Before we went to sleep, a P.O.W. by my side confided to me that he was too weak and couldn’t make it until the following day. He told me his name, his address, and his parents’ name to inform them what happened to him as a P.O.W. When I woke up the following morning, he […]
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1994 Memoir – 96. Arriving In San Fernando
OUR ARRIVAL IN SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA I cannot exactly remember how many days we walked from Bataan to San Fernando, Pampanga, but to me it was like a LIFETIME! We were herded into a school house, where we rested and were served burned rice and hot water! To us this was a real FEAST although […]
1994 Memoir – 95. Marching Under The Rain
Halfway to our destination, when we were all getting hungry, tired, and weary, a strong rain relieved us of our thirst and lack of bath for many days. We welcomed the rain, as a turtle thrown into the water welcomes it. All of us got wet except a few, like me, who had a raincoat […]
1994 Memoir – 94. Guards Killing P.O.W.’s
As we became more exhausted, hungry, weak, and weary, some P.O.W. soldiers did not mind getting killed or became insane by attacking with bare hands the guards or running away or falling down to the ground, dying! The Jap guards just mercilessly killed them by bayonet or bullet or both as we helplessly looked on. […]
1994 Memoir – 93. The Good And The Bad People
When we were in the province of Pampanga we were met by lots of people on both sides of the road who had come from the provinces to look for surviving relatives. Along the way we passed by a house close to the road with very kind hearts throwing or pitching turnips and sugar cane […]
1994 Memoir – 92. Inside Hot Warehouse
When the sun was about to set, we were herded inside a steaming hot metal warehouse full of rice bundles newly harvested. All doors and windows were closed and locked. There were big rats running all over the place. They even ran over us and bit some of our companions who tried to catch them […]
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