Chapter XII 1 Quezon, The Good Fight, pp. 227-35. General MacArthur and High Commissioner Sayre also spoke briefly and feelingly at the ceremony. MacArthur's speech is printed in Hunt, MacArthur and the War Against Japan, pp. 48-49. 2 Prov Tank Gp Rpt of Opns, p. 14. 3 NLF and I Corps Rpt of Opns, p. 13; USAFFEUSFIP Rpt of Opns, p. 39; ltr, Selleck to Board of Officers, 1 Feb 46, sub: Reinstatement of Rank; ltr, Col Fowler, CO 71st FA, to author, 30 Apr 49, OCMH; Capt Albert W. Erickson, 71st Inf (PA), pp. 2-3, and Bentz, 92d Inf (PA), pp. 1-2, both in Chunn Notebooks. 4 Jones, Diary, p. 16. These instructions were passed on to General de Jesus, commander of the 1st Brigade (PC), for his was the only unit not yet in position to clear Calumpit rapidly. 5 14th Army Opns, I, 84; statements of Col Moriji Kawagoe, CofS 48th Div, 9 Mar 50, ATIS Doc 56354 and of Maj Makoto Nakahara, Opns Officer, 48th Div, 13 Mar 50, ATIS Doc 56372, in Interrogations of Former Japanese Officers, Mil Hist Div, GHQ FEC, II. 6 USAFFE-USFIP Rpt of Opns, p. 39; NLF and I Corps Rpt of Opns, p. 13; Prov Tank Gp Rpt of Opns, p. 14; ltr, Fowler to author, 30 Apr 49, OCMH. 7 USAFFE-USFIP Rpt of Opns, p. 39; ltr, Fowler to author, 30 Apr 49. Official reports do not record the fact that the 71st Field Artillery remained in Baliuag. This fact is established by the artillery commander, Colonel Fowler. 8 General Jones was unaware that the 71st Field Artillery was still at Baliuag. Interv, author and Falk with Jones, 1 Nov 49 and 6 May 50. See also, Jones, Diary, pp. 16-17; NLF and I Corps Rpt of Opns, pp. 13-14; USAFFE-USFIP Rpt of Opns, p. 39; ltr, Fowler to author, 30 Apr 49, OCMH; MacDonald, Supplement to Jones Diary, p. 15. 9 The account of this action is based on the following sources, many of them in conflict with each other: Prov Tank Gp Rpt of Opns, p. 14; ltr, Weaver to author, 30 Jan 50; Jones, Diary, p. 17; interv, author and Falk with Jones, 31 Oct and 1 Nov 49, 24 Jan 50; ltr, Maj Curtiss (forward observer for the 75-mm. SPM's), To Whom It May Concern, 5 Jun 45, copy in OCMH; Collier, Notebooks, II, 78-80; Lt Col Thomas Dooley, The First U.S. Tank Action in World War II (paper prepared for Advanced Officers Class No. 1, The Armored Force School, 1 May 48), p. 12; ltr, Weaver to Wainwright, 20 Nov 45, copy in OCMH ; 14th Army Opns, I, 84. 10 Jones, Diary, p. 17; 14th Army Opns, I, 84; ltr, Col Skerry, NLF Engineer, to Lt Col George A. Meidling, 4 Jun 49, Comment 9. Col Skerry's comments, altogether numbering twenty-one, pertain to Chapter II of Combat Engineer Operations, a projected volume in the series Engineers of the Southwest Pacific 1941-1945. These comments were sent to the author by Colonel Skerry and are on file in OCMH. They are hereafter cited as Skerry, Comments on Engineer Hist, with appropriate number. 11 Interv, author with Gen Sage, 28 Feb 51; USAFFE-USFIP Rpt of Opns, p. 39. 12 Statements of Cols Kawagoe, CofS, 48th Div, and Akiyama, in Statements of Japanese Officials on World War II, GHQ FEC, Mil Intel Sec, I, 19, II, 134. 13 Skerry, Comments on Engineer Hist, No. 9, p. 5; interrog of Lt Col Hikaru Haba, Intel Officer, 14th Army, Apr 47, Interrogations of Former Japanese Officers, Mil Hist Div, GHQ FEC, I. 14 Collier, Notebooks, I, 73-74. 15 5th Air Gp Opns, p. 43. 16 Collier, Notebooks, I, 74. 17 Ibid., 76. 18 14th Army Opns, I, 64, 71-72. 19 Mallonée, Comments on Draft MS, 8 Jan 52, OCMH; ltr, Townsend to Ward, 8 Jan 52, OCMH; Central Luzon, Allied Geographical Sec (AGS) GHQ SWPA, Terrain Study 94, I, 48; Skerry, NLF Engineer Rpt of Opns, p. 9. 20 Brief Hist of 22d Inf (PA), p, 2; Mallonée, Bataan Diary, I, 106; O'Day, 21st Div (PA), II, 14. 21 The account of 21st Division operations at Bamban is based upon O'Day, 21st Div (PA), II, 15; Brief Hist of 22d Inf (PA), p. 4; Opns of 21st Inf (PA), p. 2; Richards, Steps to a POW Camp, pp. 7-8; 14th Army Opns, I, 65 84; ltr, O'Day to Ward, 14 Jan 52, OCMH. 22 O'Day, 21st Div (PA), II, 15. 23 NLF and I Corps Rpt of Opns, p, 12; Townsend, Defense of Phil, OCMH; 11th Inf (PA), Beach Defense and Delaying Action, pp. 21-22, OCMH; Capt Liles, 12th Inf (PA), p. 13, Chunn Notebooks. 24 Ltr, Townsend to Ward, 8 Jan 52, OCMH; O'Day, 21st Div (PA), II, 15. See also ltr, Col Miller to Ward, 31 Dec 51, OCMH. There is no Japanese confirmation of this action. 25 Jones, Diary, p. 17; Skerry, Comments on Engineer Hist, No. 9, p. 10; Miller, Bataan Uncensored, pp. 122-23. 26 NLF and I Corps Rpt of Opns, p. 14; Skerry, Comments on Engineer Hist, No. 9, p. 10; ltr, McLaughlin to author, 14 Jun 49, OCMH; Mallonée, Bataan Diary, I, 113; O'Day, 21st Div (PA), II, 6. 27 NLF and I Corps Rpt of Opns, p. 14, 14th Army Opns, I, 65, 84; USA vs. Homma, p. 3055, testimony of Homma. 28 NLF and I Corps Rpt of Opns, p. 14; Mallonée, Bataan Diary, I, 114; Miller, Bataan Uncensored, p. 124; Prov Tank Gp Rpt of Opns, p. 15; Dooley, First U. S. Tank Action in World War II, p. 13; ltr, Miller to Ward, 31 Dec 51, OCMH. 29 14th Army Opns, I, 84; USA vs. Homma, p. 3055, testimony of Homma. Return to Table of Contents Return to Chapter XII
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