During the earlier part of our march in formation, my companion and I were able to get out from the road into a farm of turnips. Several soldiers were ahead of us and had piled up turnips dug by hand as they searched for more. What I did was to place inside my shirt the […]
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1994 Memoir – 90. Drinking Muddy Water
What I did was press my canteen cup down my undershirt, then collect the muddy water little by little, after which I poured it into my canteen. Getting my bottle of iodine, I let down three drops of the medicine into my canteen, then shook it for a long time. The muddy water got disinfected, […]
1994 Memoir – 89. Herded Into The Rice Fields
After we passed through the burning forest, we found out that it was night time through the thick smoke. We were so exhausted that we fell asleep under a big mango tree along the road. We woke up with the morning sun heavily shining upon us. Our faces and clothes were full of dust caused […]
1994 Memoir – 88. Other Jap Looters
Further down the road, before we reached the nearest town from Mariveles, another group of Gold Looters armed with pliers to remove gold-capped teeth and rings stopped us. One of them tried to remove my wedding ring but could not pull it out from my swollen finger. Before he could cut my finger, a Jap […]
1994 Memoir – 80. MEMORIAL DAY, May 29, 1995
While I was writing about the incident with the gun and the lizard in Bataan, I digressed from the topic and began to think about Memorial Day. I am thinking about my not half-, but full brother, Felix, who died in the Capas Concentration Camp in May, 1942. He was born on May 18, 1920. […]
1994 Memoir – 86. “Mamira Go” (Japanese For “Manila Go”)
Later on there was news that we were all free to go to Manila. Many brought along souvenir items, like myself and Cpl. Castañeres, who brought along our rifle, side arms, helmet and liner, gas mask, canteen, canteen cup, bayonet, and some ammunition. We all thought we were FREE! Along the way to Mariveles we […]
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