Chapter XVIII 1 Wainwright, General Wainwright's Story, p. 52. 2 65th Brig Opns Rpt, Mt. Samat, ATIS Enemy Pub 289, p. 2. The description of the terrain and the line is based upon SLF and II Corps Rpt, pp. 38-42; Collier, Notebooks, III, 37-39; Bataan- Zambales, AGS, GHQ SWPA, Terrain Handbook 42; Skerry, Comments on Engineer Hist, No. 15; Trail Map, Bataan, 15 Feb 42, AG 400.41 (29 Dec 41) Phil Rcds. 3 Ltr, USAFFE to Corps Comdrs, etc., 3 Feb 42, sub: American Officers with Combat Troops Units, AG 210.31 (3 Feb 42) Phil Rcds; Emerson, Opns of II Phil Corps, p. 19. 4 SLF and II Corps Rpt of Opns, pp. 41, 44; Bluemel, 31st Div (PA) Rpt of Opns, pp. 11-12; Collier, Notebooks, III, 39; Capt Robert N. Chapin, Hist of 33d Inf (PA), 3-9 Apr 42, p. 3, prepared at author's request, OCMH; Lt Sheldon H. Mendelson, Opns of Prov Air Corps Regt (paper prepared for Advanced Officers Course, 1946-47, The Infantry School); Quintard, 301st FA (PA), OCMH. 5 Phil Div Rpt of Opns, p. 16; Jones, 51st Div (PA) Order of Events, p. 6; Col Stuart C. Mac- Donald, Notes on Left Subsector, I Phil Corps, p. 2, OCMH; ltr, Howard to TAG, 2d Bn, 88th FA (PS), p. 5. 6 Ltr, Irwin to Ward, 13 Jun 51, OCMH. 7 Ltr, Collier to author, 2 May 51, OCMH. See also ltr, Sutherland to author, 29 May 51, OCMH. 8 Ltr, Sutherland to author, 29 May 51, OCMH. 9 Ltr, Irwin to Ward, 13 Jun 51, OCMH. 10 Collier, Notebooks, III, 38. 11 Ltr, Collier to author, 2 May 51, OCMH. 12 Collier, Notebooks, III, 39; Phil Div Rpt of Opns, p. 16; Col Thomas W. Doyle, CO 45th Inf (PS), copy of lecture delivered at Army War College, 30 Jul 42, p. 6, OCMH. 13 65th Brig Opns Rpt, Mt. Samat, pp. 6, 34. 14 USA vs. Homma, p. 3059, testimony of Homma; 14th Army Opns Order, Series A, No. 212, 26 Jan 42, 65th Brig Opns Rpt, Mt. Samat, p. 83; 14th Army Opns, I, 100. 15 Unless otherwise noted, the account which follows is based on Bluemel, 31st Div (PA) Rpt of Opns, pp. 11-17, and two of its appendixes: Col Loren A. Wetherby, Activities of 41st Inf (PA), 1-9 Apr 42, pp. 1-4, and Col Adlai C. Young, Rcd of Events 51st Div (PA), 25 Jan-9 Apr 42, p. 1; ltr, Bluemel to Groce, 18 Feb 49, OCMH; Maj Brice J. Martin, Regtl Hist, 51st Inf (PA), p. 5; Cordero, My Experiences During the War with Japan, pp. 23-24; O'Day, 21st Div (PA), I, Part 2, p. 3 and II, 31; SLF and II Corps Rpt, pp. 39-44. 16 Interv, author with Bluemel, 14 Apr 48, OCMH. 17 65th Brig Opns Rpt, Mt. Samat, p. 10. 18 Ibid., pp. 12-13. 19 Ibid., p. 14, contains the quotations in this paragraph. Bluemel's account of the artillery fire by his guns is from his letter to Groce, 18 Feb 49, OCMH. 20 Bluemel, 31st Div (PA) Rpt of Opns, p. 15. 21 In addition to the sources cited below, this section is based on two reports by General Jones: The Pocket Fights, pp. 1-3, and Pocket Battles, pp. 1-4; Townsend, 11th Inf (PA), pp. 2-4, and Part II, The Tuol Pocket, pp. 6-16, copy in OCMH; Mac- Donald, Notes on Left Subsector, I Phil Corps, pp. 1-6; Berry, Hist of 3d Inf (PA), pp. 5-6; Lt Col Adrianus Van Oosten, Opns of 1st Bn, 45th Inf (PS) in Battle of Tuol Pocket (paper prepared for Advanced Officers Course, 1947-48, The Infantry School), pp. 8-18; Lt Col Leslie T. Lathrop, Notes on Tuol Pocket, copy in OCMH; Collier, Notebooks, III, 51-52; 14th Army Opns, I, 100-102, 107-15; 65th Brig Opns Rpt, Mt. Samat, Opns Orders in Supps. 23 and 27; intervs, author with Gens Jones and Berry at various times. 22 Interv, author with Jones. 23 Santos, 1st Regular Div (PA), pp. 39-40. 24 Lt Arthur A. Holland, 192d Bn, pp. 44-45, Chunn Notebooks; Prov Tank Gp Rpt of Opns, p. 22; Van Oosten, Opns of 1st Bn, 45th Inf (PS) in Battle of Tuol Pocket, p. 2. 25 Maj Beverly N. Skardon, Opns of Co A, 92d Inf (PA), paper prepared for Advanced Officers Course, 1946-47, The Infantry School, p. 10. 26 The decision was made at 14th Army headquarters on the 8th and is discussed below in Chapter XIX. 27 MacDonald, Notes on Left Subsector, I Phil Corps, p. 6. 28 Ltr, Berry to Jones, with note by Jones to author, 11 Jan 52, OCMH; interv, author with Lt Col Russell Volckmann, formerly Exec Officer, 11th Inf (PA) ; Maj Archie L. McMasters, Memoirs of Tuol Pocket, pp. 5-6, copy was borrowed from Col Van Oosten, OCMH. 29 The sources do not agree on the number of enemy dead and the figure given is an estimate by the author. The estimates of the number of Americans and Filipinos killed and wounded vary so widely that it is impossible to arrive at any reasonable estimate. For a list of the captured equipment, see Supp. Rpt to G-2 Rpt, 11th Div (PA), 19 Feb 42, copy in OCMH. 30 14th Army Opns, I, 115. 31 Ltr, Chief, Hist Div, SSUSA, to G-2 GHQ FEC, 9 Nov 48, 3d Ind, 16 Aug 49, 16th Div Opn, ATIS Enemy Pub 355, p. 11. This figure includes the detached company of the 3d Battalion which did not engage in the pocket fights. 32 New York Times, February 23, 1942. Return to Table of Contents Return to Chapter XVIII
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