Chapter XXX 1 The Siege of Corregidor, Mil Rpts on UN, No. 12, 15 Nov 43, p. 50, MID WD. 2 Quoted in Baldwin, "The Fourth Marines at Corregidor," Part 2, Marine Corps Gazette (December 1946), p. 35. 3 The Siege of Corregidor, Mil Rpts on UN, No. 12, 15 Nov 43, p. 50, MID WD. 4 Bunker, Diary, entry of 9 Apr 42; 14th Army Opns, I, 169. 5 Harbor Defenses Rpt of Opns, pp. 52-53, 55; Wainwright, General Wainwright's Story, pp. 92- 93. 6 14th Army Opns, I, 178. 7 Bunker, Diary, entry of 9 Apr 42. 8 14th Army Opns, II, App. VIII, pp. 37-45. 9 Bunker, Diary, entry of 12 Apr 42. In addition to the sources cited below, this section is based upon: Harbor Defenses Rpt of Opns, pp. 53-72; The Siege of Corregidor, Mil Rpts on UN, No. 12, 15 Nov 43, pp. 43-50, MID WD; Baldwin, "The Fourth Marines at Corregidor," Part 2, Marine Corps Gazette (December 1946), pp. 32-35; Wainwright, General Wainwright's Story, pp. 86-114: Col Chase, AA Defense Comd Rpt of Opns, pp. 16- 17, Exhibit F, Harbor Defenses Rpt of Opns; intervs, author with Col Stephen M. Mellnik, Gen Drake, Col Chase and Lt Col John McM. Gulick, at various times. 10 Bunker, Diary, entry of 14 Apr 42. 11 Ibid. 12 Wainwright, General Wainwright's Story, pp. 90-91. Wainwright's account is incorrect as to the date and men involved. He does give credit later to these men for a somewhat similar occurrence on 3 May. Ibid., pp. 109-10. An account of the 16 April incident is included in Chase, Comments on Draft MS, pp. 33-34, OCMH. 13 Redmond, I Served on Bataan, pp. 144-45. 14 Harbor Defenses Rpt of Opns, p. 58. 15 Bunker, Diary, passim. 16 Gulick, Memoirs of Btry C, 91st CA (PS), p. 181 ; Statement of Lt Murray Glussman, USNR, in Hayes, Rpt on Med Tactics, Off of Naval Rcds. 17 Wainwright, General Wainwright's Story, p. 92. 18 Leon M. Guerrero, "The Last Days of Corregidor," The Philippine Review (May 1943). 19 Hopkins, Personal and Official Notes of Btry C, 60th CA (AA), entry of 2 May 42, Gen Info, copy in OCMH. 20 Gulick, Memoirs of Btry C, 91st CA (PS), pp. 137-39. 21 Statement of Lt Comdr Ernest Marion, in Hayes, Rpt on Med Tactics. Off of Naval Rcds. 22 Carrier note, G-3 to CofS USFIP, 14 Apr 42, no sub, AG 430.2 Phil Rcds. 23 Ibid., with attached pencil notes initialed W [Wainwright] and LB [Lewis Beebe]. 24 Quoted in Baldwin, "The Fourth Marines at Corregidor," Part 2, Marine Corps Gazette (December 1946), p. 32. 25 Romulo, I Saw the Fall of the Philippines, pp. 245, 246. 26 Gulick, Memoirs of Btry C, 91st CA (PS), p. 131. 27 Ibid., p. 142. 28 Hopkins, Personal and Official Notes of Btry C, 60th CA (AA), entry of 27 Apr 42, Gen Info. 29 Quotes in this and the preceding paragraphs are from Guerrero, "The Last Days of Corregidor," The Philippine Review (May 1943). See also Redmond, I Served on Bataan, p. 149. 30 Gulick, Memoirs of Btry C, 91st CA (PS), pp. 145, 153-54. 31 Cooper, Med Dept Activities, p. 11, Annex XIV, USAFFE-USFIP Rpt of Opns. 32 Barr, Btry M, 60th CA (AA), p. 17, copy in OCMH. 33 Redmond, I Served on Bataan, p. 142. 34 Cooper, Med Dept Activities, pp. 18, 84. In this connection see the report by Sitter, Psychiatric Reactions Observed on Corregidor and Bataan and in Japanese Captivity, copy in OCMH. 35 Bunker, Diary, entry of 12 Apr 42. 36 Gulick, Memoirs of Btry C, 91st CA (PS), p. 156. 37 14th Army Opns, II, 53. 38 The Siege of Corregidor, Mil Rpts on UN, No. 12, 15 Nov 43, p. 46, MID WD. 39 Harbor Defenses Rpt of Opns, p. 64. 40 Barr, Btry M, 60th CA (AA), p. 15. 41 Wainwright, General Wainwright's Story, pp. 110-12. Wainwright states that this weight of shells fell on 4 May, not the 2d, but he attributes his figures to General Moore who places the attacks on the 2d. Harbor Defenses Rpt of Opns, p. 65. 42 Hopkins, Personal and Official Notes of Btry C, 60th CA (AA), entry of 2 May 42, Gen Info. 43 Ibid. 44 Barr, Btry M, 60th CA (AA), p. 15. 45 Rad, Wainwright to MacArthur, No. 392, 3 May 42, AG 384.1, GHQ SWPA. 46 Harbor Defenses Rpt of Opns, pp. 67-68. All or part of these records ultimately reached The Adjutant General and are on file in the Historical Records Section, Departmental Records Branch, AGO. They were used in the preparation of this volume and are cited by their appropriate AG number, followed by the symbol Phil Rcds. Other records had been sent to Australia by air, directed to General Sutherland. So far as is known this latter group of records has never reached the files of The Adjutant General. Rad, Wainwright to MacArthur, No. 261, 13 Apr 42, AG 370.05 GHQ SWPA. A partial list of the contents of this shipment, which included the general staff journals and supporting documents, is contained in ltr, Irwin to TAG, 12 Apr 42, sub: Transmittal of Docs, USFIP G-3 Journal. 47 Wainwright, General Wainwright's Story, p. 110. 48 Harbor Defenses Rpt of Opns, p. 69. The number of shells is estimated in The Siege of Corregidor, Mil Rpts on UN, No. 12, 15 Nov 43, p. 46, MID WD. 49 The Siege of Corregidor, Mil Rpts on UN, No. 12, 15 Nov 43, p.50, MID WD. In a message to General MacArthur on the 3d, Wainwright summarized his losses to date. He had left at that time four 12-inch guns; one 12-inch mortar; sixteen 155-mm. guns, only nine of which bore on Bataan; and seven 3-inch guns, of which four bore on Bataan. "Serious losses in AA fire control equipment and searchlights," he went on, "renders AA ineffective, except one battery. Great toll has been taken of machine guns both ground and AA, as well as automatic weapons of all types." Rad, Wainwright to MacArthur, No. 392, 3 May 42, AG 384.1, GHQ SWPA. 50 The message is reproduced in full in Wainwright, General Wainwright's Story, pp. 112-13. 51 Gulick, Memoirs of Btry C, 91st CA (PS), p. 184. 52 Harbor Defenses Rpt of Opns, p. 71. 53 Gulick, Memoirs of Btry C, 91st CA (PS), p. 187. 54 Harbor Defenses Rpt of Opns, p. 72. 55 Guerrero, "The Last Days of Corregidor." 56 The full text of the message, sent on 6 May 1942, is in Wainwright, General Wainwright's Story, pp. 122-23. 57 Ibid., p. 114. 58 Harbor Defenses Rpt of Opns, p. 71. 59 Gulick, Memoirs of Btry C , 91st C A (PS), p. 188. Return to Table of Contents Return to Chapter XXX
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