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Kin GreetGood NewsWith JoyRelatives of Men Rescued by Rangers from Luzon Prison Camp Anxiously Await Their Return.Four Southtowners were among4| the 513 American prisoners of : war released last week from the horrors of Cabanatuan, the Jap | prison on Luzon. These young soldiers were among the survivor*Si?! lof the hell of Bataan and Corrigi-iP idor and have endured three yeariof horror and torture at the hand*■ of the Japs.|| i Rescued by the daring of the H | Rangers under the very noses of || !Jap guards, the four Southtown. || ; survivors of Cabanatuan, better !| | known as dread Luzon prison |t | camp No. 1, are I.t. Robert G. P j Burke, formerly of 10712 Church|| | st., Pvt. James M. Hildebrand, m i 7708 Stewart ave., Pvt. Charles C.! Jensen, 6528 Hermitage ave., and Lt, Walter E. Stone, 3854 Michigan ave.Anxiety Lessened.The mothers and fathers of these I liberated Yanks had suffered j sleepless nights and restless months •j of anxiety, wondering whether j their son’s were alive or dead. In the past three years, the only words they received from their bo3rs were on mimeographed postcards sent from Luzon every nine months, on which the American prisoners could indicate the state ‘of his health, etc. Signatures on . these cards showed that the writers were alive. Families were per-to ; mitted to send them Red Cross ; packages only once during three jt” • years.a| Lieutenant Burke, 37, son of ies: Mrs. Norma Gundlach, 1423 E. 55th i st., and brother of Norman T. nlt;Ji Burke, 10712 Church st., will have er one of the most dramatic stories of_ the war in the Philippines whenhe arrives home.Anticipated War.Before the war he worked for ; three years near Manila as a i mining engineer with a larg« £ | American firm before the Pacific j war broke out. Fortunately, he | had sent his wife and baby daugh-filter, Patricia, home six months ■J-; before the conflict because he md, feared that war might come at any i‘th jtime.15 “The Jap fleet has been target j practicing near Manila bay late-: ly,” he wrote his brother, Norman, in November, 1941. “This looks unhealthy and we Americans don’t tfy'like it. In fact, we all hate the ; Japs here anyhow because of their he] 1 double-dealings in business. I’ve 4th put in for rny commission and soon er- . expect to be in the army.” ew Lieutenant Burke had been do-icr- ing voluntary work for the army -h- nnd navy as a civilian. Prior to ‘■'ill going to Manila, he had worked in Canada and, while there, mar-of l ied a Canadian girl. His wife and the daughter are now living in Quyon, hn Quebec, and they have been noti-n ficd by the war department of his iV1s- safety.•ib- ! Only One Letter.of I “I was worried that Bob might rch.'have been evacuated to Tokyo with some other Americans,’* Norman Burke told a Southtown Economist reported. “We hope to be seeing him soon or at leasthearing from him.) d Brother Norman and other Chicago relatives had only one letter from the young lieutenant between__; December 7, 1941, and April, 1942,tJie!when Bataan fell. Since then they have only had a -.ereotype Jap m prisoner of war postcard each the nine months, but the signature in-dicated to them that at least Lieu-,oat tenant Burke was alive, by August Hildebrand, father of ean r±ivate Hildebrand, another of the Southtowners rescued from Luzon, £n~;said yesterday:2nd | “Japs are a menace to humanity us- 'and no punishment meted out to ?at- them will be too severe for the \er- three terrible years my son Jim at'has had to spend at Cabanatuan. ilen Some of these prisoners of war his should testify at the peace table after victory.” u?h Mr. Hildebrand telegraphed his -rn; yesterday. The message said,■ n£. “Kveryone at home is re.ioscin^ his o\ or \'»ir freedom, family *rff j (Con;inueci on Tage 11)
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Southtown Economist
Chicago, Illinois, US
Sun, Feb 04, 1945
Page 25
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James O.
USA 23 Oct 2019
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