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AXU ¥ UO U U UlVrGalva Cafe at one time.and Mei'cer.Are Rescued From Prison Camp By AmericanSoldiers On Day To Be Massacred By JapsDaringly rescued from a Jap prison camp in the Philippines the morning of the day that all inmates of the camp wex*e to be massacred, was the narrow escape of Mrs. Ada Ingels Rhudie, formerly of LaFayette, and her husband, Oscar Rhudie.In another letter received the past week by Gaar and James Ingels from Mr. Rhudie, further details of their life in the prison camp and their narrow escape were related.Mr. and Mrs. Rhudie had resided in the Philippines in Manila for some 25 years where Mr. Rhudie was engaged in several different lines of business. Since the Japanese occupation of the islands they had been confined in a prison camp, evidently in the interior of the island of Luzon. (During most of their stay in the camp the amount of food allowed them by the Japs was short altho bearable, but during the last three months there they were placed on a starvation diet, they had related in recent letters.The following interesting account of their experiences is taken from the letter of Mr. Rhudie, sent thru the American Red Cross, to' their sister, Mrs. J. R. Osterberg, of Riverside, Illinois, who had visited'them-‘in Manilaseveral years ago and who sent the letter to Mrs. Rhudie’s brothers in La-Fayette:March 3, 1945.“Ada has received a letter from each of three of the family, but so far she -has answered only one. It seems she just can't compose herself to write as she is so seemingly dazed over our narrow escape. But she will get to it soon. We are both in good health and feel fine, now that we have some good food again. It was a terrible ordeal for a woman to be subjected to.“We went to bed hungry as “usuai the night of February 22 and got up at daybreak on the 23rd. I builfc a campfire outside our quarters to cook a handful of rice for our ^breakfast, which was all we were allowed, no coffee or anything else. Guns were rumbling in the distance; which they had been doing for many weeks past, blit we did not pay4 any • atention to ..that as we are so used to ifc. -» ;•.*“I had just* finished the rice when someone yelled ‘parachutes.' y Just then all hell broke loose. Ada was out there jumping up and down and yelling like everyone elte.' No onelthot of . taking cover, Just * miming'* around' and'Jclieer-. * *' _- - - ----- - .. . _mL'I i(Continued on page 10.) nus df: K' *• ■' ■* *' * ' * *■’*- — -IX i *' .-A?1
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Galva News
Galva, Illinois, US
Thu, Mar 29, 1945
Page 2
Full Page
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