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meewidydie11kInowle.op-ryomen-ng-llieOltlies Lhe ? a ion Lhe 300 ntsay.sixD00aretophoto via Navy Radiophoto; NBA Tc.Group Ruthlessly Massacred By Guards.. War Department Advises Mother.BuiLt.the\\h\Sgt Carroll F. Spmdler, 28, was 999 ruthlesslv massacred while held asfa Jap pusoner on Dee. 14, 1944, according: to an official War Department notice receded by his mother, Mi's, Mane Spmdler, 317 South Kansas street, it was revealed today.He was one of 140 piisoners shot down by Japanese guards while 10 other more lucky ones escaped to] ^ tell their accounts for the official nesmeiCFu“PinorPecfro;SeaeelO'01 60teiGVin-eCoat- j report.. j Spindier was ir. the Philippine Islands v. hen the Japs invaded and was among the soldiers who defended until the were finally conquered ^ He had probably expe-a-uenced the hardships of being a Japanese prisoner foi more than two yeais befoie he was murdered by the Jap guards as General Mae-Arthui's forces were retaking the islandsThe letter received by Mis.Spmdler says, in part:“Your son was one of a group of 150 members of the United States Aimy, Navy and Marines who were impnsoned at a camp at Puerto Princesa, Palawan on Dec.14, 1944“This gioup of prisoners was attacked without warning bv the Japanese guards who attempted to massacre lhe prisoners to the last man.“Ten prisoners succeeded in es-jcon caping. They weie the only sui-jbef ilus^ vi vors. ] moans! ‘\IL has now been established by! I ety ] reports recen ed m the War Department that all of the remaining prisoners, including youi son, perished as a result of this ruthless attack.0For months the Spmdler relationship followed the war opera-feltfnsljIS1.pasbe-;ec-eieersersualoc- tions in the Philippine Islands area.areson(Continued on Page Two)A.tioisufGUI.23of*]meChfes
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Edwardsville Intelligencer
Edwardsville, Illinois, US
Sat, Sep 08, 1945
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