Manila's Desperate Winter: Memoir of War and Escape Plans
Excerpted memories recount a perilous Manila Bay defense and a near breakout plan. Officers describe fuel shortages, improvised ambushes, and a proposed escape via Chinese collaboration, thwarted by a nurse's intervention. The tale follows a patrol boat raid on Subic Bay and wartime loyalties amidst destruction.
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Pines
Singapore
Celebes
Zamboanga
Australia
Manila Bay
Luzon
Java
Bulkeley
China
Chinese
Hong Kong
Swatow
Wong
Chungking
Long
Ray
Peggy
MTB
Waika
Subic Bay
P.T
Imperial Navy
Bataan
Rockwell
Port Binanga
Subic
DeLong
Kelly
Ensign Chandler
Pan
Corregidor
Maple Grove Rural Union Preaching and Social Notes
Maple Grove Union Sunday School holds services with preaching at 3:00 and Sunday School at 2:00. prayer meeting Wednesdays at 8:00. Forty-two attended Bagster services last Sunday. more encouraged for next week. Local visits include Mr. and Mrs. Dick Kenyon from Midland and families visiting Tigner and Smedley relatives.
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Union Sunday School
Bagster
Dick Kenyon
Midland
Tigner
James Wilds
Cadillac
A. O. Wilds
Mabel
Cora Smedley
Flint
Smedley
Kenneth Rulapaugh
Guy Perrys
Bertha Rulapaugh
Timpe
Clare
Homer Rodgers
Darands Mrer-Garl-Rodgers
Grand Rapids
Milton Rodgers
Saginaw
Chas. Cook
O Lake
Local Greetings and House Moves in West Grant Area
West Grant residents record a weekend of visits and relocations. Mr and Mrs Henry Gruno host family gatherings. Mrs Chris Weber moves to Clare. Seeley Johnson’s circle adds calls and visits as Nellie from Cadillac stays a week with relatives. Charlie Smith buys the Weber home and Everett Stockton visits Freeland.
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Wm. Gruno
Fami
Henry Gruno
Mason Smith
Steve Benic
Chris Weber
Clare
Seeley Johnson
Millie Bostain
Avery Barber
Lawrence Finch
Dale Reynnold
Shirley
Robert Wilson
Nellie
Cadillac
Charlie Smith
Everrett Stockton
Freeland
Ted
Local Social Notes and Barn Update Show Quiet Weekend
George Wentworth and Fred Dora enjoyed Sunday afternoon visits. Mrs. Wm Battle Jr called on Mrs. Henry Gruno on Monday. Mr and Mrs Howard Six spent Monday evening with his grandparents Mr and Mrs Al Walters. The Walters visited Avery Barber and family Sunday evening. Henry Gruno and family visited his sister Mrs Eisie Lumley and Dona Jean Sunday evening. The new Avery Barber barn nears completion. Judge's Humor jokes that liberty’s price hinges on a judge's humor.
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George Wentworth
Fred Dora
Wm. Battle, Jr
Henry Gruno
Howard
al. Walters
Avery Barber
Eisie Lumley
Dona Jean
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Henry
We Fm
Ferree Wi N. i
Chapter
Manila
Cox
Nichols Field
Army and Navy Club
Akers
Army
Charlotte
Béfan
George
Pegey
the Philip
Bokeley
Maple Grove
West Grant
Thomas Vulcanizing Shop
Conference of Alcoholic Beverage Industries, Inc
Uncle Sam
U. S
Sam
Clare County
Clare Sentinel
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