Bataan Death March Remembered Through Shocking Japanese Brutality
Ex-POW Captain Dyess recounts surrender at Bataan and the brutal treatment of prisoners near Mariveles and Corregidor. He details anti souvenir abuse, a Japanese three-star officer supervising a search, and the killing of a fellow air force captain, illustrating the terror of Japanese guards and the exchange of war loot for blood.
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Tate
W. £. Dyess
Jep
Bataan
Dyess
Air Force
Prisoner compelled to kill fellow captive in Philippines tale
Seattle reports a dramatic broadcast recounting a prison camp execution where a prisoner, forced at bayonet point, made another prisoner kill a fellow with a shovel. Commander Melvyn McCoy described the grisly scene as officers and guards oversaw the brutal act, with the slain man’s body left in a ditch as blood stained the ground.
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Seattle
Melvyn McCoy
Philippines
Bataan
McCoy
Puget Sound
Flame throwers and protests against Japs in wartime ceremony
In Washington Chief of Staff Marshalleld notedAmerican Legion banquet objections to flame throwers used against the Japs. He cited protesters misunderstanding Tarawa dead. He described three star privates inspecting crowds, confiscating items, and a tense scene as Japs showed cool suspicion turning hostile.
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Washington
American Legion
Tarawa
Japs Ravish Kill Filipino Girls In Philippines War
Col. Carlos P. Romulo reports brutal acts by Japanese soldiers in the Philippines. Filipinos describe killings and rapes, including the discovery of Erlinda a half buried girl near a fox hole in Bataan. Other victims suffer torture and public assault as troops push toward Manila.
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Philippines
Carlos P. Romulo
General MacArthur
New York
UNS
48Th Division
Bataan
Erlinda
OS P.romulosely
Lon
Manila
Rosaria
Cavite
Leame
Mar
Innate Cruelty of Japs Described by Woman Survivor
Miss Phyliss Argall of St. Louis recounts torture by Japanese during wartime. She cites brutal training, solitary confinement, water-torture, and a ring-inflicted wound, detailing an apartment arrest and mistreatment by gendarmes in Tokyo. Her account accompanies claims of widespread Japanese cruelty toward conquered whites.
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St, Louis
INS
Phyliss Argall
St. Louis
Japan News-Week
Miss Argall
Tokyo
Isbor
Gripsholm
Java
Malaya
Philippines
United States
England
Pearl Harbor
Japan
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Sten Army Air Forces
Charles Leavelle
Mount Estagsa
Mariveles
Corregidor
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Veles Field
Prilery
Nippon
Paysa
South Ching Sea
LOS Conchinos
Monjas
Tal
Forregi
Anta
Manila Bay
Mint
Nicht Coucus
Speier Tire Company
Fredericksburg
Zpad
Ron
Ada Eae
Alamo Plaza
Broadway
San Antonio
Carl
Joesen
Joske’s Tictuye Galteries
Keennd
Formosa
Ling
C.P.A
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