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/Albuquerque TribuneLOCAL FORECAST: Kret*/.y afternoons. Partly elomlv ami cooler tomorrow.SCXWPS-HOWARDKc*. u.s. p*lt;_ off. Vol. 49, No. 279£KiSl CUifl Paid a* Aift-jqWNUt. N.M.Albuquerque, New Mexico, Friday, April 7, J%7XVKufced Da(i»* Uxc«ft S-Jc-ltjr at TOl SUvtr SW JTUtf56 Pages in Four SectionsHOME2:30 p.m. Stock PricesPRICE: SEVEN CENTS30c WEEKLYNew Mexico Death Marchers Return to BataanMEMORIES of the infamous “Death March5' are evoked in this captured Japanese photo. The march from Bataan in which so many New Mexico soldiers marched and died, saddened the American(UIU TclCiibolo)people, and at the same time stirred their deternii- . nation in the war effort. Survivors are in the Philippines this week to mark the 25th anniversary of Lhe death march.MANILA, April 7 0?) — About 300 Philippine and American war veterans, some still on erulchos, stood silently at attention today lor lhe ceremony opening the four-day observance oflhe 251 h anniversary of Bataan and Corregidor.A military guard of honor presented arms as lhe Philippine flag was raised at the memorial lo Jose Rizal, the Philippines’ national hero, on lhe shores of Manila Bay overlooking 1 he famed World War II battleground.Tomorrow 30 residents of New Mexico, about half of them veterans of the battles will visit Bataan and Corregi-dor where 1,600 soldiers fromI heir state were killed.“We came here with 2,0(10 men,” said Otis Yates, a bur. ly rancher Crum 90S West Plain, Clovis; N. M.“About 430 made il home. 1 guess there are only about 180 of us left now. The rest died soon after wc got home.Otis was with the predominantly New Mexican manned 200th Coast Artillery.He is traveling with his wire, Colleen, his mother Mrs. Addie Yates of Forrest, N. M., and Mrs. .Mini Charlton, of 2309 Eighth St., Las Vegas, N. M.'Those Df us who weren’t killed on Balaan were captured anrl sent on the dealh march to Cabanaluan. he said.“1 was moved from prison camp lo prison camp and left Manila on the last prison ship lo get through. The rest were sunk.Otis, a fit looking man of 52. was in prison camps in Hong Kong, China, Formosa and ended up working in a conl mine in northern Japan.‘TVs good to come back and see how things have changed,11 he said.'What a Change!“I was stationed at Clark Field when I !i e Japanese bombed il on Dec. 8, 1941. We went back yesterday — what a change. In those days the strip was just big enough for a B17.MToday Clark AF Base, norlh of Manila, is one of the biggest air bases in the world, and plays a big part, as headquarters for the 13lh Air Force, in supplying Vietnam.“We're going up to Bataan tomorrow. We sure shot down a lot of Japanese airplanes when we were there last/’ he said.Dow G. Bund, 57 of Kit Carson Ave.t Taos, N.M., was at the opening ceremonies of the Bataan - Corregidor commemoration this morning. He was r battery captain in the 515th Division on Bataan.Hoped for TlclpBond, who is making his firsl trip io the Philippines since the war, recalls that as the Japanese armies swept down lhe Bataan peninsula, we kepi hoping that wewould have some help. But wc didn't.B n I a .1 n surrendered dh April 9. “It was lhe only thing we could do. . said Bnnd.I hated to surrender but il was Iho only human thing we could have done. The food was gone, the ammunition was low. Malaria and other diseases were rampant.'Terrible Condition1! rode out on a Japanese truck and I saw lhe results of the dealh march. The men were really in lerrible physical condition. Dehydrated.stripped of all their personalbelongings Five of our men never regained their sanity.“Two of them were still in institutions, I v/as lucky,” he said.Vcierans went today lo the Spaninh-style palace of President Ferdinand Marcos, a survivor of the Bataan, death niasch and Uie most decorated Filipino soldier of World War II.'T see many familiar faces from across the seas.” said Marcos, as he welcomed them in his study, a capLain during the war, he escaped from lhe Japanese after Bataan was captured and became a legendary guerrilla fighter.Given Plaquelion.II is not an honor we take lightly, said B r e s s i; whoArthur Bressi of Mechanics-burg, Pa., commander of the• Sec BATAAN, page A-G
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