement; they didn't. Anyway, ammunition and provisions were so short the Rock would be doing good to hold out three months. "A few days after that the nurses in my ward were buzzing around--1 8tt bigg .«•- fer tbi W *2^?^ aid you d0( carry him?' ' 'Bell, no. We gave him a 45. told him he'd better use it now if he wasn't coming with us. So he changed his mind, and decided to come on. H* made it, too. But It 'look plenty of cuts.' "None of them lacked that" Here < Kelly shook his head. "Sometimes I training, often equipment, but never guts. 1. "But getting back to that hoc- • feitaL I w«nt back to my bunk. jPeggy helped me get my arm setfiled, and we talked a little bit She *ZXL 2L town wfth the Regular Army, she knew .real soldiers when she saw them, 'and you didn't have to talk long (With these poor brave kids who were J Co green they forgot their shoes to I know what the score was. Here we Ivere, trying to hold off the Japs "Sure enoagk, la about an hour they came back for another look." heard some talk about a party they were giving in their quarters that evening, inviting their boy friends, who for the most part were young army officers stationed on the Rock. And I almost fell out of my cot that afternoon when Peggy, in a seemingly offhand way, asked me if I'd like to go. It was nice, of course, to be chosen, by the girl I liked best, out of 10,999 other men on that Rock, most of whom would have given an ear just to talk to a White girl. But it got me to thinking, too. I liked her, but the other girls had said there was a young medical officer she'd been dating pretty steady--and what the hell was IT A naval officer in an army hospital --here today, gone tomorrow--so I hadn't let myself get started thinking-- or tried not to, anyway. Naturally, I said sure X wanted to go. So Peggy said she'd see if she could fix it with the doctor. And after she got through with him, he was certain it would do me good, f £ was back in the ward by tm. --peaceful--and best of all, the girls had broken out with their civilian dresses. That doesn't sound like much, but one look at them after ring nothing but uniforms lor months was like a trip bade home. Makeup too--they looked so damned nice you could eat them with spoon, and Peggy had put Just touch of perfume in her hair--any* Way tt it wasn>4hat, it was aame- "Next day I was out in the courtyard getting some fresh air," Li tenant Kelly, who was invalided in the tunnel hospital at Corregidor continued: "1 was allowed a certain number of hours per day out of my bunk--when the air-raid alarm went oil, but by now we didn't pay any attention. I looked up to notice that nine Jap planes were going overhead, but what the hen, they did that all the time, and of course the anti-aircraft opened up--just a formality , because they were up out of range--when all of a sudden--Bam! the whole Rock seemed to jump, and we made a dive for the tunnel, because at last they were bombing us. ""It was quite a pasting. Half an hour later a batch of nurses came in in an ambulance--pretty well shaken up. They'd been strafed-- had to leave the ambulance and run for the roadside ditches. A few minutes later the wounded began to come in--all the serious cases went into my ward. They had only two operating tables, so the litters were lined up, waiting their turn, while the nurses pitched in and took care of the minor surgery -- cleaning wounds, digging for shrapnel, bandaging. There was no time for anesthetics except a quarter of a grain of morphine, but the wounded certainly had guts. They'd grab the.side of their litter with clenched fists, and tell the nurses to go to it--it really wasn't hurting much. "The raid had been going on hour When all of a sudden the lights went out, but in half a minute the girls had produced flashlights. I remember Peggy standing there holding a flashlight on a guy's naked back on the operating table while a doctor probed for some shrapnel in his kidney. You could see her face and those steady blue-green eyes of hers by the light reflected back up from this guy's back, and just then there was a terrific crunching bang--a bomb had landed right outside the tunnel entrance--and with it a sudden blast of air through the tunnel. It wasn't nice, and yet I don't think Peggy's hand even wobbled. "But it was getting on toward New Year's, and bad news began to come from Manila. The Japs were closing in." "But very few of them realized it in Manila," said Akers. "I was there with my boat on courier duty from December 13 until Manila fell. Staying with Admiral Hart until the seaplane took him out to join the Dutch East Indies fleet. You certainly couldn't criticize morale. The average Filipino had a childish belief in us. He was absolutely certain that the Americans would be there next week with plenty of equipment. Dead-sure that our American soldiers would throw back the Japanese. Believed all the optimistic broadcasts and rumors. When a raid would come, of course, they were pretty excitable. We slept aboard the boat, and when the bombs started down, we were supposed to get away from the wharf and out into the bay. Sometimes people used to stow away, to get away from the bombs. "They never lost faith,, though. Right up to the end there were big dances at the Manila Hotel, and you could watch the Filipino bdys in uniform, telling their girls about their heroic exploits. And there were plenty of them to tell, too. "But over at the American Army and Navy Club, they knew what the score was. They didn't feel like dancing there. Their faces were plenty long. "Of course the higher-up Filipinos knew the truth. If you'd see one with a long face, you could be sure he was a Senator, or better. I had a girl there--Dolores was her ftrst QMn#t snd by American standards die was good-looking «s hell. 'Her father I think was a Senator, and the family had a hell of a lot o( money. His brother owned a lot of mines. They had a big colonial house in the suburbs. Her father knew what the score was, although Dolores didn't dream it was coming so soon. The last time I saw her, just before the Japs came in, she knew Manila had been declared an open city, but she thou^it that only meant there wouldn't be through Manila, trying to get Bataan before they were cut off, but die didn't know what the marching meant That night he; uncle, a tough old fpaoiMdw&oMmEei til over the world, got pretty drunk and almost had a row with her fa* ther, the Senator, "The uncle said the whole mess was the fault of this apposition faction of Filipino politicians holleri their silly heads off for indepei ence--no wonder the Americans, if they were getting out in four mora Sears, hadn't socked a lot of money ito fortifications. "He said he wasn't so about himself because he owned plenty of property outside the islands. But he told the Senator he'd prober end up pulling a rickhsa for his part in this independence foolishness, and serve him damned wen right So I could see there were a few natives who knew what the score waa. (TO Bt CONTINUED) • (By Helen Johnson) * Mr. and Mrs. William Harrison visited the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Harrison, Tuesday. William was on a furlough from Dayisville, R. I., where he has been training in the Sea Bees, U. S. N. He left Chicago on Friday for a camp near Oakland, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Hopper and daughters of Chicago spent Friday afternoon and evening with Mr. and Mrs. S. W, Smith. Mrs. Catherine EJngels and Mrs. William Jung of Spring Grove called on Mrs. Nick Young Wednesday. Mrs. Libby Ladd returned home on Friday from Orlando, Florida, where she had been spending the winter. Helen Ruth Butler spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Spitzbert Sat Woodstock. Mrs. Fred Davis of Chicago spent Tuesday with Mrs. Fred Wiedrich, Jr. Leonard Brown and Emma Grace Trepus of Palatine called on Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Brown Friday evening, Mrs. Ben Walkington is visiting in the Frank Walkington home at Libertyville. Mrs. John Hogan visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ackerman at Belvidere, Wednesday. Mrs. Roy Harrison arid Edyth were callers in McHenry Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Huff and family of Richmond and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Miller and family of Spring Grove were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wiedrich on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dix, daughter, Frances, and son, Billie, of Salem, Wis., called on Mr. and Mrs. Roy Neal Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Krohn and Vivian and Mildred of Richmond were callers in the Ray Merchant Tiome Monday evening. Mrs. Nick Young was hostess to the Bunco club Thursday afternoon. Prizes were won by Mrs. Ed Thompson and Mae Wiedrich. Mr. and Mrs. George Haberlien spent the weekend at their home here. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stephenson were callers in Crystal Lake and Ridgefield Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Catherine Young of McHenry spent Wednesday with Mrs. George Young. 'v • • • Mrs. William Harrison and children of Round Lake and Mrs. Milyard Smith of Shetech, Wis., visited Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Harrison on Saturday. Mrs. Frank Wattles of McHenry sper<t Sunday with Chancey Harrison. The P.-T. A. met at the school Friday afternoon. Elected to serve the coming year are Mrs. Rinkenberger, president; Mrs. C. L. Harrison, vicepresident; Mrs. Andrew Hawley, secretary and Mrs. Lonnie Smith, treasurer. Mr. and Mrs. Alan VanAvery of Richmond were callers in the Beatty- Low home Sunday evening. John Smith spent Sunday in Chicago. _ Mr. and Mrs. Nick Young spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Weber and family at McHenry. Mrs. Rose Jepson returned home on Tuesday froth Algonquin, where she had been visiting: Mr. and Mrs. Roland McCannon. Agnes Jencks has returned to her home here to spend the summer. S. W. Brown is a .patient at the Mercy hospital at Janesville. Clinton Vogel of Elkhorn spent a few days with his cousin, Bob Brennan. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Harrison and Edyth were callers in Woodstock on Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Pearson entertained the 5Q0 club Thursday evening. Prizes were won by Mrs. George Young and Louis Hawley for high score and Mr. and Mrs. George Shephard for low score. * Mrs. Frankie Stephenson called on Mr. and Mrs. Robt. McLean at Woodstock Saturday afternoon. . Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frey and chil. dren of Blue Island, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Olsen and children and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Jackson and children of Richmond were guests in the Beatty- Low home Sunday afterngon. Mrs. Fred Wiedrich, Jr.YiiTirpatieht at The Spa at' Waukesha. Mr. and Mrs. George Bacon of Antioch called on Mrs. Jennie Bacon one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Young and Alec Anderson spent Friday in Woodstock. Mrs. Chancey Harrison, Mrs. Henry Stephenson, Mrs. Lonnie Smith and Mrs. Roy Harrison attended Line Officers club at Woodstock Wednesday evening. Albert Schultz of Genoa City called on Mrs. Roy Wiedrich Sunday. Mrs. C. J. 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