Chapter XXI 1 AR 30-2210. 2 QM Rpt of Opns, p. 31. Rice was not included in the inventory. 3 Memo, Gen Drake for Gen R. J. Marshall, 2 Feb 42, sub: Rations, copy in OCMH. 4 Rpt, QM Phil Dept to QM USAFFE, 24 Feb 42, sub: Class I Supplies, AG 319.1 (29 Jan 42) Phil Rcds. Other reports in this file provide detailed information on the quantity and type of food in Bataan stocks. 5 Rpt, QM Phil Dept to QM USAFFE, 27 Feb 42, sub: Class I Supplies, AG 319.1 (29 Jan 42) Phil Rcds. 6 Rpt, QM Phil Dept to QM USAFFE, 17 Feb 42, sub: Class I Supplies, AG 319.1 (29 Jan 42) Phil Rcds. 7 Lt Col Walter H. Waterous, Statement of Experiences and Observations concerning the Bataan Campaign . . ., p. 51, copy in OCMH. 8 Class I Supplies, AG 319.1 (29 Jan 42) Phil Rcds; Capt Harold A. Arnold, "The Lessons of Bataan," Quartermaster Review, XXVI (November- December 1946), 14. 9 Maj. Calvin E. Chunn, ed., Of Rice and Men (Los Angeles: Veterans Publishing Co., 1946), p. ii. 10 Tisdelle, Diary, entry of 15 Mar 42. This diary has been published under the title, "Bataan Diary of Maj A. C. Tisdelle," edited by present author, in Military Affairs, XI (Fall 1947). 11 QM Rpt of Opns, p. 35; Luzon Force Rpt of Opns, G-4 Annex, p. 1. 12 QM Rpt of Opns, p. 35; Tisdelle, Diary, entry of 15 Mar 42. 13 Memo, Lt Col James O. Gillespie for Surgeon, USAFFE, 27 Feb 42, sub: Diet of American Soldiers, AG 430.2 (11 Sep 41) Phil Rcds; memo, Asst G-4 for G-4 USAFFE, 3 Feb 42, with ind by Gen Drake, 9 Feb 42, AG 319.1 (8 Jan 42) Phil Rcds; Cooper, Med Dept Activities, pp. 98-99; Alexander, Personal Recollections of Bataan, p. 102; intervs, author with numerous officers who served on Bataan, at various dates during the preparation of this volume. 14 Tisdelle, Diary, entry of 15 Mar 42. 15 Mallonée, Bataan Diary, II, 11. 16 Chunn, Of Rice and Men, p. 34. 17 Waterous, Statement of Experiences, p. 53. 18 Ltr Order, USAFFE, 12 Feb 42, sub: Slaughter of Carabao, AG 431 (17 Jan 42) Phil Rcds. 19 Luzon Force Rpt of Opns, G-4 Annex, p. 1. 20 Memos, Asst G-4 for G-4 USAFFE, 8 Jan, 9 Feb 42, AG 319.1 (8 Jan 42) Phil Rcds. 21 Ibid. 22 Ibid.; memo, G-4 for Asst G-4 USAFFE, 5 Feb 42, AG 430.2 (11 Sep 41) Phil Rcds. 23 Ibid.; intervs, author with Drake at various times. 24 Memo, Asst G-4 for G-4 USAFFE, 16 Jan 42, AG319.1 (8 Jan 42) Phil Rcds. 25 Memo, CG USAFFE for Corps and Div Comdrs, 17 Jan 42, sub: Noncompliance with Orders, AG 430 (8 Dec 41) Phil Rcds; memo, Asst G-4 for G-4 USAFFE, 19 Jan 42, AG 319.1 (8 Jan 42) Phil Rcds. 26 Memo, Asst G-4 for G-4 USAFFE, 10 Feb 42, AG 319.1 (8 Jan 42) Phil Rcds. 27 Memo, CG USAFFE for Corps and Div Comdrs, 17 Jan 42, sub: Noncompliance with Orders, AG 430 (8 Dec 41) Phil Rcds; memo, Asst G-4 for G-4 USAFFE, 15 Jan 42, AG 319.1 (8 Jan 42) Phil Rcds. 28 Mallonée, Bataan Diary, II, 11. 29 Memo, Asst G-4 for G-4 USAFFE, 13 Jan 42, AG319.1 (8 Jan 42) Phil Rcds. 30 Memo, CG USFIP for G-4, 29 Mar 42, with ind, AG 431 (17 Jan 42) Phil Rcds. 31 Memo, Asst G-4 for G-4 USAFFE, 15 Jan 42, AG 319.1 (8 Jan 42) Phil Rcds, also draft orders atchd as Incl I. 32 Rpt, QM Phil Dept to QM USAFFE, 2 Mar 42, sub: Class I Supplies, AG 319.1 (29 Jan 42) Phil Rcds, All survivors interviewed agreed that these practices continued until the end of the campaign. 33 Memo, G-4 for CofS USAFFE, 28 Feb 42, AG 430 (25 Dec 41) Phil Rcds; memo, Asst G-4 for G-4 USAFFE, 13 Jan 42, AG 319.1 (8 Jan 42) Phil Rcds. 34 Ltr Order, USAFFE, 3 Mar 42, sub: Issue of Cigs, AG 435.8 (3 Mar 42) Phil Rcds; rpt, QM Phil Dept to QM USAFFE, 2 Mar 42, sub: Class I Supplies, AG 319.1 (29 Jan 42) Phil Rcds. 35 Skerry, Comments on Engineer Hist, No. 18. 36 Memo, Engineer for CofS USAFFE, 8 Mar 42, AG 319.1 (5 Jan 41) Phil Rcds. 37 S Sgt Bernard O. Hopkins, Personal and Official Notes of Btry C, 60th CA (AA), p. 15, copy in OCMH. The writer was probably the battery commander, Capt. Roland G. Ames. 38 QM Rpt of Opns, p. 42. 39 Wainwright, General Wainwright's Story, p. 46. 40 Memos, Asst G-4 for G-4 USAFFE, 13 and 16 Jan 42, AG 319.1 (8 Jan 42) Phil Rcds; Luzon Force Rpt of Opns, G-4 Annex, p. 1; memo, QM Phil Dept for QM USAFFE, 16 Jan 42, Incl 2, AG 430.2 (3 Jan 42) Phil Rcds. 41 Skerry, Comments on Engineer Hist, No. 20. 42 Rpts, QM Phil Dept to QM USAFFE, 10 and 18 Mar 42, AG 319 (29 Jan 42) Phil Rcds. 43 Hopkins, Btry C, 60th CA (AA), p. 13. 44 Memo, CofS to G-4 USFIP, G-4 USFIP to CG Harbor Defenses, with five inds, and memo, QM USFIP to G-4 USFIP, both dated 29 Mar 42, in AG 431 (8 Oct 42) and AG 420 (2 Jan 42) Phil Rcds. 45 Col Chester H. Elmes, QM Opns, Fort Mills, pp. 4-5, App. F, QM Rpt of Opns; memo, CG USAFFE for CG Harbor Defenses, 13 Mar 42, sub: Field Rations, Incl I, AG 430.2 (3 Jan 42) Phil Rcds. 46 Memo, Provost Marshal for G-4 Service Comd, 19 Mar 42, with ind and incls, AG 430.2 (11 Sep 41) Phil Rcds. 47 Ibid. 48 Tisdelle, Diary, entries of 10 and 22 Jan and 15 Mar 42. 49 Ind, Bataan, The Judgment Seat, p. 296. 50 Memo, CO Far East Air Service Comd for Med Officer, Far East Air Service Comd, 2 Feb 42, sub: Ration Deficiency, AG 430 (25 Dec 41) Phil Rcds. 51 Memo, Surg Bataan Ech for Surg USAFFE, 27 Feb 42, sub: Diet of American Soldiers, AG 430.2 (11 Sep 41) Phil Rcds. 52 Ltr, Wainwright to CG USAFFE, 26 Feb 42, sub: Rations, AG 430.2 (11 Sep 41) Phil Rcds. 53 For an account of these efforts, see Chapter XXII below. 54 Luzon Force Rpt of Opns, pp. 1-2; memo, Surg LF to CG LF, 28 Mar 42, sub: Vitamin Deficiencies, OCMH. 55 Lt Col William J. Kennard, Observations on Bataan, notes taken at conf held by Lt Col Roger G. Prentiss, Jr., 22 Aug 42, pp. 5-6, copy in OCMH. 56 Memo, Gillespie for Marshall, 26 Jan 42, sub: Med Supplies, AG 440 (26 Jan 42) Phil Rcds. 57 Kennard, Observations on Bataan, p. 5; Luzon Force Rpt of Opns, pp. 1-2. There is a good deal of disagreement on the number of hospital admissions for malaria. The author has accepted the figures given in the report just cited. 58 Memo, Casey for CG USAFFE, 8 Mar 42, AG 319.1 (5 Jan 42) Phil Rcds. 59 Memo, Surg USFIP for CG USFIP, 22 Mar 42, AG 440 (26 Jan 42) Phil Rcds. 60 Memo, Surg LF for CG LF, 22 Mar 42, AG 440 (26 Jan 42) Phil Rcds. 61 Luzon Force Rpt of Opns, p. 1; memo, Funk to Beebe, 31 Mar 42, AG 710 (24 Mar 42) Phil Rcds; Kennard, Observations on Bataan, p. 5. 62 Memo, Surg LF for CG LF, 23 Mar 42, sub: Present Malarial Rate, borrowed from Col Glattly, copy in OCMH. 63 Memo, Surg USFIP for G-4 USFIP, 2 Apr 42, AG 710 (24 Mar 42) Phil Rcds. 64 Waterous, Statement of Experiences, p. 52. See also memo, Surg 21st Div (PA) for Surg Subsector D, 3 Mar 42, OCMH. 65 Mallonée, Bataan Diary, II, 10. 66 Waterous, Statement of Experiences, p. 52. 67 Cooper, Med Dept Activities, p. 36; memo, CO Phil Med Depot for Surg USFIP, 2 Apr 42, AG 710 (24 Mar 42) Phil Rcds. 68 Ltr, Bill Ruth to Col Glattly, 20 Mar 42, copy lent to author by Col Glattly, OCMH. 69 Memo, Surg USFIP for G-4 USFIP, 2 Apr 42, AG 710 (24 Mar 42) Phil Rcds. 70 Rpt, Surg LF, 30 Jun 42, sub: Med Aspects of the Surrender. Written in prison camp, this report was lent to the author by Colonel Glattly and a copy is on file in OCMH. 71 Luzon Force Rpt of Opns, p. 2. 72 Cooper, Med Dept Activities, p. 18. 73 Waterous, Statement of Experiences, p. 100; Lt Col Stephen C. Sitter, Psychiatric Reactions Observed on Corregidor and Bataan and in Japanese Captivity, pp. 5-6, copy lent to author, OCMH. 74 Kennard, Observations on Bataan, p. 4. 75 Ibid.; Cooper, Med Dept Activities, p. 55. 76 Cooper, Med Dept Activities, pp. 57-61. 77 Kennard, Observations on Bataan, p. 3. 78 Ibid. 79 Waterous, Statement of Experiences, pp. 83-84. 80 Memo, Surg Subsector D for Surgs 21st Div (PA) and 41st Div (PA), 6 Mar 42, copy in OCMH; Cooper, Med Dept Activities, p. 32. 81 Cooper, Med Dept Activities, pp. 32-33. See also Luzon Force Rpt of Opns, Annex II, p. 1. 82 Tisdelle, Diary, entry of 14 Mar 42. 83 Skerry, Comments on Engineer Hist, No. 18. 84 O'Day, 21st Div (PA), II, 39. 85 Rpt of 45th Inf (PS) Med Det in Cooper, Med Dept Activities, p. 44. 86 Conrad, Opns of 31st Inf (US), p. 20. 87 Ibid. 88 Ibid., p. 21; Bess, Opns of Service Co, 31st Inf (US), 5 Jan 42-9 Apr 42, p. 40; Mead, Opns of 31st Inf (US), pp. 24-25. 89 SLF and II Corps Rpt of Opns, p. 48, Annex V, USAFFE-USFIP Rpt of Opns. 90 NLF and I Corps Rpt of Opns, p. 28, Annex IV, USAFFE-USFIP Rpt of Opns. 91 Rad, MacArthur to AGWAR, No. 387, 3 Feb 42, WPD Ready Ref File, Phil. 92 Copies of these and other Japanese propaganda leaflets are on file in Mil Intel Library. 93 O'Day, 21st Div (PA), II, 36. 94 Tisdelle, Diary, entry of 16 Feb 42. 95 Mallonée, Bataan Diary, II, 63. 96 Ltr Order, USAFFE to All Unit Comdrs, 15 Jan 42, sub: Msg from Gen MacArthur, copy in OCMH. 97 Lee, "Abucay Withdrawal," Nothing But Praise, p. 22. 98 Mallonée, Bataan Diary, II, 55. 99 Ibid., 69. 100 Tisdelle, Diary, entry of 23 Feb 42. 101 Mallonée, Bataan Diary, II, 69. See also Samuel I. Rosenman, compiler, The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Humanity on the Defensive, 1942 (New York, 1950), pp. 105-16. 102 Mallonée, Bataan Diary, II, 67. See also Alexander, Personal Recollections of Bataan, p. 104. 103 New York Times, March 21, 1942. 104 This paragraph and those immediately preceding are based on a large number of interviews and informal conversations with survivors of the campaign. For a printed reaction to MacArthur's departure, see Miller, Bataan Uncensored, pp. 191-92. 105 Mallonée, Bataan Diary, II, 69-70. 106 Lee, Nothing But Praise, p. 33. Return to Table of Contents Return to Chapter XXI
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