Echoes of a Tank Crew Tale in a War Hospital
A war memoir fragment follows Lieutenant Kelly recalling a trapped tank crew on Luzon and hospital life in Corregidor. The narrative shifts to a Manila Bay night party with Peggy the nurse, then the air raid and brave nurses in the tunnel hospital. It ends with observations on morale, Filipino attitudes, and looming surrender as Manila falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly
Manila
Air Force
Air Corps
Pearl Harbor
Luzon
Australia
Peggy
Navy
Malta
Gibraltar
Corregidor
Carolines
Newport
Manila Bay
Mionthy
San Antono
Bataan
Akers
Hart
Army and Navy Club
Dolores
Catalonia
Philippines
Directiong
Fler
Americas
MacArthur
Islands
Union Sunday School News and Local Visits
Union Sunday School holds preaching each Sunday at 3:00 PM with Sunday School at 2:00 PM and a prayer meeting on Wednesday at 8:00 PM. L. Finch has been ill. Mr. Irwin Hilyard and family visited Jess Hilyard in Maple Grove. The Goodmans of Detroit visited the Coloskeys. A. O. Wilds family visited their daughter in Hesperia. Walter Smedley’s family visited their Lansing relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Sunday School
L. Finch
Irwin Hilyard
Jess Hilyards
Maple Grove
Goodmans
Detroit
Sidney Coloskey
A. O. Wilds
Hesperia
Walter Smedley
Lansing
Local visitors and family gatherings span weekend in Southeast Sheridan
Mrs Steve Hladik and son and Mr and Mrs Lloyd Sprague family enjoyed Sunday dinner at the Zimmermans. Visitors included Mrs Leslie Randle and daughter Betty at the Martin Winters home in Coleman, with calls on Mrs Koontz. Various relatives and friends hosted or joined meals, hospital visits, and travels to Bay City Traverse City and Flint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Hladik
Lloyd Sprague
Fred Zimmerman
Leslie Randle
Betty
Mar-tin Winters
Coleman
Chuck’ Koontz
Jim VanBuskirk
Clarence VanBuskirk
Lavern Barber
Robert
Avondalee
Traverse City
Children’s Hospital
Blanche Strouse
Clayton, Barber
Carl
Cleo Paxton
Flint
Asa Wilson
Bobby
Billy Williams
Nettie Macklem
Saginaw
M. P. Sowle
Clarence van Buskirk
Ballard
Clare
Ben Williams
Carl Williams
Bay City
Lloyd Edich
Zimmeran
Dewey Paxton
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Chapter
Sheridan
E. L. Salisbury
Shepherd
Holstein
Otis Tripp
Edenfield
Piers Burk
Cly DE Davenport
Rosebush
Ayrshire
McCormick
Deering Mower
Keystone
Osborne
Oliver
Alma
Little Willey
Andrew Courser
Rosebush State Bank