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VOLUME 41
PITTSBURGH , PA -
APRIL , 1987
1987 NATIONAL CONVENTION
National Commander Ken Curley announces the program for this year'. NationaJ ConventJon at the "Pointe at Squaw Peak': Phoenix, AZ. with the cooperation of National Service
Director John Emerick. Ken believes t.his i8 an opportunity for all our members to benefit.
We have had informal telephone conversations and a meeting with Dr. Lawrence La·
vine. D.D.. M .D.H., D.T.M . & H . Medical Officer, National Instutute of Neurological & Communicative Oisordel'!J and Stroke regarding a s hott study regarding "mOVement disorders."
We gave them permission to attend t he National Convention with the intention of giving
our members an opportunity to take part in the 10 minute survey. It will be strictly voluntary and if anyone proves positive on the survey they will have doctors to apeak to them. There
will be no rElq)rd by them nor will your name or address be recorded. After 45 years seems
like we are making some headway. By the way. bring a record of the medication you are now
using.
The veterans seminar Thursday 9;00 am·
12;00 ....iIl feature on the panel Mr. John
Vogel, Chief Benefits Director, Veterans Ad·
ministration; Dr. Howard D. Cohn, Deputy
ACMD for Clinical Affairs; Mr. Charles E .
Effective October 1,1986 Public Law 99·
Jaeckel, Jr. Nstional Director of Services 576 amenaed 38 USC 312(b) to add additionD.A.V.; and Dr. Bruce Schoeneberg, Chief of al conditions subject to pre8umptive service
the National Institute of Neurological &
connection for former pris oners of war.
Communicative Disorders and Stroke.
The two conditions are post traumatic 08General questions will be taken, with in- teroarthritic and organic residuals of frost
dividual corulUltation for personal problems. bite, if the veteran of war interned in climatr
We are receiving fme cooperation from the Jo. ic conditions consistent with the occurrence
cal and national V.A.; we know you will show of frost bite.
your cooperation in attending the meetings
A OVB circular has been prepared with inand fill in the surveys. It's all for our benefit.
structions for review of approximately 1700
Friday, May 29, 10;00 am to 12;00 noon. claims for POW'a. The purpose of reviews is
John Emerick has a program which has al· to determine the claims previously denied
ways been one close to his heart, "Benefita should be recons idered under the new law.
for our Widows". The program will be chaired
This is not to say we should wait until our
by Agnes Akullian. On the panel will be Miss claims are reopened by the V.A. One reason
Bernadette Kerstine, Veteran's Service Offi· is. if you had no previous claim for either of
cer Pittsburgh Regional Office and Marie these presumptives you s hould take it upon
Kelnhofer, M.D., M.P.H., Dept. of Psychiatry, yourseH to see your service officers Lo reopen
Ramsey Clinic. St. Paul. Minn.
your claims.
Friday evening at our banquet we are privWhen reopening any claim for preaumpileged to have Brigadier General Connie L. tives the guidelines are Who, When, Where.
Slewitz.keaa our guest s peaker. Having had Why and the Hows. The only way the VA.
28 ~ years of service with the Army Nurse
c an help the POW population is when we
Corps. she has had more than her share of help them by giving them ptecise histories in
overseas duty which included Europe. Vietr the form of narratives. short and to the point.
nam, and two Loun in Korea, one being Chief
Nurse Medical Command. She was first female class president of the Army Command
and Gene ral Staff College, Fort Leaven·
TABLE SEATING
worth, Kans as. She also graduated fro m the
U.s. Army War College, Carlisle. Pa.
The banquet ticket you receive when you
B.G. Siewitzke was appointed to her pres- register must be tUrned in for a table n umber
ent position of Chief, Army Nurse Corps. on
some time before 1;00 p.rn. Friday. If you
Sept. I, 1983.
plan to get a group for one or more tables
Of courae we have omy pointed the aerioqa
make sure one person gets all the tickets
business. The fun times are lis ted on the prothen exchanges them for the available seats.
gram listed elsewhere in the Quan. We are
Please. we can't save seatsor give aeat8 with·
looking forward to seeing you in Phoenix, A:r..
out your ticket. It's a good system. We apthe week of May 24.
preciate your cooperatio n.
Review of Fonner
Prisoner-of-War Claims
Senlhi1edPersonnelat
VA Medical Centers
We have reports on several cases where the
doctors never open the medical folders olthe
POWs they were supposed toexamineor the
doctors never bothered to have a folder with
them pertinent to tbe csse.
What we are asking is for our POW population to document these incidents and take
them to the respective POW coordinaton at
the Medical Centers.
Or Lake time to see the director at Medical
Centers.
Or caU the POW bot line.
Your Service Officers cannot do anything
about your problems unless they bave proof.
The proof has to be fair, honest and exact.
DMS ia just as interested in our POW
population being treated weU at their Medi·
cal Center as we are and want to know when
their personnel are not performing as well as
they were trained.
"Memorial Theatre"
1be July Executive Board Meet.ingwill be
hekiat Boston, Mass. at the Lafayette Hotel
Tbedate8July 9-12, Rate $75.00. Thereason
for going to Boston is the dedication of the
post t heatre at Fort Devins as "The Ameri·
can Oe£enders of Bataan & Corregidor
Memorial Theatre". Transportation will be
furnished from the hotel on Friday morning,
taking us to the reviewing stand at Fort
Devina followed by the dedication of the theatre, the same theatre where 200 men decided to start the AOBC. We hope as many of
the original charter members as possible will
show up for this dedication. Arrangements
are being made by Sr. Vice Commander Hen·
ry J . Wilayto. 3lA Strattford shireLn., Con·
cord. Ma. 01742. For further information. hotel reservation blank on rear page.
AIRPORT
Transportation from the airport Lo the
"Pointe" is available from "Su per ShutUe"
(6021 24.-9000 for advance reaervations if
you have a group arrival at the same time. At
the airport call 253·6300 for a pick up. Austin is in the process of making arrangementa
for t he Su per Shuttle Pick Up. Of course the
caba are always available.
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May 23 to May 30, 1987
All SUITES PLUS
1988
THE GALT HOUSE EAST
April 30 to May 4, 1988
ALL SUITES PLUS
$61.00 PE. SUITE
JAMES CANTWELL
EDWARD ALLEN BURNS
By CRAIG BASSE
Times Obit...... Editor
Edward Allen Bums. 69, Bowman, N.D.,
died Sunday evening, January II , 1981, at
St. Luke's Tri·State HOIIpital, Bowman.
Allen Burns was born September 29,
1911, at Strool, S,D" son of Tom and
Elizabeth Richter Bums. Heentered the u.s.
Army on May 22, 1941, where he served in
the u.s. Army Philippine Islands Medical
Corp. He was a prisoner of war of the Japa'
nese for thirty·three montha in the Philip"
pine Islands. He returned home on July 8,
1945.
He worked on a survey crew for the stats
of South Dakota at Rapid City, and attsnd·
ad Black HillsStateCoUegefortwoyears. He
returned to the Bowman area, where he
owned and opent8d hia consl.nJctKm compa·
ny. He married Opal Schade February 4,
1952 at SL Charles Catholic Church in Bowman. They resided in Bowman where he
worked with construction until suffering a
heart attack, and then worked for the N.D.
State Scale House for some years. He retired
in 1912 due to ill health.
He was a member of St. Charles Catholic
Church, Bowman; the Frank Gordhamer
American Legion Poet '48 of Bowman; the
Disabled American Veterans; the VFW of
Dickinson; and the stete and national Exp"
POW organizations. He was a gentle and
easy·going man who loved hia family and
everyone around rum.
Grateful for having s hared his life are his
wife; Opal Bums. Bowman; one son: 'Ibm
Burns and his wife, Stacy; six daughters.
This is a correction of Feb. Quan.
SEMINOLE - James O. Cantwell, 67, a
survivor of the Bataan Death March of
World War II, died Monday (Feb. 9, 1987) at
Bay Pines Vet.eran8 Administ.ration Medical
Center of congestive heart failure.
For decades he Buffered from injuries
received during three yean as a prisoner of
war. Buths had towait until 1979 to receive
hi. Purple Heart. That year, U,s. Rep. C.W.
Bill Young, R-St. Petersburg, pinned the
decoration on his lapel in ceremonies at the
congressman's office..
He also held the Bronze Star, Distinguished Unit Badge with two Oak Lear
Clu 8t.en. American Campaign Medal,
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, Philippine
Defense Ribbon and the Good Conduct
Medal.
In 1984, Mr. CantwelJ took partin ceremonies at the Bay Pines honoring service men
and women who were prisoners of WVOl'" who
were misaing in action.
He told • repor1ez' that he believed Viet.nam veterans deserved the same recognition
given veterans of other U.S. wua.
"Soldiers don't pick their wIlTS," Mr. CantweU said. "They happen to be of the right age
when a war bteaks out, and they go to war becaU8e, well, it's what Americana always have
done when theerups are down."
In Mr. Cantwell's war, he became one of
3,BOO Americans to survive the bruta115·
mile Death March to prison camps in the
Philippines after Japanese troops over·
whelmed U.s. and Filipino forces in April
1942.
He was a s taff sergeant serving with the.
19th Air Base Defense Unit.
Mr. Cantwell. who lived at 12329 Regency
Ave., Seminole, was a past national and Flori·
da commander of the American Defenden of
Bataan and Corregidor. He also belonged to
the American Legion, the Military Order of
the Purple Heart, Disab)ed American Veterans. Air Force Sergeanta Association miue
Dolphin Chapter) and Veterans of Foreign
Wan.
From 1963 to 1914 he was owner-oper8tor
of the Cantwell Arms. an apartment houfle in
Treasure Island.
In the Treasure Island Chamber of Com·
merce, Mr. Cantwell was a past director and
president. He also presided over the Holiday
Isles Development Council.
He was an Elk and a Rotarian.
Mr. Cantwell moved to Florida in 1963
hom New York state. where hemanaged a veneer mill and owned a motel.
The Roxbury, N.Y. native had been active
in politics in his hOIDestate. &erving as mayor
of the viUageof Fleischmanns and as a member of the Delaware County board of supervisors.
Survivor. include his wife of 40 years Get'"
aIdi:ne. a son, Danny V.. Perry: a brother, Thomati E., WeUesley Hills, Mus.; a sis ter, DOI"C>
thy Morse. Stamford. N.Y., and several nieces
and nephews.
PAUL D. FLOYD
Paul David Floyd, a aurvivor of the Ba·
taan Death ~arch and I prisoner of three
and one-half years. died Sunday at his home
in Bend, Oregion. He _s12.
He waa born in Ruth, Nevada on October
13,1914, thesonofDavidJoeephand Helen
(Finn) Floyd. He was raised in the San Fran·
cisco area.
He enlis ted in the u.s. Airforce in 1940
serving in the Philippines as a member of Hq
& Hq Squadron. 4th Composite Group at
Nichols Field. He later transferred to Clark
Field and the 19th Bomb Group. He was captured on Bataan and was In several Prisoner
of War Camps, including Camp O'Donnell
Clark Field, Cabanatuan, Port Area. Manila
p.1. Ind Oegania Japan.
Survivors include his wife, Roberta of
Bend, daughter, Joyce Ann Holdren, three
grandsons and one great grandson, atep"
children, Mrs. F)oyd (Carol) Bowker and Mrs.
Don (Patricia) HoUand.
Membership included Veterans of Foreign
Wars Post 16<43, Disabled American Veterans Central Oregion Chapter 114, American
Defenders of Batun, Air Force Sergeants
Asan., American Ex·prisoners of Will' and
the ioea1,Prisoners of War Group..
A funeral service WIA held at Bend. <>regon at Niswonger-Reynolds Chapel with
'military honors. Interment followed at Pilot
Butte Cemetery.
DECEASED
NO OfHER INFORMATION
Clyde M. Abbott
Starr Route 13 Box 293
Buickeye. Arizona 85326
James Adair
2246 New Road
Waterford. Pennsylvnnia
60CAC
Mrs. Euls Falls Borneman,
IYmy N urae Corps.
P.O. Box 690
Huntsville, Thu.a
Died III 14/86. She served on Corregidor
and Bataan and was taken a prisoner of war,
She is survived by her mother and sister.
William H. Brooks
Passed away 10/21/86
He was a Communication Chief of the 228
Signal Company. He is survived by a broth·
er, Louis.
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Mrs. Ressa Jenkins Curry
3427 Ortega Street .
San Franciaco, CaUf 9<4122
Life Member ADBC, Army Nurse Corps,
died 8115/86.
Darnell W. (Red ) Kadolph
San Antonio. 'IX.
Died 6/15186. He served in the Band with
the 59 CAC he leaves hia wife Polly.
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Basil Sudimak, MSgt. USAF Ret.
Unit-Unk
Died Orlando Florida 32809
Reported by Wife Valma J . Sudimak.
Ernest E. Short
Wake Island Marines
Died 9118/86. No other details received.
Virgie P. Vardell
Wake Island Marines
Died 12126186. No other detail!! received.
Victor Wallace
PO Box 584
Surf City, NC 28445
Deceased
ROBERT VERN LAMB
Robert Vern Lamb p888ed away on Mar. 1,
1981 while at home in Eugene, Oregon. He
had been suffering from Hodgkins disea.se
for some time. Bob was 68 years old, and a
veteran of the Pacific theatre w.w.II. U,s.
Navy, USS Houston, He was a P.O.W. of tbe
Japanese for three years and eight montha.
His remains were cremated and interned at
the Willa.mette National Cemetery, PutIand,
Oregon. He is survived by a sister, Vida
Hammon, a brother Wllter Lamb, and a
daughter Sharan Cunningham.
APRIL 1987 - 3
FORREST F. DREGER
MAN FORD C. BOTER
My husband. Forrest-F. Dreger. 74,pasBed
Manford C. Boyer, 67, of Spokane,
away from a massive stroke on January 16,
Waahingtonpasaed away Feb. 8,1987 due to
1987, at Crandon, Wisconsin. He was elife complications broughton by his long strug·
member of the American Defend61"8 of Ba- gle with Parkinson's Disease. He was a life
taan & Corregidor, Inc.
member of ADBC and AX·POW, and a memo
He was a corporal in the 31st Infantry, '. ber of the Spokane-I nland Empire Ex· POW
Company K, survived the Satean Death Chapter. Manfont, or "Jigs" as hewasknown
March, the 39-day J apaneee hellship to Forby many, served in the 20th Air Base Group,.
mosa, arrivedinJapan in February 19-45 and
19th Air Base Squadron. He was stationed
taken to a prison camp at Ko8aka, Japan. He in the Philippines at. the outbreak of World
was at;, yellNl as a prisoner of war, liberated War II wbere he was taken captive by the
Japanese and was a survivor olthe infamous
in September 1945 by the U.s. annedforces.
Batsan Deatb March. He was held POW at
Internment was at the National Military
Cemetery. Wood, Wisconsin.
O'Donnell, Cabanatuan, and Mukden, Man·
Forrestis survived by rna wife. Bernice. a churia for 41 montha. While in Mukden, he
daughter, Mrs. Charles (Ellen) Dell and two was given several injections of undetermined
serums. Manford served in the Air Force 21
grandsons Michael and Patrick.
years, retiring as a maater sergeant in 1961.
He then worked for the Washington State
Highway Department as a mechanic. He was
WILLIAM LEON BRUCE
buried with full Military Honors by a unit
William Leon Bruce, age 64, of Garden
from Fairchild Air Force Base. Manford is
Grove. CA died January 27, 1987. He is 8Ursurvived by his wife, Mary, one son. and one
vived by his wife, 1m. Jean; son Willi.a! daughter.
Leon Bruce, Jr.; daughters, JacquelineCeaser, Martha Kinney, Rebecca Bruce: 6 grand·
children, and a sister, Viola Casey.
Mr. Bruce has been a member of t he
American Defenders of Bataan & CorMINNIE BREESE STUBBS
regidor, the Ex- Prisoners of War of America,
and F&AM Mar Vista Lodge 1820, and the
Minnie Stubhs. age 75, died Monday,
Garden Grove Elks 11952.
March 16, 1987. Born in Newark, N.Y., en·
He fought in the defense of Bataan and
tered military service IArmy Nurse Corpsl
was a Japanese POW for 3lA years. He
Jan. 1937, was assigned to the Phllippine I.
s uffered througb the Bataan Death March
lands May 1940. Served in Bataan Hospital
and was a prisoner ofO'Donne!, Cabanatu·
12, then on Corregidor after fall of Batun.
&an, Port Area, Manila, P.l., and Oeyana. Ja'
Captured on Corregidor and was sent to San·
pan. Hewas awarded the Bronze Star, Phili}> to Thmas interment camp Aug. 2, 1946. Was
pine Presidential Unit Citation, Good Con·
liberated Feb. 3. 1945.
duct Medal. American Defenll8, Asiatic Pa·
Married CoL Guy H. Stubbs whoalso au!'
cific Campaign. American Campaign. Na·
vived the Jap POW camp. They had 2 chiltional Defense. Philippine Defense and Pur- dren and I gntnddaughter.
p le Heart Medals.
Minnie was a member of St. Matthewa
United Methodist Church. was also a memo
ber of Retired Army Nurse Corps. Assn.; retired officers wives and widows club; ADBC;
JOSE GARCIA
Ex·POW and others.
Her imprisonment story was chronicled in
Jose Gareia, a survivor of the Bataan
death march in World War II and a retired a chapter called " In Line of Duty: Sixty·
employeeofSt. J oseph Hospital, died 8·20· seven Army Nurses in the Philippines" in
Hewn Hogans book "Mixed Company, Wom·
87 at age 71.
Garcia retired Jan. 23 from St. Joseph, en in the Modern Army."
"My mother was an honest person who al·
where he was the administrative technologist of the Radiology Department. He origi· ways spoke her mind," aaid herson, Guy H.
nally joined St. Joseph as a yard worker in Stubbs II of San Antonio. "A brave woman
1987, and later became the hospital'a first X· she went through agreat deal in her lifetime.
ray student when be returned from military She was a survivor."
service in 1946. He later became the wstructoT and coordinator of the Radiologic School
for X·ray technicians at St. Joseph and was
appointed administrative technologist in
1968.
EDWARD S. COLEY
Garcia was taken prisoner during the Bat·
tie of Bataan in the Philippines and spent 3lA
EdwardS. Coley, 4712Newbern Ave., Ra·
years in a Japanese prison camp.
leigh, North Carolina died. March 10, 1987.
He is survived by his wife, Vita Garcia; He collapsed at hia home after the graveside
thn!e sons. Joseph, Jerry and James Garcia; services of tiliI wife, Ruth who had been in a
adaughter, Emily Trujillo; a brother, four sis- nursing bome for the paat sill years. He
ters, and 11 grandchildren.
served with F Batt 60 CAC and was a POW
Funeral services W'8I'EI held at St. Anne for 3Y1 years. Ed was a life member of ADBC
Catholic Church.
and liberated from Mukden. Manchuria.
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JAMES O . BENNm
Jameso. Bennett, Route 1, BO:l260, Williford, AR 72482 died 12-28'86 at Williford.
Heleaves tiliI wife Fannie, 3daught.en, lIOn
and hia mother. He was a member of the 4th
Martines, captured on Corregidor, was in
Cabanatuan and Camp 17, Omuts. Japan.
Unformation received from his wife.1
JAMES H. AUSTIN
James H. Austin, East 803 · 14th Avenue,
Spokane, WA 99202, died 12·29-86 at Spokane. He leaves a sister, Jane W. Cousins of
Spokane. He was a member of the 4th Ma·
rines, captured on Corregidor and ....a in
Cabanatuan and Camp 17, Omuts, Japan.
(Information received from his sister.)
WAYNE MURRY
Wayne Murry, PO Box 1339, Key Largo.
FI33037. 17thOrdance, paseedaway inJanuary 1987 . Information received from
Harold Fiener. No other details.
CLIFFORD E. CLEGG
Clifford E . Clegg, 9034 Joan Street,
Spring Valley, Ca. died April I, 1986. He
served with L Co 31st Inf and made the
death march out of Bataan. He was a POW
for 3~ years. He ia s urvived by wife Alta
Mae and was a member of ADBe.
BEN STEVENS
Ben Stevens, 50 Barkley St., Satellite
Beach, FL 32937 . 803rd Engineers A Com·
pany, passed away on 6 February 1987. He
was aemated, a memorial service was hekl.
at Satellite Beach on 12 Feb. 1987, his ashes
will be interned in Arlington Cemetery.
ADBC personnel attended the memorial
service.
ROY H. JOLLY
WOI Roy H. Jolly ,u.s. Army Ret.) resi·
dent of San Antonio, fuas. paned away
Saturday, March 21at.I987 at the ageof81
years. Mr. Jolly waa a former P.O.W. du ring
1942·1945 in World War II , member of PilW.
for t he American Defenders of Batsan and
Conegidor. lnc. and a member ofY.F:W. Poet
854. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Clara
Mae Jolly; daughter, Clarice Woelke; son,
Roy David JoUy; 5 granddaughters; and 1
grandson. Procession departed North Park
Mortuary Wednesday morning at 100'c1ock
for gn.vesideservices at Fort Sam Houston
National Cemetery with full mili~ honors.
The _
. William I . Hagan
DAVID O. PATTERSON
HORACI KIRSHNIR
EASTBRUNSWlCK-TbeRev. William
E. H apn of the Society of the Divine Word,
• resident. of Ryden Lane, died March 24,
1987 at St. Peter's Medical Center, New
Brun8wick, at t he age of 8 1.
Mr. Hagan WB8 born in Charlestown.
Man., and began hi! studies for the priesthood in September 1924, at St. Francis
Xavier Seminary. Duxbury, Mus.
He wa. ordained to the priesthood on
March 7,1937, and recently celebrated the
50th anniversary of his ordination.
Mr. Hagan began work sa a misaionary in
New Guinea in 1937 and was taken priaonet"
wben the Japanese invaded New Guinea in
March 1943. In April 1944. he and a feUow
Honce V. Kershner, 68, a resident of Albu·
querque since 1950. He is s urvived by his
daughter, Patricia S. Kershner; a SOD, Robert
R. Kershner of Phoenix, AZ; a brother,
RobertC. Kershner; an aunt., Mrs. Bess Fina·
more; and several nieces and nephews. He
owned and operated Ker-slmer N uraery in Albuquerque for several years. Mr_ Kershner
was a graduate of 'Thxu 'Thch Univenity
rec:eiving a BS in Horticulture. He was a past
President of the West 'IUasiNew Mcx.ico
Nunery Assoc:iation; a member of the Lost
Battalion Aseociation; VFW 1401; DAV; and
American Legion Carlisle-Bennet Post lIS,
aO in Albuquerque. Mr. Kershner W88 also s
member of First Chris tian Church. Services
were be)d Friday, 11:00 a.m., at First Chris tian Church.
missionary escaped and contacted Gen.
Douglaa MacArthur who appointed Mr. Ha,
gan as chaplain for the 85th Airborne Divj·
EDWIN IEllS
It is with a great deal of sorrow that I
must report tbe demise of fanner 34th member, Edwin Betts of Lompoc. CaliforniL Ed
died March 27. Ed and his wife Betty Jane
wen on the 1982 tour to p.l.
oion.
After recuperating from his POW pperieneee in Auatratia, Mr. Hapn returned
to teach at the aeminary he ta.d atteDded.
For a year, he was aaaoclate pastor at •
church in Trenton and then he returned t.o
New Guinee.. But biB mission atatioll burned
Coo t he ground six weeks after his arrival
ALFRED PELLEGRINI
Alfred Pellegrini. age 74, died 313187, of
Lansing. It., formerly of Marseilles, IL and
&eelanet, beloved hus band of the late Louisa
Pellegrini. nee Lode; loving father of J ames
A. 1Susan); fond brother of Raymond lAno.),
Linda Emerson, J oeephine Rutland, J OIIeph
"Kiki," Gloria (Leo) Prindiville and Albert.
Preceded in death by his parents Vincent and
Isolene Pellegrini; two brothers Fernet and
Dominic "Dowzer"; one sister Lena Harrison; uncle of numerous nieces and oepbews.
Funeral services Saturday, March 7, 1987,
St. Ann Church. SOlO Ridge Rd., Lansing_
MustO am. Memberof Heat and Frost Insulators Local 17 , M8.I'88iUee Memorial VFW
Poet No. 5506 and Defenders of Wake Island.
While putting up. roof on the new building. Mr. Hagan feU from a ladder and was
forced to return to the United States.
Nibeteenyearsago, became to Eut Brunswick to aerve with MOll8ignor J . Morgan
Kelly at St. Bartholomew's R.C. Church,
Surviving are a sister, Dorothy Delaney of
Malden, Mass., and a niece, Helen Maldiniof
E u t Windsor,
A M88I of Chris tian Burial wss offered
Friday at 10 a.m. atSt. Bartholomew's R.c.
Church with Kelly as celebrant.
Burial will be at Divine Word Cemetery,
'n!cbny, III
David O. Patterson. a 20-year veteran of
the Air Force, died at a Fort Worth hospital
He was 69.
Mr. Patterson was horn in West Camp.
N.Y. He had been a resfdentof Fort Worth for
24 years.. He was in the Air Force from 1940
to 1960, aervingduringWO£kl War II and the
Korean War. He was be1d by t.he Jspanese u
a prisoner of war for 3 ~ years in the Philippines. He was a survivoroft.he Bataan Death
March, foI- which be received the Bronze Star
Medal at a ceremony in October 1985 at
Cara_ll Air Force Bsse.
Afta-retiring from the Air Force, Mr. Patterson was a technical writer for General Dynamics and a printer for the White Settlement Independent School District.
He wu a member of Arlington Heights
Muomc Lodge Number 1184, the Veterans
of Foreign Wars, and Redeemer Lutheran
Church in Fort Worth.
His wife, Joan Pattereon, died in March
1986.
Survivoninclude four daughters, Bonnie
Preealey and Terri Anderson, both of Forth
Worth, Donna Monclova of Binghamton,
N.Y., and L ori S helton of Denton; two
brothers, John Patterson and Warren Patterson and six grandchildren.
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CHANG·ZERN HONG. MD
VMAC LIVERMORE, CA
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The Livermore, California VAMC tnted
fo,."..r prUoTUln olUXll' in it,catchment_
and fou.nd that in addition to nutritional delic;'ttey oUNr factors contributi1l8 to peripheral Muropathy might M exhausting physical
IGborduring imprisonment and cold injury
to the !••t and kg •.
Periphenal neuropathy ill (ID(I of the bealth·
rellited problelll8 that occurred in former
prisoners of war (POW,) right after WOI'ld
War 11.1-7 The baaic clinical picture included .ymmeLrical footdrop with muacular at.rophy below the knee, tendemeae of caH ID\U"
dee. stocking area hypoeeUiesia, and 10ss of
the ankle jerks, aU of which Indicate a distal
type peripbera.l neuritis. 'Mtia typeofneuropathy waa considered to be beriberi neuritis due to thiamine defictency. becaulNl the
symptom. diminished after tnlatment with
t.hiami.De, and the monthly incidence of neurit.ie wU related to the estimated vita.miD B 1nonfat calorie ratio.1, 8, 6 Some POWs, bawever, suffered different. t.ypes of neuropat.hy
and allowed poor response to thiamine treat,.
menL The burning feet. syndrome was prevalent. among POWs in Japanese camps. and
St.r&chan syndrome also was observed in
both Japanese and German camps. It would
appear t.hat the syndromes were closely
related to a defiCiency of one or more of the
B vitamins. There is DO significant. correlation between the pat.tern of perlphera1 neuropathy and t.he age or t.he duration of imprisonment. of former POW..
Recently, Gill and Bell and Gibbered and
Simmonds reported persisting nutritional
neuropathy among former Far East
priaoners of war. g -n Among 898 former
POWs surveyed between 1968 and 1981, 49
(5.5%) had persisting symptomatic nutritional neuropathy dating back to their periods of malnutrition in captivity, end the commonest syndromes were peripheral neuropathy in 22 cues (2.4%) and asymptomatic
neuropathy in 38 cases (4.2%). In one cue,
nerve conduction st.udy was performed to
confum a peripheral nerve Seaion, but not
electromyogrephic (EMG) study was mentioned. The diagnosis was based primarily
on neuroiogical examination.
The National POW Advisory Committee,
established by Pub. L. No. 97-37, has worked
diligently to develop a special medical protocol and POW medical history questionnain! to meet the needs for examination,
evaluation. and treatment of former POWs
and to Ulist in adequate compensation and
pension examinations for them. At the Livermore VAMC. extensive medical examinations were arranged for all formar POWs in
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the facility's catchment area. Most _reI"&fened to Rehabilita.tion Medicine Service for
EMG and nerveconduct.ion Itudies as part
of the protocol, and neurological examinations were performed before the electrodiag-
nostic testing 88 part of the routine proce-
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A total of 52 former POWs wereexamlned.
Tbirty-twoof them were inJapaneae camps
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APRIL 1987 - 7
Peripheral Neuropathy
Conti/lu~
and 20 of them were in German camps. All
aremale with an average ageof65.8 for Japanese camp POW. and 62.6 for German
camp POWs. Table I lists some of the perti·
nent information obt.a.i.ned from the VA Form
10-0048. The average period of captivity Wll8
longer (or Japan~ camp POWs than for
German camp POWs.
Neurological fiDdings
The ret!ults of the neuro)ogica.l evaluations
are shown in Table II. At the time of the
VAMC'a study, 21 Japanesecamp POWs and
eight German camp POWs sLill operienced
signifiC8Jlt eensory symptoms. such as pain,
tingling. numbness, or burning sensation of
the foot or foot and leg, which they had ex·
perienced since their captivity. '!\vo Japa·
nese camp POWs still experienced persisting
motor weakness in the legs. Only nine Japa·
nese camp POWs and one German camp
POW still experienced tingling and numbness olthe hands. Based on the neurological
eum.ination, 25 Japanese camp POW. and
nine German camp POWs were judged to
have per1Iisting peripheral neuropathies clinically. AU had neurological signs of reduced
sensation. of pinprick. tactile. vibration. and
position senses. and most hadintrinaic foot
muscle atrophy. Eighteen aubjects(aeven
Japanese camp POWs and 11 German camp
POWs) were not considered to have clinical
neuropathy. according to this criterion.
ElectrodiagnOitic fiDdings
A TECA·JM machine was used for eleetrodiagnost.icstudy, and the room temperature was maintained at 24.4+ ZOe. Findings
for t.he 32 Japaneae camp POWs with. history of beriberi neuritis were analyzed. in det.ail and reported. 12 The results were conaistent with distal polyneuropathy of axonal degeneration type in 28cases(87.5%). The average motor distal latencies and nerve conduction velocitiea (NeVI for each nerve were
within normallimila, but the amplitudes of
the evoked potentials were significantly
reduced. EMG study showed chronic or old
denervation in the distal muscle groups of
lower utremities symmetrically.
In German camp POWs, the nerve conduction atudies showed patterns similar to t.hoee
seen in theJapanese camp POWa. Only 8 of
the20 subjecta(40%l, however, had electrodiagnostic abnormalities suggesting chronic
neuropath.iea (Table lUI. In total, 360fthe 52
former POWs hsd electrodiagnOtltie-abnormalities auggesting chronic or old axona]
neuropathy.
Medical coDditioll8 relaUd to
peripberal Dewopatby
ThreeJapanesecamp POWs had medical
problems - ak:obolism, diabetes mellitus. or
renal ceU carcinoma - that might. cause
peripheral neuropathy (Table I I). The form er POW with alcoholism also had beriberi,
pellagra, and frostbite during imprisonmenL
He was found to have muscle atrophy in all
t.he distal muscles of both upper and lower
extremities and absent tendon reflexes in
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both knees and ankles. The sensory k>ss was
severe below bot.h knees. EMG study showed
evidence of chronic denervation in bilateral
foot. and Jeg muscles wit.h severely reduced
interference patterns. Nerve conduct.ion
s tudy showed prolonged diatallat.encies in
bilateral peroneal and tibial nerves and
reduced amplitudes or evoked potentials in
aU the nerves examined. The nerve conduction velocities were within the lower normal
IirniL The et.iology for the axonal neuropathy
in this case is undetermined. but nutritional deficiency seem! to be one of the im~
tanto et.iological factora.
The subject who had diabetes mellit.us
had EMG abnormalities wit.h evidence of
denervation in t.he bilateral intrinsic foot.
muscles only. The nerve conduction studies
were within normallimita. There was noevi·
dence of temporal dispersion in the evoked
potent.ials. The findings were compatible
with axonal neuropathy rather t.han the
demyelinating neuropathy usually aeen in diabetes mellitus.
The subject who had renal cell carcinoma
had both normal EMG and normal nerve
conduction studies.
Only one Japanese camp POW did not experience exhausting physical labor during
captivity, and he had no evidence of persist.ing peripheral neuropathy, eit.her clinically or
elect.rodiagnostically. In German camp
POWs, six of the seven subjects who ex'
perienced exhausting physical labor showed
clinical evidence of pen.isting peripheral neuropathy, and five of them had electrodiagnostic abnormalities suggesting axonal neuropathy. In contrast., of 13 former POWs who
hsd not experienced exhaustingph)'$icallabor during their captivity, three s howed clinical evidence of peripheral neuropathy and
three had eiedrodiagnostic evidence of neuropathy.
As shown in Table IV, 15 of the 20 former
POWs who had a history of cold injury had.
abnonnaJ fmdings in eJectrodiagnostic tests.
suggesting peripheral neuropathy, and 14 of
them showed evidence of clinical Deuropathy
at t.he time of examination. Among J apanese
camp POWs there was no significant difference in the pstterns of electrodiagnostic abnormalities bet.ween those with a history of
cold injury and t.hose without il Noneofthe
seven German camp POWs without a history of cold injury, however. had electrodiagnostie abnormalities, and 7 of the 13 German
camp POWs with a history of cold injury had
abnormal electrodiagnostic findings.
Further analysis of nerve conduction
st.udies revealed no significant differences in
the distallatenciea. nerve conduction vel0cities, and t.he amplitudes of the evoked potentials between those with a history of cold injury and those wit.houl
DlacU88ion
Previous reports considered peripheral
neuropathy that occurred in former POWs to
be related to nutritional deficiency. The exhaus ting physical activities during captivit.y might also be an important. factor in the
pathogeneeis.3, 14, 15 In t.his study. there is
no question about such correlation for t.he
Japanese camp POWs. Seven olthe German
camp POWs al&oexperienced starvation and
exhausting physical labor. but none had been
diagnosed as having beriberi neurit.is, alt.hough some of t.hem bad. symptoms sug·
gesting peripheral neuropathy. Still, all nine
s ubjects with clinical evidence of peripheral
neuropat.hy and all eight subjects with eM!<:-t.rodiagnostic evidence or peripberal neuropathy had a history of cold injury to the
feet and legs. Tbe cold injury, therefore,
might be. ractor contributing to peripheral neuropathy in German camp POW!.
Elect.rodi&gnOllt.ic teats, including EMG
and nerve conduction studies, are a valuabkl
technique to differentiate various types of
peripheral neuropathies.l 3 In pure axonal
neuropathy. one can aeedenervation changes
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Periphenl Neuropathy
Continued from Pug. 6
in EMG and reduced amplitude of evoked
potential with normal or slig htly reduced
NCV in nerve conduction studies; in the pure
demyelinating nerve lesion, however, one
finds slow NCV with normal EMG findings.
The morphological cbanges of nutritional
neuropathy are primarily LIonai degeneration (with secondary myelin changes in Heve.recases).14. 15 Thepattems ofelectrodi.
agnostic abnormalities in this study areeompatible with axonal neuropathy rather than
demyelinating neuropathy. Concerning the
cold-induced neuropathy, previOU8 pathological study revealed degeneration of large myelinated axone with some pacanodaJ demyelination. I6 It can be expected, therefore, that
the electrodiagnostic cbanges in cold-
induced neuropathy are both axonal degeneration and demyelination. Hanifin and
Cuet.ter reported decreased NCV in the subjects who had cold injury of the immersion
foot type during the Vietnam War. 17 In the
current study, however. NCV is only llightly reduced in two German camp POWI who
had a hiltory of cold injury. All other form·
er POWs with a history of cold injury have
normal NCV. Eight of the 13 subjects with
a history of cold injury had e1ectrodiagnO&>
tic abnormalities indicating Donal neuropathy. It is possible that demyelinative lesion
in cold injury can have better recovery than
axQrlal degeneration lesion.
In conclusion, 25 of the 32 Japaneeecamp
POWI have penlistent peripheraJ neuropathy
clinically, and 28 of them have persistent evidence ofaxonal neuropathy eJecLrodiagnoeti·
eally. This peflietingperipheraJ neuropathy
probably is because of previoul nutritional
deficiency during captivity. Among the 20
German camp POWs only nine have persiltent neuropathy clinically, Bnd eight have
electrodiagnostic evidence of BJ:onal neu·
ropathy. The major cause of neuropathy in
German camp POWs probablY is secondary
to previous cold injury. It is important that
the VA physician pay attention to the special
health problems of this unfortunate group of
people to whom persisting peripheral neu·
ropathy may be another medical problem.
Acluaowledgmeata
The author wishe!l to thank Albert Upton,
MD, and Joyce Rott for organization of the
POW examination protocol, Joyce Morihiro
and Bobbi Stewart for proofreading, and
Jeane Baucom and Phyllil Wood for preparation of the manuscript.
Referellces
1. R.C. Burgess. "Deficiency Diseases in
Prisoner.t-Of·War at Changi. Singapore,"
Lancet 2. 411-418 (19461.
2. c.A. Clark and I.B.Sneddon, "Nutritional Neuropathy in Prisonera-of·War and
Internees from Hong Kong," Lancet i,
787-737 (1946).
3. J.N. Cra... ford and JAG. Reid, "Nutritional Diseale Affecting Canadian
Troops Held Prisoner of War by the J apanese." Canadian Journal of Research
'25E, 53-85 (1947).
4. E.K. Cruickshank, "Painful Feet in
Prisonere-of-War in the Far East, Review
of 500 Cases," Lancet i, 369-872(19461.
5. O. Denny· Brown, "Neurological Condl·
tions Resulting from Prolonged and Severe Dietary Restriction, " Medicine
(Baltimore) 26 (41), 113 (1947).
6. c.J. Katz, "Neuropathologic Manifest.ations Found in a Japanese Prison
Camp," J_Ne11J. Ment. Di6. 108 (5), 4564650946).
7. J.D. Spillane and G.I. Scott, "Obscure
Neuropathy in the Middle East," lAncet
ii, 261·264 (1945).
8. M. Fisher, "Residual Neuropatbological
Cbanges in Canadians Held Prisoners of
Wu by the Japanese (Strachan's Dil'
ease)," Canadian Service MedicaiJournell1. 157·199 (1955).
9. G.V. GillandnR. Bell "PersistingTropieal Diseases amongst Former Prisoners
of War of the Japanese." Practitioner
224,801·803 (1980).
10. G.V. Gill and D.R. Bell, "Persisting
Nutritional Neuropathy amonglt Fonner War Prisoners," J. NeuraL Nflurasurg.
Psychiatry 45. 861-865 (19821.
11. F.B. Gibberd andJ.P. Simmonds, "Neurological Disease in Ex-Far East
Prisoners of War," Lancet 2, 135·137
(1980).
12. Cz. Hong, "Electrodiagn08tic Findings
of Persisting Polyneuropathies Due to
Previous Nutritional Deficiency in
Former Prisoners of War, " Elec·
tramyogr. Clin. NeuraphysioL, in press.
13. G.H.Knft. inProcticalEkctramyogra·
phy, E.W. Johnson, ed. (Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore. 1980), pp. 155·205.
14. M. Victor", in PeripherolNeuropathy, P.J.
Dyck, P.K. Thomas. E.H. Lamber, and
R. Bunge, eds. (W.B. Saunders, Philadel·
phia. 1984), Vol. II , pp. 1899·1940.
15. K. Takahashi and H. Nakamura. "Ax·
onal Degeneration in Beriberi Neuropathy," Arch. NeuroL 38, 836·841 (1976).
16. P.K. Thomas and B. Holdorf, in Ariphrlra1 Neuropathy, W.B. Saunders, Philadel·
phia,1984, Vol. II. pp.1479-1511.
17. J.M. Hanifin and A.C. Cuetter, " Inpa·tients with Immersion Foot ~pe Cold
Injury Diminished Conduction Veloci·
ty," Electramyogr. Clin. NeurophysioL
14,173-178(19741.
MEMORIAL
1987 BATAAN & CORREGIOOR
DAY MEMORIAL EXERCISES.
WHEN?: Saturday, April I, 1987 at 11:00
WHA~
AM.
WHERE:
NON-COMM I SSION
OFFICER'S CLUB, FORT DEVENS,
MASS
COST. Still holding the same price, 110.00
per person for the lunch.
BAKED
CHICKEN
BREAST
L'ORANGE with Broccoli, Rice Pilaf,
Rolls/Butter, Coffee, Tea or M.ilk and
Chocolate Mousse for dessert.
Dear Members and Friends,
Our Memorial Exercises are being held in
the new beautiful Non-Coms Club. There's
plenty of room tocongregate and cmkhat to
our hearts content. After lunch you'll have
time to visit the Commissary andlor the Post
Exchange.
Come and bring your relatives and mends.
Thil year it would be great to bring your children. There hal been some talk at National
that it may be about time to form a Sons &
Daughter! Chapter to take over when we can
no longer perambulate.
Please fill out the form below and mail
with your 'Thn DoUar Check per person to
Hank Wilayto, Perm. B &C Chair·n.
Fraternally - Hank
Reservation Form:
Pluse make Cheeks payable to H.J. Wilayto, ADBC. Please be sure to add the ADBC
after my name.
Reservation for ':;;dfu,.-:==-"pe~=::n'~@~
'IO.OOlpet'80n. Check for 1
NAME ___________________
ADDRESS _________________
________--"ZIP
MAIL TO: H.J. WILAYTO,
31A SWfonkbire Lane,
CoaOOl'd,Ma07142
BY APRIL 1,1987.
That'l my deadline for the Club Luncheon.
BUDDY LETTERS
RESPECT THIS
SYMBOL
At the POW Advisory Committee Meeting in Washington Mar 3 and 4 of this year
" discussed the Buddy System meaning
buddy Iettere..
Here again we have to be precise. Wben
writing buddy letten make sure you have all
the facta Itraight. You cannot help a buddy
unlesa you do. The buddy letters are the same
as an Affidavit and should be notarized to
make it legal
Here again we need the Who, Wben,
Where, Why and the Hows.
It il a big help to all concerned when letters are precise.
APRIL 1987 - 9
END OF SEARCN FOI
"MISS U"
MARGAln UTINSlY
DARK ADAPTOMETY
We are pleased to report that the DARK ADAPJOMETY is now ready for diagnostic
testingofformerpri80Den of war. Our thanka to PNC Mel Madero and PNCCharies Miller who spent the last three yelll1l to make this po88ibJe. WOI'kingwitb too UCSD Visual Phy3io!ogy Center and Dr. Barrett Katz, Director NeunH>phthalmotogy Unit.
The UCSD VISUAL PHYSIOLOGY CENTER, located at UCSD Medical Center,
offers non-invasive, eiect;ro.physiologic and psych1>phyaical testing to help establish whether
pathology affecting the visual system is present, and.. if 80. what the na~ure of the pathology might be. The Center is devoted to answeringclinicaJ problema for practicing physicians.
uniting ophthalmoi0gi8ts, neurologists. ~urgeons. and psychologists with interest and
ezpertise in the visual aystem.
Developed out of a need within the San Diego community for sophisticated visual physiologic testing. the Center is acooperative endeavor between UCSE Medical Center, the San
Diego Eye Bank. theAmericanEx-Pri8onen
of War, and tbe American Defendera of Bataan & Corregidor. Much of the initiative to
develop the facility began with the later two
organizationsrisi.ng to meet theneeds of the
community or ex·prisoners of war, as well as
the largest San Diego community. The
UCSD Visual Ph)'8iology Center integrates
selected studie!l previously performed at
differeri.t sites within San Diego and provides
results hom st.ate-of·the-arta research.
What the CeDtftOffera - The UCSD Visual Physiology Center oHers the foUowing
services:
Visual evoked response with pattern and
nssh stimuli
Electroretinogram
Electro-oculogram
Dark adaptometry
Color vision analysis
Contrast sensitivity testing
Tbe Vis.aI Evoked Reepoue (VERI measures the electrical response of the occipital
cortex to light.. via surface electrodes of the
scalp. Visual function from the retina to the
occipital cortex is monitored during the introduction of an abrupt visual stimulus,
usually a flash of light or a shifting checkerboard pattern. If any part of these central
visual pathways is disturbed, test results
may be abnormal. The VER is especiaUy
helpful in detecting optic nerve dysfunction.
T he Electroretinogram (ERG) measures
the e1ec::trical response of the retina to light.
An ERG is asummed response representing
the activity of the entire retina including
both rod and cone function s. Abnormalities
ean beexpected in any condition that affects
of the retina. such as ret inal dea large
generations. toxic retinopathy, retinal artery
occJusion, congenital st.ationary night blind·
ness, and diseases of the choroid.
Electro-oc:ulOfJrat:D (EOG) measures the
co~fundal steady state potential As a
relative measure of how much more '·posi.
tive" the cornea is. in comparison to the
posterior pole. the EOG represents the ac·
tivlty of the pigment epithelial cell·
pbotoreceptorcomplex. EOG measurement
requires the patient to reliably "fix and fol·
krw". ltisusuallymeasured ull ratiooflight.and-dark response. andean be expected to be
abnormal in retinal degenerations, receptor
dystrophies. flecked retina syndromes. tox·
ic retinopathy, chorodial disease. and any
generalized retinal dysfunction. It is useful
In tbe same clinical setting as an ERG, and
aervea todefinitely diagnose Best's Disease.
l O-THEQUAN
area
The nark Adaptometry measures the intteue in sensitivity of the eye during dark
adaptation. The test gives an indication of
both rod and cone function and can be expected to be abnormal in night blindness.
cone dystroph:r, or Oguchi's Disease.
Color Visioa Analyals - Cob- Vision is an
important function subserved by the optic
nerve: it can be expected to be disturbed in
many optic neuropathies. It can be helpful in
diHerentiatingwhetherdiaeueia due toretinal pathology or optic neuropathy.
Cool.ra8t SeoaitJvity Analy" - Contrast
sensitivity, as its name implies, is a thresh·
old for contrast., and is another way of testing vision. Contrast refers to the dirference
between the dark and ligbt regions of an image. A lot contrast image has a small difference between its brightest and dimmest
regions: a high contrast image has a large
difference between ita brightest and dim·
meat regions. As a result, if something has
low contrast., it will look "wuhed out" with
ill-defmed features: if something has high
contrat, it will tend to becriap, clear and welldefined. A patient's contrast sensitivity is
the amount Qf contrast needed for that pa·
tient to see a defined pattern. For example.
if one turns down thecontrMt on a television
so that the image on the SClM-n is just barely distinguishable. and one can still see the
image even though its contrast is low, then
contrast sensitivity is good, or high.
Personnel- The UCSD Visual Physiology center is directed by Barrett Katz, M .D.
Dr. Katz is both an ophthalmologist and. neurologist, and Director of the Neu ro·
Ophthalmology Unit of the University of
California. at San Diego. He is an academic
pbys ician who IIpecializes in Neuro·
ophthalmology with special expertise in vis·
ual physiology testing.
Footnote:
In 1983 when testing former POW
(FPOWl Dr. Sevelfound 80me were having a
problem with night blindness. 'Ib further
check this out t.bey needed a Dark Adaptom·
etry and called on the American ExPrisoners of War and American Defenders of
• Bataan & Corregidor to contribute toward
the purchase of one. Both organiz.ations were
pleased to comply and we now have this
equipment in line for testing of FPOWs.
Rememberthisequipme.ntiaueedfortesting
and not for treatment. It will be used for
checking retinal degeneration or an optic
nerve decompensation. The resulta will be
Dear Joe:
My most sincere thanks tothe QUAN and
your 25 resders who responded to my August 1986 inquiry about "Mias U': especially
to Capt.. and Mrs. Herbert Ott of Norwalk:,
CA. and to Mrs. Alice W. Archer (wifeol Major "Pappy" Archerl of Princeton, N.J.
You will be relieved to know that my pri·
vate inV98tigator, Mr. Lee Borden, traced
"Miss U" to her final resting place in
Roosevelt Memorial Park, Long Beach, CA.
She died August 30, 1970, from heart arresL
For her last 4 years, she had suffered myocardial infarction with complications. Her
guardian and then the only known living
relative. her eon Charles Grant Rowley also
passed away 2 years later, November 13,
1972.
"Mias U" truly was a heroine and a savior
to many thousands of "our boys" by smuggling food, medicine, money, messages. and
hopetomostofthe pri80ncamps. "Miss U"
IIhall always be remembered.
Sincerely,
Lt. E.T. Johnson, USNR. RET
vnERANS SOUGHT
The Nationa1 Order of Battlefield
commissions is searching for membe~
The group is composed of soldiers
and Marines who were promoted to
second lieutenant because of their performance in battle. Eligible veterans
can have been promoted in either
World Wars I and II, Korea or Viet.~.
Anyone who received a battlefield
commission and is interested in join·
ing the organization can receive more
information by contacting A.F. Warneclr.e. 1916 Cat.awba Street.. Fayetteville, N.c. 28303 or phoning (919)
484-2890.
sent to your physician (or possible treatment.
To make arrangements for testing you
must go through your locsl VAMC
Ophthalmology Department or your personal physician by calling the VCSD Visual
Physiok>gy Center at619-543·3647. Be sure
they are informed that the patient is a
FPOW, as we have free access to the Center.
SEE YOU IN
PHOENIX, AZ.
INFORMATION PLEASE
INFORMATION NEEDED
HELP NEEDED
I am looking for aay information you ean
give me pertaining to Lt. Walter E. O'Brien,
Jr., and t.he sinking of the ShinyoMaru.
Walter wall in I Co. of the 3 1at Infantry
Dear Mr. Vater:
Fred Evans of Alamogordo, New Mexico.
has suggested that I write to you. I 'm working ()n a book on the fint days of American
involvement in World War II,@6·11 December 1941. Naturally I'm interested in how
war came to the area ()f the Philippinea,
which is the region in which I gather that
veterans who read THE QUAN served.
Would it. bepossible for you to placeaquery
or notice to that effect in a future issue?
Because of the International Date Line.
the times and dates on your s ide then would
all have been a later one by a day.
I would appreciate hearing from survivors
of the period 8·12 December 1941 in the
Philippines an!a. then. in as much detail aa
they can recollect - times, Joc.ations. names
of people, aircraft and ships - about how the
war opened for them and how they coped. I
would a l8() be interested in theiTrec:oUection
of why the U.s. forces remained in an appare nt atate of unreadines8 despite receipt of the
newa that Pearl Harbor had already beenat-
Dear Joe,
I am atarting work on an article whieh if
aecept.ed. will appear in a leading aviation
magazine. It will cover the history of the U.s.
Army Air Forcein the Philippines. with em·
phasis on the operations of 1941·42.
I would like to invite any members of the
ADBC who were with the USAAF in the
Philippines or had contact with the planes
and men, to fill out a questionnaire about
theiTexperiencea. Any information used will
be double-checked for both accuracy and
context. Ifrequested, names willnot beused.
I am especially intereeted in anecdotes and
stories as I hope to make this a "human" article. A stamped. eelf·addressed envelope will
be provided.
I recently had another article published,
called "Asian AiT Force': which was published in the Museum of Flight "N8WlI'~ It is
a brief history of the USAAF before the war
in the Philippines. Any of your memben in·
tereeted in a free photocopy have only to
writ..
Members wishing to participate in the
surveyor obtain the article may contact me
at the above address. As always. your help
and the unselfish help of your members is
deeply appreciated.
S incerely,
Richard R. Slater
257 Sunset Or.
Commano I ... WA.
98292
during WWII, aDl~ accordingtoinformat ion
I have received be is listed 8S "Killed-In·
Action" with the sinking of the Shinyo Maru.
In the article writtenof theOryoku Maru,
there ill a u.t of pMRaglft that were on that
particular vessel
I, lt possible forme toobtain a IiBt of paRas_ that were on the Shinyo Maru?
Also. I would like to have the names IlDd
.ddreNee of the Survivors.
If you cannot furnish this inlonn.tion,
would you please give me the name and ad·
dress of wrbeft I might be abJe toobtain theee
liau?
I am trying to piece-together an article on
Walter's life. I was engaged to him prior to
WWII. The last time 1 saw him was the day
before the Troops left Manila for Bataan.
Thanking you in advance, and God bless
you.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Jean Stark
P.s. As you can see. since my letter of 8/15/86.
I have learned the UIDe of the Hell Ship that
Walter was on. Now, I 'd like a list of the
olhen who were also aboard and the names
and addresses of the survivors.
I do hope you can help me. God bless you.
J ...
2131 4th St.
Bremerton, WA.
983 12-4061
BOOK REVIEW
Dear Mr. Vater:
In 1938 J was an 18-year-old Navy man
newly aaaigned to the USS Penguin at the i5land of Guam. During t he ensuing months at
that lovely, peaceful island I feU in love with
and manied Mariquita. a pretty Guamanian
girl 1b that marriage were born a boy and a
girl. the latter born just nine days before
WW I I. IlIW'Vived through four POW camps
in Japan. Mariquita survived until she was
executed by a Japanese orticer while the
American forces were recapturing Guam in
July 1944. My son, Chris Perez Howard, has
written "her story, aa true as a story can be
wben it is written some forty years later."
Mariquit&, A 1'rqedy of C ....... is only
oneofmany uagediesofWW II butone that
will warm your heart. at the same time that
it makes you cry. This 92-pap book is available for 18.00 (U.s.), airmail postage paid,
from Institute of Pacifil: Studies. University
of the South Pacific. Box 1168, Suva, Fiji
Send orden by airmail and allow several
weeks for delivery.
Very truly yours,
Edward N. Howard
LMI1578
Box 186
Carlisle, IN 47838
. """.
Attached, togiwyou an idea of the sort of
book J am planning, is a TIME review of my
last such book, on the ending, rather than
the beginning, of a war.
Sincerely,
Stanley Weintraub
Penn State University
lhlaeng Cottage
Univenity Park. PA. 16802
REUNION
AnENTION FORMER 60TH
CACMEMBERS
A Regimental Luncheon will be held in
conjunction with the Nation ADBCConvention, at The Point, Phoenil:, Az. at 1:00 p.m.,
May 28,1987. The luncheon menu will be
'Thriyaki Breast of Chicken, with ell the trim·
minga: Costl13.65 per person, indudingta:x
and tip.
[f you plan to attend this luncheon, p~M8
send your eheck made out to Ben Waldron
for118.65 per person. not later than Me,y 22,
1987.
Send check to: Ben Waldron, 3920 Croeawood Dr., Shing~ Springs. Ca. 95682 (TeL
916·677·8845).
REUNION NOTICE
us AIR FORCE -
ARMY AIR CORPS
22nd BOMB GROUP (MIH), 5th AF
(WWII) Hqs; 2nd; 19th; ssnt 408th &mb
Sqdns. JULY 22·26, 1987. OSHKOSH,
WISCONSIN.
38th ANNUAL REUNION: Contact: JACK
CLARK. Box 4734, Patrick AFB, FL32925.
(305) 636·5004.
"USS BLACKHAWK & ASSIGNED
DESTROYERS (BADRA), 24·27 Septem·
ber 1987, Orlando, FL. G.H. MASON, 2212
122nd Ave E., Puyallup. WA 98372 (206)
863·8666."
40th REUNION
Copperas Cove, TX - The 1st Cavalry
Division Association will hold ita 40th An·
nual Reunion July 9·12, 1987 in Killeen. TX.
Reunion Headquarten will be in the Sheraton Plaza H()teL For additional information
write: BobLiUe, Executive Director, 302 N.
Main, Copper. . Cove, TX 76522·1799,
Phone(817) 547·6587.
REUNION
As a life memberoftheQuan, I would like
to make a request of you to put a reuninn n~
Lice in the next isaue of the Quan. If possible
I would like it to read - U.s. Navy - USS
Pope(2~5) & USS Pereh(l76) - May 27. 28
&. 29, 1987 - F lorence, KY. - Contact Don
(Big Mat) Mathews - 574 Bellaire Dr. Venice Fl 33595. Ph. (813) 493·8123.
APRIL 1987 - 11
ANOTHER WAR OTHER POW'S
Helle Afloat. by Mike McKinely, in the
November 1986 QuaD, bring! to mind anotber war and another POW situation.
On August 28, 1862. myeighteen-year-old
great uncle, John Amos Brooks. enlisted as
a private in Battery B. New York Light Artillery Rockets Battalion at BuffaJo, New
York. On October 3, 1862, Brooke ' unit was
When word came Lhat Sherman was fighting Confederate General Hood, and continually pushing him back, the guards began taking some prisoners out of the camp at Andersonville. The POW's were loaded on freight
cars and moved to Blackshear near the FJori'. da line. After a few days. word began to get
around that there was to be a prisoner exchange, and each man wu required to sign
what was supposed to be a parole. Another
fewdaya were spent at a town called MiUen.
then further movement by cattle car to
Charleston. South Carolina, where more men
died from malnutrition, disease and e.J:-
re-designat.ed the 24th New York Independent Battery and wu assigned to the 18th
Army Corps. Department of North CarolinL
Based stNew Bern. North Carolina. Pri,
From Charleston. another move brougbt
vate Brooks' Battery 98W action dUring the Yankee POW's to Florence, South C~
November 1862 at Rawle', Hill His unit lin.. acamp almoet as bad as Andersonville.
went on during December in an expedition to Here, in addition to aU the other miseries of
Goldsboro. Kinston and Whitehall Back at prison life, the cold of the freezing winter
New Bern in 1863, more ezpeditiOD8 Mnt brought more de.aths.
out to Pollockville, Young's Cross Roads and
While in Florence, more rumors came of a
Swansborough.
I
possible parole and return to the north. At
With a new hue at Plymouth, North Caro- last. thesurviviDgpri80ners at Florence were
lina in March and April 1864. Brooks again loaded-again into rail cars, traveled several
saw action at F08ter'a Mills and Lake Phelps. days, again toCharleston, and fmally board.
During a siege at Plym~lUth by over. ed steamers for the return to their homes up
whelming Confederate forcea April 17-20, north.
1864, John Brooks' battery was captured,
However, on or about December I, 1864,
aJong with Union cavalry units.
PrivateJohn Amos Brooks, my great uncle,
Marched 60 miles to a railroad line, t he died at Florence, South Carolina.
Yankee POW's were herded into cattle cars
Andersonville today is a memorial to all
and headed south - their destination un- who have been prisoners of war in defense of
known to them.
this Nation. Nearly 16,000 veterans and
Brooks and hil feUow POW's soon learn- their dependents are buried at the site. On
ed what hell on earth was like wben they were the grounds is Providence Spring. where, acstampeded into what waa probably the cording to legend, a spring gushed forth in
American Civil War'a most infamous mili- ans wer to the prayers of thirsty prisoners.
tary priaon in southwest Georgia _ Ander- There are aIao remains of wells and escape
tunnela.
sonville.
Begun in December 1863 by Confederate By: William E, Griffiths, MSgt. USMC, Resoldiers and alaves, the Anderaonville priaon tired (Life Member, ADBCI
structure oonsiated of twenty foot logs. eight References: Civil War reconisof John Amoe
to twelve inches thick., aet vertically five feet Brooks. Unit History. 24th New York Inin the ground to form an almost impene- dependent Battery. That HeU Upoa Earth,
tntble stockade. About 19 feet inside thisrec- by William Graves. in Yaabe MfI88Zine, F~
tangular enclosure was a deadline which ruary 1983. Andersonville National Historpriaooera werenotpermitted to cross, f~ fear ic Site description. AAA Thur Book~
of death from sentriea. A creek was the main
water supply, and eventually. due to pollution, a pHme source of sicknesa and death
among the prisoners. Although built to accommodate 10,000, the camp at one time
confined over 82,000, and the deatb rate
REUNION
soared
. "
Annual Reunion of Survivors of Bataan &
A great many tunnels were dug in attempts to escape, but were 800n discovered Corregidor and other POWs of the far east at
and re-filled. Many of tbe Yank POW's ea- Fontana Village. N.C. 28733 - Contact
caped, but fewevermadeit to Union lines, for Wayne Carringer for more information _
hunted dmm with the aid of hounds. they (7041479·6205. Dates are Aug. 22-27, 1987.
were re-captured and brought back.
In the month of M'ay 1864 at Anderson.
ville it rained for 26 days. The majority of the
prisonera had no shelter against the SUD and
the weather, except for a hlanket, if they were
lucky and had one..
REUNION
At the time Geb8ral Sherman was making
The Hong-Kong Veterans will be hokling
his famoua march to the sea, there was a their Annual Reunion in Thronto. Canada on
standing order with the guards that if Sher- July8to 12. They arehopingforagoodturn
man came within seven milea of Anderson- ouLlfinterested, contact Glenford F. Mann.
ville the guards were to turn their guns on 7 Brook Road North, Cobourg, Ontario,
the stoc.k.ade and kill all prisoners.
K9A·4G5 Canada.
...,we.
12-THEQUAN
MEMORIAL BOOK
The Executive Board approved the printing of a Memorial Book at its meeting at
Jacksonville, FJa. We must have orders for at
least 1000 books prior to tbestartof printing.
Most members of the hoard do not feel this
will be a problem. In fact 80me indicated a desire to purchase them for their children.
What should the book look like. We plan
aeveral hundred pages of biographies with
1940-41 pictures and a recent picture. A
short history of the ADBC as well as a brief
history of the ac::tivities of the Army, Navy,
Marines and Army Air Corps. The nurses
could be a special section.
The proposed book will be 9x12, with high
gloss paper. We will need COOperation of all
the members to make this project work. We
need the pictures and the biographies 88
soon as possible. Ifyou are asked to help with
80me of the histories, please help. We will
shoot for Fehruary and for all necessary
printing material with a fInished book for
July,1988.
We have established a fact sheet for the biographies. Please follow this outline and we
will compile your story of approx. 200 words.
Don't forget the two pictures.. Ifywhave any
pictures you think may be of printingquali.
ty that would beofinterest to the members,
please send them along. Write your name
and address on the rear of the pictures 80
they can be returned. Please indicate if you
wish them returned. Complete your order
fonn.
ADBC Memorial Book
Please enter my order for _~__ booko
at approximately 144.00 each
Nam.'______________
Ad......
City _ _ _ _ _ State _
Phone
Zip_
Oate _ _ _ __
You have my permiSSion to printmy biography and any other material I have s ubmi t.ted.
Signature
If we do not receiveenough orders by February the monies will be returned. The
ADBC will handle and bank all monies and
will contract the printing of the book to a
book printer.
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Remember W'e must sell 1000 books at a sugpated price of 144.00 each. We will not ask for a deposit at this time however we will uk
the memben to please seod their money in wbeu ubd. Please eooperate. When W'e asked for response a few months ago. only 150 people
reepoaded. That won't cut it. Mail this bioKraphy information, with your 2 pictures to Austin M. Patrizio. 414 Richmond Place, Leonia,
N.J. 07606.11 you were ODe of the ones who wrote before. please write again u W'e woUld like to keep the book unifotm following the infor-
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APRIL 1987 - IS
Japanese Plant Going
On Bataan Highway
By CHUCK CLARK
Courier Indiaaapou. buren
INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana's new Japanese auto plant. is to be built along a highway dedicated to a World War II event in
which thousand! of Ametican war prisoners
died at the hands of Japanese soldiers.
The 1500 million plant, planned by Fuji
Heavy Industries Ltd. and Isuzu MotorCo..
is to be built at Dayton, Ind., on a stretch of
Indiana 38 rededicated in the mid-1970s as
the Batam Memorial Highway.
I t commemorates the Baloun Death
Mardi of 1942 during which about 2,300 captured U.s. soldiers died. Indiana 38 was
picked as t he highway because the Indiana
38th Infantry helped recapture the Philippine peninsula in 1945.
While veterans around the state were SUI'prised to learn of the twist, a large veterans
organization in the nearby city of Lafayette.
Ind., was giving an unexpected response.
"We want to make darned sure they keep
the name of the highway," said Raymond
Leill, commander of the l ,200'member Vet.erans of Foreign Wars Post 1154 in Lafayette.
The post has organized a petition drive to
prevent changing the name of the road,
" 1don't think we have aproblem with the
plant going in there, but there has been some
talk about cbanging the name of the highway," Leillaaid. " We don't want any part of
that, and I don't think anybody s hould
change it."
Guy Johnson, spokesman for Lt. Gov.
John Mutz, said the highway'a name or
changing it "nevercame up" in negotiations
with Fuji and lauro. Hesaid thestatehadno
plans to rename the road
State Rep. Donald Hume. D-Winslow, was
an author olthe resolution in the 1975 Indiana General Assembly that dedicated the
road.
The World War I I veteran pointed out the
irony Monday of a long-sought Japanese
auto being built there, but said he held no
""'d
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"It's very ironic," said Hurne, who was In
the Philippines during the war but was not
involved in the DeathMarch. '~fter the war,
lleamed to rewe the J apanase were good
people and I admire them quite a bit."
Lawrence " Laddie" Montgomery, commander of VFW Post 1114 in Evansville, the
world 'i largeat. said he also was surprised to
hear of the plant'aloeation. He planned to
ask hia membership's opinion at a meeting
scheduled for today.
" I couJdn't really say anything other than
it certainly is ironi~" Montgomery said.
"We'll have toseewhat the reception is once
the word is out. I'm just kind of s hocked
right now."
The Bat.aan peninsula was the scene of bitter fighting between the Japanese soldiers
against u.s. and Fili!;?ino troops after America entered the war.
On April 9, 1942, the U.S.-backed forces
14-THEQUAN
INFORMATION WANTED
Dear Mr. Vater
Recently, Mr. Richard r. Slater gave me
your name as a source of inIormation on
WWIl in the Philippines. pre-war conditions
t.here. snd the Japanese death camps.
In November 1986. my office opened the
Ft. Stotsenburg Visiton Historical Center at
Clark AB, and-we are urgently attempting to
loeate photos, artifacts, and other memorabilia to display there. The scope of the
Center's historical displays and my office ar-cbives includes any infm-mation related to
American military involvement in the Phili~
pines since t.he Philippin~American War of
1899-1902. Most. of our "customers," however, an! interested in the PhilippineScout.s,
the Japanese attack on Clark and other siTfields in Dec. 1941, the subl!leQuent defense,
the Death March arid POW camps, and the
liberation.
We would appreciate any Information,
photographs. artifacts or other memorabilIa that. you, the members of your organization, or your general readership can provide.
We will be happy to make copies of original
photos, documents, etc.. and to return the
originals La their owners. We will quickly res pond to any offen of assistance.
As a point of information, my office recently released copies of my AanoUted Pictorial Hlstory of Clark AD: 1899-1986 to the
Ft. Stot.senburg Historical Foundation (a
non'profit organization t.hat s upports the
Historical Center) for sale to the general public. This hard cover 60S-page book is in its
fourth edition and includes historic photographs and explanatory captions. The cost
is '22.00, which includes s hipping. Checks
should be made payable to the Ft. Stotsenburg Historical Foundation and sent to my
address. AU funds generated by tbese sales
go to support t.he Center. The address. Dept.
of the Air Force. 13AFYHO, APO San Fran·
cisco, CA 96274-5000.
Thank you very much for you r kind assistance. Hoping to hear from you soon, I remain.
Sincerely,
DAVID L. ROSMER
'Chief, Office of His tory
s urrendered, except for a small force t.hatremained on Corregidor and fought until May
6.
In aU. 37,000 Allied troops were captured
on Bataan. Altogether. between 7,000 and
10,000 soldiers - many of whom were Filipi·
no troops - died in the70·miIe Death March
from MariveUes at the tip of t.he peninsula to
a Japanese concentration camp st San Fernando.
About 2.330
aokiiers were said to have
died from disease. starvation, e.r;haustion
and brutality during and after the Death
March.
Bataan was recaptured by American
forces in February 1945.
u.s.
Rotarian Dedicated
To Children
By DIANA ROSSETTI
Repoaitory stafl writer
Dale Frantz is an unusually enthusiastic
man, eJ:uding good humor and agenuined&votion to a pet project of his. Frantz is c0ordinator for the Canton Rotary's sponsorship
of a scouting program for handicapped students.
A youthful grandfather of three, Frantz'a
continuing dedication to children could be
traced lOhisown now-grown haHdozen, none
of whom, he aays. ever "gave us a particle of
trouble." His peaceof mind, he claims, can be
traced to a long and satisfying marriage to
"a pretty little gal named Peg."
Before that. perhaps Frantz's 3lA-year internme.nt as a Japanese prisoner-of.war put
life in a precioua perspective few others enjoy.
Regardless, the Cummins Moving and
Storage siles manager's continuing love for
children is best exemplified in his work on behalf of handicapped youngsters.
''The program's been around for a while
but when Jjoined Rotary 10 years ago, I got
the usignment.." said Frantz, a South Dak~
ta native, who hsa called Canton home for
over 40 years. "This isan opportunity for the
kids they would not normally have. They
meet during the lunch hour since 80 many of
them come in from other districts."
Frantz s hrugs off questions about the lei·
sure time he. spends on community service.
He is quick, though. to describe the importance of the organizations with which he is
involved.
"Pegasul Farms, northeast of town. ia a
great place for handicapped kids. We have
horses and ponies in warm weather and it
gives them another chance to live normally,"
he said He is president of the Pegasus board
of directors. Frantz also is a member of the
executive boarda of the Buckeye Council,
Canton Rotary. and Goodwill and is a member of the Mayor's Handicapped Th.sk Force.
"Life is so dun good," Frantz said in a
voice too insistent not to be believed, "that
you just have to give something back."
ORYOKUMARU
JOHN E. RAHE, PFC Army Air Corp.,
ASN 6938046, stationed Nichols Field, Mani la, P.I .. s urvived t.he bombing of the
Oryoku Maru, waswoundedJanuary 9, )945
in tha bombing of the E noura Maru in the
harbor at Formosa, and died January II,
1945. Any informat.ion from anyone who
knew John Rahe would be greatly appreciated. Please write Shiriey Lester, do Teresa
Smith, 5424 S. Marion Ave.. Tulsa, Ok ..
7413 ~ . or call (918) 744-1796 or (918)
492-1423.
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What do Today's Bureaucrats care
About the soldiers who marched away
For country's honor and homeland so dear Those who served for Freedom's peaceful day?
They sit so comfortable:like
In their offices and easy chairs
What about the blood spilt
In strange lands "over there"?
What do they know of a tortured mind
Witnessing honors of blood and tears What do they care of pale white faces
Strained because of inhuman torture and fears?
Oh, they sit so smug and comfortable:like
In their hig offices and easy chairsThey think only of liquor in fancy glasses,
Not blood in pools by souls laid bare.
What consideration is given to America's honor?
They only see the comforts that monies provide.
Country Clubs, Tripa. Prestige and allAmerica is a name - just on the side.
Db, they sit 80 smug and comfortable:like
Dreaming of political power and prestige.
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Groveling and crawling on strange lands over-seasWith minds left tainted by tortun!l and blood And America stands trembling for what they withstood.
And the Bureaucrats, forgetting, loll in lies and deceit
While America remains ransomed by the
sacrifice of such men.
Db, America! the land of the Valiant and the FreeMay our country always remain thus, for you and for me.
Julia Vache Schelin Heinbach
February 28. 1987
APRIL 1981- 15
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INFORMATION WANTED
Dear Mr. Vater,
I am seeking information on my brother,
Private George W. Storer, 8119006152, 31st
Infantry L Company, Manila. PI. Died Lu·
Uln Island June 30. 1942.
PIeaae print my request in the next issue
of the Quan in hopea that someone in the
reading audience will see my brother's name
and contact me with some information pertaining to him..
Thank you for any consideration shown
Mail to:
JOSEPH A. VATER
Editor, the Quan
18 Warbler Drive
McKees Rocks. Pa. 15136
RECOVERING
Tony St.wain is recovering from his
stroke. Heis able to move bisleft leg now after t.l'eatment.e. His mind is keen and his
speech is good and will continue with his
therapy. If you would drop him a line - Butler V.A. Medical Center. Rm. 240 Weet, Old
New Cutle Rd., Butler. Fa. 16001.
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Rt 13 Box 356
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INFORMATION PLEASE
105 Dale St.
Grove City, P.. 16127
February 16, 1987
My name is Peggy !Loughner) Fisher and
I am the daughter of Earl E. Loughner who
'!II'U with the 803rd EngiDeen on Bataan and
taken prisoner of war and lived in Kobe
House for 3IA yellr1l. Back in 1956 my father
died and lately I have had a yearning to hear
from some of his fellow soldiers who served
with him as a POW or in the 803rd. I 'w
received alot of response from his fellow
POWs at Kobe House and I'd love to hear
from the men in the S03rd.
Some of the questions I have concern
what the men In the 808rd really did as far as
their duties. Al80 if anyone knew my dad and
what he did. I've heard everything from a
truck driWl' to a motorcyde rider. Also did aU
of the S03rd go in the Death March and later
to a POW camp?
I was only 7 yellr1l old when my dad died
and I '!II'U never able to sit down and learn
about him and his ordeal in the Pacific.
If anyone knew my d ad or can shed some
light on the memories of the 808rd, J would
sr-tI7 appreciate hearing and learning from
you.
Thank you for you r attention and any information relating to this matter.
Sincerely,
Peggy (Loughner) Fieher
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INFORMATION PLEASE
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CorrefPdor. He waa WOUDded ED the baDd dur-
My uncle, John Manson was statioMd on
ing • bombing raid and died in the hoepital
1 am appealing to your membership for eny
information about my uncle.
Sincerely.
Keith A. Donahue
64 Erie
Fairborn, Ohio 45824
Anyone having information about John
Manson IUDdly forward to Mr. Donahue.