Chapter XXXI 1 USA vs. Homma, p. 3095, testimony of Homma. The other two critical moments came during the Lingayen landing and after the abortive effort in late January and early February to break through the Orion-Bagac line on Bataan. 2 This account of Japanese plans and preparations is based upon: 14th Army Opns, I, 173-207, II, Annexes 7-12; 5th Air Gp Opns, pp. 78-84; USA vs. Homma, pp. 3089-94, testimony of Homma; Statement of Col Yoshida, 9 Feb 50, ATIS Doc 62644, Statements of Japanese Officials on World War II, GHQ FEC, Mil Intel Sec, IV, 553-57. 3 Statement of Yoshida, 9 Feb 50, ATIS Doc 62644, Statements of Japanese Officials on World War II, GHQ FEC, Mil Intel Sec, IV, 554. 4 Ibid. 5 Ibid. See also Statement of Col Oishi, 2 Oct 50, ATIS Doc 62639, ibid., III, 116. 6 Statement of Yoshida, ibid., IV, 554, 555. See also USA vs. Homma, pp. 3091-92, testimony of Homma. 7 Statement of Yoshida, IV, 553. 8 Gulick, Memoirs of Btry C, 91st CA (PS), p. 188, copy in OCMH. See also Harbor Defenses Rpt of Opns, p. 73. 9 The Siege of Corregidor, Mil Rpts on UN, No. 12, 15 Nov 43, p. 48, MID WD. 10 Kazumaro Uno, Corregidor: Isle of Delusion (Press Bureau, Imperial Japanese Army, GHQ, China, September 1942), p. 19. This is a wartime propaganda book written in English by a press correspondent who was an eyewitness to the landing and interviewed participants. 11 Ibid., p. 17. Uno states that "less than 30 percent of the men reached the shore." Colonel Yoshida states that losses in this wave were slight, but does not indicate their extent. Statement of Yoshida, p. 556. 12 Harbor Defenses Rpt of Opns, p. 73; The Siege of Corregidor, Mil Rpts on UN, No. 12, 15 Nov 43, p. 49, MID WD. 13 Fort Drum Annex, p. 10, Exhibit M, Harbor Defenses Rpt of Opns. 14 USA vs. Homma, pp. 3093-94, testimony of Homma. 15 The action on the island is reconstructed from: Baldwin, "The Fourth Marines at Corregidor," Part 3, Marine Corps Gazette (January 1947), pp. 23-29; Howard, 4th Marines Rpt of Opns, pp. 19- 21, USMC Hist Sec; Harbor Defenses Rpt of Opns, pp. 72-75; Dalness, Opns of the Prov Bn, 4th Marines, pp. 10-18; Statement of Yoshida, pp. 555-56. 16 Quoted in Baldwin, "The Fourth Marines at Corregidor," Part 3, Marine Corps Gazette (January 1947), p. 24. 17 Dalness, Opns of the Prov Bn, 4th Marines, p. 20. 18 Ibid., p. 13. 19 Statement of Oishi, 2 Oct 50, ATIS Doc 62639, Statements of Japanese Officials on World War II, GHQ FEC, Mil Intel Sec, III, 116. 20 Dalness, Opns of the Prov Bn, 4th Marines, p. 16. 21 Statement of Oishi, III, 116. 22 Statement of Yoshida, IV, 556. 23 USA vs. Homma, pp. 3093-94, testimony of Homma. 24 Statement of Yoshida, IV, 555. 25 Dalness, Opns of 4th Prov Bn, 4th Marines, p. 17. 26 Statement of Yoshida, IV, 555. 27 Dalness, Opns of the Prov Bn, 4th Marines, p. 17. 28 Wainwright, General Wainwright's Story, pp. 185-86. 29 Rad, Wainwright to Roosevelt, 6 May 42. A copy of this message as well as the one to General MacArthur is reproduced in Wainwright, General Wainwright's Story, pp. 122-23. Return to Table of Contents Return to Chapter XXXI
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