Volume 18 PITTSBURGH, PA. - APRIL, 1964 Number 5

NECROLOGY ••• •

- . We v.:ish to thank "Chit Chat" - Ray O'Day for the following mfonnatlon:

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Major ~PH N. ALBRECHT died August 8, 1965 at San Mateo, CalIf: He was a Ist Lieutenant in the British Army in WW I, and a Major under General Chynoweth in the southern islands in WW 11. He was held in various POW camps in the Philippines and later in Japan. He married LETHA McHALE, an Army Nurse from the Philippines after returning to the States. His widow sur· vives him at 144 E. Hillsdale Blvd., San Mateo, California.

Colonel IRVIN ALEXANDER, retired, 40S East Evergreen St., San Antoni~. Texas died December 25, 1963. He was 67, a graduate of We;>t .POI!?t and a veteran of the Bataan campaign. Following repatnauon 10 1945 he was Executive Officer for the Inspector Gen· eral of the Army. His wife and a son Irvin Spindle Alexander sur· vive him in San Antonio.

Colonel WILLIAM F. AMIS. Valparaiso, Florida. died last C~ristmas Eve w~ile ".acationing in Guadalajara, lal., Mexico. His WIfe Edna was With him and in accordance with his wishes crema· tion was .had. Services were held on December 29th. Edna expected to remam at Montenegro 846, Guadalajara, Ja1. Mexico until ~eather was I?ore favorable at Valp~~iso. 'Pinky' wrote a short time before hiS death that he had Visited Nunez Pilet and Pope Noel and that the two families along with Ty Morhouse were con· templating trips to Guadalajara this winter.

ROY BOWEN is reported to have burned to death in a fire that deslrOyed his home in Wink. Texas last Fall. Further details have nO{ been received.

JOE C. BURKS died of a hean attack about a year ago at the age of 45, in Amarillo, Texas. Pallbearers were six POWs of Amarillo: Charles Bait, A. J. Robinson, Lou Boehm, William Curby. William H. Arterburn and George Idleu. Joe is survived by two daughters, one son, three brothers, 4 sisters.

The Rev. ANDREW F. CERVINI died December 4, 1968 in the Philippines. He was 60, and had gone back to the Philippines in 1960 as a missionary despite a paralytic stroke that aggrevated the handicap of an injury suffered at San Tomas, when a Japanese shell fired at U. S. vehicles landed in the patio and caused amputation of his lower right leg and toes of left foot. Father Cervini was 6rst interned at Davao in Feb. '45, and was transferred to Santo Tomas a month before his injury. He had returned to the islands in 1947 and was rector of Ateneo de Zamboango. a Jesuit University until '56 when he became headmaster of Ateneo de Manila elementary school in Manila. A stroke sent him back to the States in 1958, but two years later he was back.

Major FRANK GENSBURG, Retired, 730 McNoel Road, San Antomo, Texas, a veteran of Bataan, died of a heart attack Dec. 24, 1965. He was 51. and had been employed at Brooks AFB as civilian housing officer. His wife Sara and daughters Suzy and Joyce survive him.

FARRIS FOSTER GILLIAM, former 1st Sergeant of Baty. E. 18Ist F. A. died last August 1st at the VA Hos.I?ital in Albuquerque. N. M. He is survived by his widow, Julia L. Gilliam, POBox 1017, Ruidoso, N. M. and a son Gregory F. Gilliam, 82nd Abn, Div .• Fort Bragg, N. C. Farris was taken prisoner in Java and later held in Nagasaki and Orio in Japan.

WILLIAM F. HUNDLEY, 404 Walker St., Radford, Va., 48-year old survivor of Tapanese POW camps, died January 2, 1964 in a hospital after a fingering kidney ailment. Hundley graduated from Virginia Tec. after repatriation and taught school for a time before joining the Radford Arsenal. Survivors include his widow, three children, a brother and a sister. Burial was in Rad£ord's West­view Cemetery, January 4th. Bill was greatly admired by those with whom he was held in the Senior Officers' group, for hiS loyalty to olhers.

GEORGE LINSEN, 2213 S. E. 57th, Portland, Oregan is dead. He was a surVivor of the Bataan march 'and POW incarceration. He owned and operated Longfellow's Cafe in Scapoose, Oregon. His widow, Terry; sons David and Phillip Newell of Portland; his mother, two brothers and nine sisters survive him.

Mrs. VIRGIL T. LONE died in Torrance, California last March 25. 1963. Her husband survives her at 1010 E. Spicer St., Torrance, Calif., 90502. He was a member of the USS CANOPUS crew at the outbreak of the war. (See later item.)

Colonel WALLACE ALAN MEAD, 70, died of a heart attack at his home at 2331 Lake St., San Francisco. Calif. 94121 on Janu­ary 10, 1964. He was Senior Adviser of the 23rd Infantry Regiment (PA) during the Philippine campaign. In the past few years he had suffered several heart attacks. Surviving are his wife Elizabeth, a daughter Mary Elizabeth Lanfranchi of New York. 4 grandchildren. A son, John L. Mead, was killed in Gennany in 1945.

NICK T. MERGEN of Bloomington, Wis., age 51, died in the VA Hospital in Madison, Wisc. Oct. 21 . 1963 after an il1p.ess of three monlhs. He is survived by his widow. Imogene, son, Gregory; and daughters Connie, Pamela and Vicky. He was owner·operator of a tavern.

Captain GEORGE MULOCK, Royal Navy, retired, 81, Torre­molinos, Spain, died Dec. 26, 1965 in a Gibraltar hospital. A friend writing Dean Sherry said: "On December 15th he could not breathe and sent for me, and 1 had him taken to the hospital. His breed is

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NURSE IN AUTO CRASH SURVIVED BATAAN • KILLED ON ROUTE 1

DEDHAM -A decorated Army nurse who survived the bombardment of Bataan and Corregidor died in an auto crash on Rt. I shortly after I a.m. today.

The victim was Capt. Cath­erine. M. Acorn. 56, a nurse at the Veterans' Administration Hospital in West Roxbury.

Capt. Acorn, who lived at 1376 Commonwealth Ave., Ails· ton. was pinned in the wreck of the car for 15 minutes. She was pronounced dead when an am· bulance reached Norwood Hos· pital.

Miss Acorn was one of 10 nurses who escaped to Australia from CoITegidor just seven days before the fortress fell to the Japanese in World War II.

She and other Army nurses had worked on Bataan under heavy Japanese bombing, and left for CoITegidor only minutes before the enemy forces rushed in.

On Corregidor she worked in a tunnel, tending the wounded.

Navy aviators took Miss Acorn and the other nurses 011 Corregi­dor in a crowded patrol bomber, and they joined MacArthur's forces in Australia.

Capt. Acorn trained for nurs· ing at Cambridge City Hospital. She was a native of Belmont.

She wore the Bataan Medal Defense Star, Bronze Star, Asi· atic-Pacific and Philippine De· fense Medals and earned the Placque for Meritorious Service.

Gold Star News We are sorry to announce the

death of one of our dear Bataan Mothers, Mrs. Harriet Taylor, of Acton, Mass. who died Feb. 9th of a severe stroke.

Mrs. Mary Prescott and Mrs. Elizabeth Elliott were in Florida for a month.

Mrs. Helen Dixon who has been very ill in a hospital, is home and feeling much im­proved.

Have you made your reserva­tion for Convention at Alantic City? Hope to see you there.

Secretary. Elizabeth Elliott

P.S.- Mrs. Prescott and Mrs. Elliotl.called on Mr. and Mrs.

Gordon Fish in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. and found Mrs. Fish quite improved.

Fact Sheet The 1964 edition of VA Fact

Sheet IS·l , "Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents" is now on sale at the U. S. Govern­ment Printing Office in Wash· ington. D. C.

This booklet lists all rna jar benefits available to U. S. vet­erans, explains eligibility requir­ments for veterans or their de­pendents and describe s the nature of the benefits and where application should be made.

A single copy may be pur· chased from the printin~ ollice for 15 cents. Organizations or individuals desiring copies in quantity may obtain discount rates.

CONVENTION NEWS Hotel-Motel President

The 1964 Convention Committee invites all members and guests of the AMERICAN DEFENDERS OF BATAAN AND CORREGI­DOR to Atlantic City. New Jersey April 30, May 1,2, and 3, 1964.

How would you like to attend an all expense paid convention? We're sure everyone would. Since it isn't possible, we've arranged the next best thing to a FREE convention for all members.

In the past we've had good conventions and we've had better conventions. The 1964 Convention Committee now presents a con· vention program which will top anything in the past.

Accommodations for ),our comfort and entertainment have been made in three package plans: Thursday to Sunday; Friday to Sun· day; Saturday to Sunday. All members will be given the choice of the hotel or motel accommodations.

Package Plan # 1: Thursday to Sunday includes:

I. Room for four days and three nights. 2. Three breakfasts 3. Friday night dinner (from hotel menus) 4. Two cocktails with Friday night dinner (your choice) 5. Roast Beef Banquet-Saturday night 6. City tax 7. Tips on meals in package plan

COST: .$38.00 a person (2 in a room) $48.00 a person (I in a room)

Package Plan #2: Friday to Sunday includes:

1. Room for three days and two nights. 2. Friday night dinner (Cram hotel menu) 3. Two cocktails with Friday night dinner (your choice) 4. Two breakfasts 5. Roast Beef Banquet-8aturday night 6. City tax 7. Tips on meals in package plan

COST: $29.00 a person (2 in a room) $86.00 a person (I in a room)

Package Plan #3: Saturday to Sunday includes:

1. Room for two days and one night 2. Sunday morning breakfast 3. Roast Beef Banquet-Saturday night 4. City tax 5. Tips on meals in package plan

COST: $14.00 a person (2 in a room) $18.00 a person (I in a room)

Children occupying the same room with twO parents will not be charged for the room. The Thursday to Sunday plan. for meals and tips is $15.25 a child. The Friday to Sundar.llan IS $13.50 a child. The Saturday to Sunday plan is $7.25 a chil .

Members and guests who do not prefer the package plans will have a daily rate of $13.00 for two persons and $10.00 for one person in a room. The Saturday b~nquet charge for these mem~ wilJ be $8.00 including tip and CIt)' tax. Banquet charge for chIl· dren not under the plans IS $5.50.

Special flat rates are available for any member who wishes to arrive early and stay late.

YOUR CONVENTION BONUS, I . Free-Thursday-Penthouse-Refreshments and enter-

tainment 2. Free-Friday-Dinner music 3. Free-Friday-Two cocktails a person with dinner 4. Free-Friday-Past Commanders Night-ReCreshme:nts 5. F~Friday-Door prize ane! gifts-well known _

products . 6. Free-Friday-Dancing 7. Free-Friday-Penthouse-Refreshments and entertain­

ment 8. Free-Saturday--C.ocktail Party-Refreshments and Hal

Hors d·Oeuvres.--One Hour 9. Free-Saturday-Dinner music

10. Free-Saturday-Banquet-inc1uded in Package Plans 1,2,and8

II. Free-Saturday-Dancing 12. Free-Swimming-8eawater pool and Ocean 13. Free-Banquet program-a souvenir you will want to

save 14. Free-Boardwalk, Sightseeing tours, and bus ~rips-

RESERVATION CARDS We urge all our members to

mail their reservation card in early. The special package rates provide a week-end of [un at a very low cost. If you misplaced the reservation card sent with the Feb. Quan cut the onc printed in this issue and mail to the President Hotel.

ADBC TIE--CANCEILED The ADBC tie that was sup­

posed to be ready (or the con­vention will not be available. Refunds will be mailed to those who sent in money for the tie.

DID YOU PAY YOUR DUES YETI

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, . THE QUAN

Ded.iated to th05C penon. both living and dead who fought agairut oYeI'Wbelming odds agailUt the enemy at the outbreak of World War n.

Official Publication of the AMElUCAN DEFENDERS OF BATAAN k CORREGIDOR, INC.

(Including any Unit or Force of the Asiuic Fleet, Philippine Archipelago. Wake Wand, Mariana hlanda, Midway Island and Dutch Eut Indies.)

NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS 11 Oxford Ave., Belmont 78, Mass.

OFFICERS Brigadier General Clifford Bluemel, RCI __ .. _ .. Hono~ Commander Colonel Charles A. McLaughlin ... __ . _ _ ... _._ .. _Honon.ry Vioe-Commandcr

!!" r!:!J -y":::'::-"-"'-""- .. .--Nalion.! Commander _ .. .5r. Vlce-Commander FllIno. Matty _ Jr. Vice-Commander Ceorge Piccirillo .. . ... ._ .....•. _._ Treasurer Hank Wilayato _ . ___ • ____ • __ ..... __ ... __ ..... 5eo'etaJY Charles Bloaki. ______________ .. _. ___ .. _ .. __ ... ___ ....•... _ ....................... _.Adjulllnt Dominic Giant?nio _ _ . _ ____ .. _ ...•... __ .. _._ .. ___ .............. __ ________ Judge Advocate Nathan O. Bcllnky, M.D. _______________ . ________________________ • ______ .5urgcon Rev. Herman Baumann __ Chaplain

Miss A. Meyer, R.N. Abc Abnbunl An AkuUian Andy Baumgartner

EXECUI'IVE BOARD Arthur Breiai J_c.~ .... EnOlll Gould Nick Metta

Austin M. Patrizio Ray Paulhul Everett Rossen Gil Soifer

LEGISLATIVE COJOUTrEE Harold Bn:nnan Lewis Goldstein Sam Moody

Josepb A. Vater John LeClair Hank Wilayto GilbeTt Soifer

PAST OOMMANDERS Harold 5pooners 5imme Pickman Albert I. Cimini

Samuel M. Bloom, M.D. Ken Siull

Rev. Albert D. Talbot Alberl Senna Maj. Gen. E. P. Maurice Muer

King,Jr., Ret. 1000ph A. Vala JamCi McEvoy LeWI' Goldstein

Harry Menoul

GOLD STAR MOTREllS 0. BATAAN '" OORllEGIDOR OFFICEII.S Mrs. Mac Detert _ ..... _ ....• _ ....... _._ ... _ ... _____ .. _ ..... ____ ..... _ ...... __ .President Mrs. Helen Dixon ___ ...... __ .....•. __ .... _ ..... _ .. _ ....... _ ... _ ........ Vice-President Mrs. Elizabeth Elliott _ .. __ ...... _ ._ ... _ _ ... __ . __ .. _ ................... Sccrelllry Mrs. Mary Prescott __ ....... _. ___ • _. ___ . __ ..... Trcasurcr Mrs. Adeline Baptisla . _____________ . __ ........ ChapWn

J,*pb A. Vata, 18 Wublcr Dr .. McKees RockJ, Pa. 15156 ___ ._. __ Edhor Jim Coot, 103 N. Boundry 51., Lenoir, N. C. ~5 ........... -Auoc::iate Editor 1

Mr. Joseph A. Vater, 18 Warbler Dr. McKees Rocks, Penna. Dear Comrade:

Several months ago 1 wrote quite a lengthy leller to the Quan.

My letter was Mldng whether any member of the organitation who had been a prisoner of the Japs, taken by them on Corregi. dor and participating in the Death March to Cabanatuan, knew my son, Eldredge H. Packer, Jr., who could give me any inronnation concernmg him. He was missing in action for (our -years, when we finally re­ceived word [rom the Adjutant Ceneral that Hal had died in the Prisoner of War Camp at Cabanatuan on June 5, 1942. Hal is the name he was called by his intimate friends. Hal was a member of Company C 88rd Q M Regiment, A. B.

If you would run a little Notice in the Quan that two old folks would love to hear just a word or two about their only son, it could be read by some Comrade who k.new him, and would answer our prayer.

We wish to thank. you for sending us copies of your very interesting paper, The Quan, and the membership card for 1964. We received our Cold Star Buttons from the War Depart· ment quite awhile ago.

1 refer to 'two old folks' in a paragraph above because I am lD my 88th year and Mrs. Packer is in her 75th year.

Goodbye and Good Luck to you all Fraternally,

Capt. Eldredge H. Packer, Sr. Box 215 San Carlos, Calif. Ed. Note: Please try to help

these parents. --

Please consider, sometime, the feasibility of having the conven· tion during the summer school vacation period. You would probably increase attendance by members with school age chil· dren. Wm. F. Cowley

2417 E. Core Ave. Orlando, Fla. 82806

HEADQUARTERS 2D MISSLE BATTALlON

(Nike-Hercules) 59th AR TILLERY

Edgemont, Pennsylvania 19028 II February 1964

Mr. AI J. Senna 850 Hamilton Street Somerset, New Jersey Dear Mr. Senna:

J saw your announcement in 12 February 1964 "Anny Times" regarding the 1964 convention of "American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor. lnc." J wonder if you could do me a favor? . Would you supply me with a

hst of persons who were memo ~ of Battery B, 59th Coast A~ullery (RD.) From this list 1 will contact them and invite them to Organization Day cele· brdtion to be held in Edgemont, Pennsylvania, on 1 September 1964.

Battery B. 59th Coast Artill· ery (HD) is a direct antecedent of our unit which is now a Nike­~ercules .unit assigned the mis­sion of aIr defense of Philadel· phia area under Nor!.h Ameri· can Air Defense Command (NORAD) and United States Army Air Defense Command (ARADCOM). Th~nk you for any help you

can give us. Sincerely, J. 1- CALLAHAN

CWOW·3USA Asst. Adjutant

CATAWABA COLLEGE Salisbury, North Carolina

February 21, 1964 Dear Mr. Wilayto:

I have been intending to write you for some time, but mislaid your address until recently.

Comdr. George W. Greene, veteran of Bataan and Corregi­dor, and Chairman of our Polit· ical and Social Science Depart­ment, died January 1960 of heart failure. He is buried at Ridgecrest, North Carolina.

His son is a Lt, in the USN, serving aboard a nuclear sub. He was navigator on one of the subs which made a rendezvous at the North Pole.

Sincerely, Peter P. Cooper

Sirs:

THE QUAN

Portland, Oregon January 6, 1964

Here enclosed are my dues (again) 1 thought 1 was a mem­ber about 10 or 15 years ago when the ADBC started and die Quan was just a mimeographed copy but sent my dues and some articles for the paper but only received 2 or 8 copies in about 2 years and then heard no more except when they wanted my annual dues and finally heard nothing at all .

So lost track as did others here in the Northwest so hope this turns out a little better.

When 1 got out of the service I went to work on the Portland Police Dept. in 1946 but in 1958 wa5_ hospitalized wi!.h hepatitis and was pensioned off from the Police Dept. and also received service connection on the hepa· titis as the doctors stated it was caused by malnutrition in the prison camp. So have been dis­abled for a little over 5 years now but have to go back to the hospital every 6 weeks for check· up.

So far have spent 450 days in hospital in the IMt 5 years.

I have tried to get my Con· gressman to put before Congress a bill acceptmg the reports filled out by ex-POWs when we were ~e~u~ed to the U.S.A. regarding mJunes and illnesses sustained while we were being held pris­oners as the Veterans AdmlOis­tration prdctically call you a liar when you tell them you spent 4 yean in the PhiJippinC5 and had malaria, their first reaction is "prove it."

When you ask how you can prove this they tell you to get some of your buddys who were ~here with you and know _and remember when you had these attach to fill out an affidavit regarding your illness. Believe me this is quite difficult as abou t 23 J.ears ha ve passed and the good bu dys have strayed to the four corners of the U. S. A. or were left to rest in peace.

This may sound a little morbid but the truisms of life can sometimes be that way.

So I would like to advise any ex-POW who has even so much as sprained a little toe on a fast trip to the Benjo and knows any­one who will give him an affi­davit to this effect, run, don't walk to the nearest Veterans Admin. Office and see that it is filed in his folder so if ever needed it will be on file.

Also another item that J have talked to my Congressman about but later talked to Senator Wayne Morse is regarding ex· POW's and disabled veterans being able to travel (space avail­able) via military transportation but it seems to get waylaid lOme place in Washington.

I wanted to go to General \Vainwright's funeral but could­n't as I was not retired but 100% disabled. Also I wanted to go to Manila for the dedication but could not for the same reaJOn.

Another thing 1 would like to know i.s just what a disabled veteran is entitled to and even the Vet era n s Administration doesn't know.

I received a Christmas card (rom Harold Feiner, 785 East 182nd St., New York 57, N. Y. whom I hadn't seen since 1942 on the Pilar-Bagack Road when we were awakened in the mom­in~ by our own 155 long Toms finng from about 200 yards be­hind us right over our heads and that will wake you in a hurry.

He saw my name in the Quan I a couple of months ago.

Dear Tanker Field : As an officer of the Philippine

Scouts in Bataan and a PW later, I thoroughly agree with the DAV resolution mentioned in Chit Chat received today.

1 propose an amendment to that resolution to require the military services to act no more restrictively than the law reo quires in its own provisions !.hat physical disability shall be de­termined as to item and degree as identified in the Veterans Ad· ministration Schedule for rating disabilities.

Anny regulations are very much more restrictive. 1 saw several cases during the time I was President of an Army Physi. cal Evaluation Board where I knew !.he man to be unable to regularly perfonn the duties of his grade and branch but had to say "Not unfit for duty".

Since the medics declared me physically fit in my retirement examinations fourteen months ago, 1 could not even appear before such a board. However, according to the regular advice to people leaving active duty, 1 went to the VA. As a result of their Examination I now draw 60% disability compensation.

With such a ratlOg from the Army, J would have retired for phySIcal disability, got 60% of active duty pay £ree of tax, and the remaining 15% (in my case) would have also been free of tax for the simple reason that for income tax purposes J should be entitled to Sick exclusion pay all year long every year.

Your basic resolution hits at the general lack of knowledge among medical people of the PW deficiency diseases and their follow up problems. Apparently only !.he Doctors who went through it with us know what effect we have and will have.

I know of no PW who is try. ing to get something for nothing or in sympa!.hy. Lord knows that we couldn't get promoted be­(OTe. during, and after prison . That could have been a lot of income to our families over the years.

More power to you. I'll be glad to testify.

Sincerely yours,

A.l' van Oesten Co ., USA (ret)

CORREGIDOR MEMORIAL On December 2.5, President

Lyndon B. Johnson signed H.R. 7041 into Public Law 88·240. The measure authorizes the ap­propriation of $J.5-million for the Veterans Administration to develop Corregidor Island in Manila Bay as a memorial site for Philippine and American soldiers, sailors and marines killed in the Pacific during World War n.

Please elaborate a litle more on the book "Bataan" as 1 have bought a couple or books sight unseen and they turned out rather poorly. I think a lot of the fenows feel the same way about something like this.

Well enough of the old B.S. I had planned a few lines when I sat down here but I {eel better now with it off my mind and thank you for sendmg me "the Quan." I have enjoyed it.

Luther Dean Hall 1914 NE 5Srd Ave. Portland I S, Oregon

H<t. Co. 194th Tank Btln. Philippine Motor Transport

Depot P.O.W. Cat. SlUnner on

Corregidor Bilabid Prison Cabanatuan Camp #28, Fukuoka, Japan

April, 1961

Joseph A. Vater. Editor 18 Warbler Dr. McKees Rocks, Pa. 151!6

I wish to congratulate you and all concerned in the pub­lishing of "The Quan."

The December issue at hand is a most "memorable treasure" for me. The "wreath laying cer+ emony" a t the Tomb of the "Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery," Arlington, Virginia! by the "Cold Star Mothers," American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor.

I am a long time member of that wonderful organization but unable to attend such; as our Michi~an weather and the dis· tance IS beyond me.

I do contribute to the organ· iution and I have for years had and worn my official cap on all patriotic occasions in and around our city and county: wearing the cap very proudly but hum· bly; I always get many congratu. lations on so doing and I have been chosen to do the honors of the day many times. I have the "Official Membership" Card "Gold Star Parent" signed by "Kenneth J. Stull", Sec. Also the "Cold Star Parent" "Life Mem­ber" Card which was presented to me Xmas 1965 Signed by "Austin M. Patrizzio", National Secretary.

Sincerely, Mrs. Ruth P. Goetz A Cold Star Mother Wabash Co., Indian;!

Bom in Wabash Co., Indiana

San Francisco 555 Pierce St., Apt. 801 18 February 1964

Henry J. Wilayto ADBC Jne. 18 Warbler Dr. McKees Rocks, Pa. 151S6 Dear Sir:

I am Teturning the hotel and membership cards a5 I have never been able to attend any conventions. Have been a Life member and yearly one ~fore that, I'm Life Member No. M since 1959. Lire member of AXPW Inc. signed by Paul Reichter and life member of Ret'd Officer's Assn. 1955. Yearly member rrom 1946 when 1 was Ret. [or disability.

My voice only has asked for conventions to be held in San Francisco, since J feel it', a true convention city, and has much that some do not possessl After visiting Paris, Orleans and other cities in Europe, 1954, J call it the "Paris of the USA." None of my ideas seem to make any im· pression, and once at least in my life time (age 72-11 Tuly 1964) J would like to be abfe to attend one convention right herel

I'll enclose !.he cards and wish those that attend the best.

Respectfully yours, Capt. Louue M. Anschicks, Ret. Also, known as Prud Homme, Louise and Eli. S.

P.S.-J look forward to the "Quan".

Dear Sir: Many thanks for the beautiful

Aoral tribute sent my sister, Major Catherine M. Acorn, at the time of her dea!.h. "Kay" was very proud of being a mtm· ~r of your distinguished organ· ization.

We gready appreciate this ex· pression of sympathy.

With deep gratitude Frederick J. Acorn

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April, 1964

The Most Exclu!Jiv.e .Club in the U. S. A. Holds A Meeting By Al£red A. Weinstein, ~f.D.

1 a~tended a meeting or the most exclusive club in the U. S. A. at Lehigh Acres, Flori~a. Neither social prestige. financial status, nor nobl~ anc::estry help gam entrance to it. You can't buy or bribe your­self mto Jl. The application list is closed permanently_

Who ar~ the. membe~? T~ey're described in an anonymous doggerel written In the Phlllppmes after Pearl Harbor in late 1942:

No a~nts. no uncles, no cousins, no nieces, No pills, no planes. no artillery pieces, No mamma, no papa; no Uncle Sam We're the battling b-ds of Bataan.

The Japs captured as,ooo of them in Bataan and Corregidor. About .IJ,ooo ca,?e back home, harassed, battered, beaten, more or less sane, but alive. For a hundred and twenty days and nights they had b~en bOl~lbed, shelled, banzied and finally overwhelmed by the Japs, In Apnl 1 94~. For three and a half years they had dug in mmes, stevedored In Tokyo and logged timber in the snow.bound taP:tnese Alps-plagued with recurrent malaria, bloated with beri.

en and mangy with scurvy until they were liberated in Septem. ber 1945.

. Eighteen yean later at Lehigh Acres, 1 asked some of the sur. VIVOrs what they dreamed about as P,O.W's. I met AI Farrell of the 83rd Engi~een for the first time since I'd removed a part of his left shoulder girdle because of gas g-... ngrene. A professional crap shooter he won a wad in O'Donnel prison and loaned $100.00 to Generai Brougher o( Atlanta. Fan-eU escaped from O'Donnell into tbe 19crot couQtry and had learned to shoot pig with their poison arrows. Years later, he received a check for $100.00 from General Brougher.

"What did you dream about in prison camp?" I asked. . "Cheese," be said promptly. "After liberation on the hospital

ship I .got me a dleddar cheese and sat it beside my pillow. When the ship bell rang. I thought it was tinkling 'cheese'. When the fog horn sounded oil, it said 'cheese'." He pursued his lips and made a hoUow cheese·like sound. "I gained 50 pounds in thirty days _ 48 of them assorted cheese: Gruyere, pimento, Swiss and cheddar." F~rrelJ grinned as if he'd read my thoughts. "Only two things will lall an Inshman: a bath and a clean bed. That's a quote from my old man."

At the re·union I met thin wiry General Luther Stevens of the 91st Division Philippine Army, Constabulary Officer during the days of the l\'foro rebellion in 1902. Al Fan-ell nursed him in O·Don. nel and saved his life when he was dying of amebic dysentery and malaria.

"What did I dream about in prison?" he repeated. We were )iv. ng in an earth wall - old Barracks, when we learned of the J ap

surrendCT. I sent my orderly eight miles into Mikden and he re­turned with my dream, "Eggs, raw onions and a fifth of Johnny Walker."

Gentle voiced, slender Jim Donahue, employee of lhe Bums Detective Agency, whom I'd known in Manila before the war, ar. rived with his three beautiful children, 18, 17 and 16, taken by Caesarian section from his brave Filipino wife Corazon Mambon. He'd escaped Crom the .laps during the March of Death and harassed their interior lines of commun· ication for three years with Fili· pino Guerillas (who had guarded him and his wife during his wed· ding in 1944) armed by sub­marines. When Americans in· vaded Luzon Philippine in 1945 and made contact with Jim's guerilla force, they as\ed him what he wanted most ..

"A three day pass, Sir," he said precisely. General Buckner pro· cured a plane and Hew him to Iowa to see his mother.

1- W. Ward, fomleriy of the !list Infantry, Philippines, now living in Pierson, Florida, had a marked Southern accent, a square jaw and heavy fists. He'd spent his [rison days draining swamps 0 Mybria, North of Kyoto, kicked, clubbed and mauled by a Jap PFC Hito, nic\named "Paadle Foot."

''What did you dream about, J. W.r- 1 asked.

H is eyes became stony hard. "Ab drempt ah was lakm' that S.O.B. apart, piece by piece. And the good Lawd don listen' to rna prayer."

We dropped the first A Bomb on Hiroshima on August 6th, the second ·at Nagasaki on Au~. ust 9th and the Emperor read hIS Imperial rescript on August l~th, 1945 ordering the Japs to qeuit fighting. 1- W. Ward and his fi 1I0w prisonen lay around in their P. W. camp waiting to be picked up after the official day of surrender, September 2nd, celebrated on the battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. The next day "Paddle Foot" came into camp bearing supplies. J. W. scattered his teeth all over the compound.

Major Fralish had grey hair, a dose clipped mustache, sharp nose and red face, a brown and white striped shirt and two chil· dren, Reva, four and Ralph, two years old. He was !lOW a building inspector at Coral Gables. Form· erly in the Engineers, he took oil in a 40 foot motor launch, headed toward Fuchow, China, ran out of gas, and for 12 days was driven by prevailing winds to Turany Indo-China where he was promptly turned over by the Vichy French to the Japs. He spent his P.W. days buildl1lg the Bankok Burman railway (im· mortalized in the picture RIVCT Kwai) when he was not Hat on his back with Cholera. "What did 1 want most when I was a P.W.?" He answered his own question. "I dreamed about mov· ies and brealUast foods, but I wanted most to be left a lone."

Julian B. Brown, born in Albany, Georgia, was blind in one eye, bad finger vision in tbe other and lifted his paralyzed right ann with his left to shake my hand. He'd walked the death march with General Ned King o[ Atlanta and had been my pa· tient in the Sea and louse bar· racks we called the "Caraboa Wallow" In Cabanatuan. He'd worked as a pack mule for the Japs in the nontoc MOllntains until they broke his back with a club. Brown looked like a pugi· list with his broken nose and split lip, but he spoke with the cadence of a poet:

''What did I miss most] What did I want first? My freedom To ioin the troops again."

Slender dark haired Marvin

THE QUAN

Bullock of Sarasota, Florida, formerly of the Engineers was one of the few survivors of the "Double Zero" Ward in Cabana· t~an where we placed our dying SIck for whom all hope was lost. He had dug coal in I:ukuoko, Japan.

"I had to wait until I anchored in San Francisco before I got what 1 had dreamed about _ Butterscotdl pie."

Retired Captain Walter Cham· bers of the 20th Bomber had to wait much lon$.er to get what he wanted - children. At Valley Forge Hosl>ital, his P.W. dreams crashed w len the doctors told him he was sterile. He met his vivacious wife, a nurse, on De· cember 6, 1945, and married her January 10, 1946. She came to the Bataan reunion witb him and their six children, five girls and a boy.

"Imagine how many children we wou ld have had," she said. "I[ my husband had really been 'fertile'," she said gaily, after she had led the children into a mel· ?riious harmony of "Now the day IS over" and "Down by the Riverside."

The sun seemed to brighten when G e n era I Arnold Funk smiled and the clouds melted away. The cold isolation of P.W. life near the Cobi Desen not far from the Trans-Siberian Rail. 'Toad had not frosted his sense of humor. But the wet of ground corn, niblet mush, and soy bean had created a protein hunger in his mind that was intolerable. The Christmas of 1944, he reo lated, was brightened by Jap Commandant promise o[ meat for supper until a Chinaman leads in the compound one small skinny goat which was divided among 450 senior officers. As Chainnan of the Board of the Sarasota County Hospital, he still keeps close watdl over the meat content of the hospital menu.

Dan C. Irvin of the Aviation Battalion marched bluing days and cooler nighu with little food and less water from Bataan to San Fernando and was recap­tured again at a wedding cere· mony the record day of our B.B.n. reunion by Jim Sander, whom he met in a Dental School in Washington 15 years ago. Asked if he planned a honey. moon, he said, "No. No, my life has been what I'd dreamed it would be during my P.W. days. One big honeymoon."

My P.W. honeymoon dream wasn't delayed 15 years. I'd dreamed of lovely Hanna Kaun· itz, fugitive from Hitler's hate· filled Austria, whom J'd met in Manila before Pearl Harbor day. I remembered the food, medi· cine, and peso she'd smuggled in t 0 Bilibid, O'Donnel and Cabantuan P.'V. Camp and the lives she'd saved while her undergrOlmd associate had been picked up and killed by the Ja~. Full bearded Father BTJdenbrook. the handsome Bas­ques, the Amosatigue brothers, dIe Filipino women who passed under the pseudonym of High Pockets, Screw Ball No. I and No.2 and No.3. And after my libera tion .................................. o[ the beadl o[ Japan. I'd Hown to the Philippines and I'd found Hanna on September 25 in Cater and we hitcll hiked into bomb­shattered Manila to find a Jus· tice of Peace who married us.

Why do these SUrviVOrs of Bataan meet annually with. their wives? Is it to feed tbe fires of hatred against the Japanese? Js it to relive the [ear and hunger. filled bitter days of long ago?

The rcminiscenses are tinged with humor - not hatred. Cen·

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no longer made these days. I am very proud to have known h im. ~e had a really ~ulllife, and the courage of a lion." (I , too, admired hun; and I cherish the memory of the many small tasks I was able to per{onn for him in POW camp.)

FELIX PETEREK was found dead in his home in Yuma Arizona on Dec. 6, 196!1. He had been unemployed since the war: ~iving on total disability payments. He is survived by four sisters 10 Los Angeles, Cali£. BUTJal was in Fort Rosecrans National Ceme· tery in San Diego. John 1- Cordon, 5812 E. 36th St., Tucson, Arizona 85711 sent the news report of Felix's death - he and John were together as POWs; were liberated by the Rangers from Cabanatuan.

ARTHUR B. T1GH, 72, formerly of Salem, N. J. died about December I, J963 at Sarasota, Florida. For many years he managed a pubHc utility in Manila and spent .5 yea rs at Santo Tomas Intern· ment camp. He recuperated after liberation at a sister's h ome in Salem, and returned to Manila, retiring about seven years ago. H e leaves his wife; a sister, and a brother Charles of Montclair, N. 1-

Mrs. EDITH LaDU TOWNSEND, 77, wife of Colonel Glen R. Townsend, died January 25, 1964 at the Townsend Apartment at 20 Plaza Square, St. Louis, Mo. 6!1101, of a disease of the bone marrow. Editll and Glen were classmates at Olivet College, Mich· igan. Interment was at the National Cemetery at Jefferson Barracks, Mo. In addition to her husband she is survived by two daughters: Mrs. Allan A. Michie, Briarcliff Manor, N. Y. and Mrs. Chester H . Lake, Wilmington, Delaware and a sister in Florida. The Towns· ends celebrated thir 50th wedding anniversary in September 1962.

BILL DALLENBACK, Rockwell City, Iowa. Quans returned marked deceased.

JAMES F. QUILLIN, 609 11th St., Menomonie, Wis. Quans returned marked deceased.

eral Stevens tells about a pair of shorts he made, across the seat of which was printed "fifty more pounds," Mrs. Ned King, Post­mistress of Sea Island, related that General King was never struck as a P.W. because on his name plate was written - "He is a gentle old man." The Cen· eral, Mrs. King said, protested he was not an old man. Sergeant Brown told about the Jap guard who was proud because he ....... . P.W. called him Donald Duck after a famous Hollywood star. Sgt. Whitehurst told about lasso­ing a heifer that wandered into camp and turning him overnight into a meat Slew. I related my lavorite bed·bug story. When the Japs refused to give us louse and bed bug killers, we collected these insects in cans during our rest· less night and dumped them in the Jap officers quarters as we marched out of camp on work details. Col. Dick Kadel escaped P.W. and was Commander of 1500 guerillas in Siberia Bay, supplied with carbines, B.A.R.'s and grenades told his musical story. While visiting the Mayor of a Filipino village, Japs sur· rounded the house. Shakingwilh malaria and fright he hid in a closet while the mayor's wife en· tertained the music loving lap officer with Debussy and Tchat· kovsky.

These P.W.'s of yesteryear gave the lie to the Beatnik of today, who say that man's futile auempt to struggle for survival is absurd and t1lat he should sur· render to inevitable impotence.

These P. W .'s, a mixed batch

of shrimp fishermen, dental hy· genists, doctors, carpenters, reo tired generals, brick masons, have proven to themselves that man can inHuence his environ· ment - sometimes, and that life is worth the effort. They had learned to drink sewage and cat ~arbage to survive. This exclus· lve group of thoroughbreds who survived 5 montlu of sheU and bomb witllOut relief against a foe who outnumbered them 8 to I; this sturdy group of Ameri. cans who survived three and a haH years of duress, starvation and disease are living proof that !pan ca~ maintain his sanity and capacity to help himself and othen--if he wills it. Thorougb· breds? Yes, of a day gone by. Living testimonial that in therr seed other thoroughbreds have been crea ted.

• • • It is with a feeling of deep

sympathy that 1 publish tlus article, Dr. Weinstein sent me this story to be published the issue prior to the convention and expressed the desire to at· tend the Atlantic City Conven· tion and meet with me. This doesn't seem possible, but as I was in the final steps of getting the Quail ready, I received the tragic news or Dr. Weinstein's death Feb. 26, 1964.

We extend the sympathy of the officers and members of the A.D. B.C. to the surviving family. The world will be better be· cause of his having been here.

Next issue of the Quan we will have (urther infonnation on Dr. Weinstein.

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Gold Star Mothers Luncheon and Tour Saturday, May 2 -- 12 P.M.

mSTORlC SMITHVILLE INN Absecon, New Jersey

SOME INTERESTING FACTS CONCERNING OUR RE­STORED DWELLINGS: All of these interesting buildings repre­sent an era in our Early American History - the way of life of our people here in Southern New Jersey. This part of the country was once known as Smugglers WoodJ and is very rich in the history of the Privateers during the latter part of the 18th Century. THE BROWER. HOUSE: The Brower House was moved from

H ewi llown. which at one time was a complete town, but is now fully gone.

THE HEWITT HOUSE: One of the founders of Port Republic settled in this home. It shows a good deal of early Swedish influence and though a very middle class family home. it enjoys lovely woodwork detailing in the Main Room or Parlor.

THE RED BARN: This shop was Illoved here from Oceanville in 1955. It has been a part of the Fred Somers family property. It was probably construct,ed during the very early part or 1800 and is one of the few remaining early buildin~ in the area.

THE GENERAL STORE: This old store was originally the Cran· mer General Store and was moved here £rom New Gretna in 1957. The store itself is 110 years old and was one of the first country stores in the Great Bay area.

THE COBBLER. SHOP: A delightful Iitt1e building, moved here (rom Seaville, New Jersey. and is one of the few remaining and entirely original bootmaker's shops and is unique because of its size.

SUGAR HILL CHAPEL: This old chapel stood for many years in the Union Cemetery at Mays Landing, New Jersey. It was built in the early 1800'5 by Hosea Joslin near his home in Sugar Hill, Mays Landing, for the peop e nearby to worship in and espec· ially for those who might not have had nice enough clothes to attend tbe Methodist Church in town. The Chapel was moved to Union Cemetery upon the death o{ Mr. Joshn. It was com· pletely restored after being moved lO this spot in 1960.

THE GRIST MD..L: The Crist Mill was moved here from Sharp­town, New Jersey. The building is over 170 years old. It was so old that it could not be moved onto the grounds in one piece and had to be taken apart and moved. It was then rebuilt board by boanl.

THE SWEET SHOP: A very old litt1e store moved from our neighboring town of Hammonton. The building is so typical of so many of the little country stores here in Southern New Jersey.

THE CBIUSTMAS SHOP: The most exciting of all, is our newly created Christmas Shop. It is brimful of Christmas and will reo main so twelve months o£--the1'8r. €ompJetely-enchantingl

THE T ABACCONIST SHOP: This wonderful little shop stood near the school in Clayton, New Jersey and contained an of the Schooltime necessaries, such as penny candies, pads and pencils, and of course supplied the neigbborhood grocery neem.

THE CLAM HOUSE: Belonged originally to Baker Bowen. who ror many years was employed in the Clamming and Oyster busi­ness. It was located on the bank of Oyster Creek in Leeds Point and is completely typical of the still thriving Industry in this Great Bay Area.

THE LEVI HAND STORE: We have JUSt recently moved [rom Eldora, New Jersey, this very typical Crossroads Country Cen· eral Store.

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The Convention Committee has worked hard to make your stay at Atlantic City an enjoyable one. Those who make a special effort to attend will be rewarded with a good time. As we continue to read of the many deaths among our members the desire to meet with one another should be stronger.

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H.Il. 8925 H.R. 8925 was introduced

into Congress by Congressman Olin H. Teague, Chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Com· mittee, and stipulates that a dis· ability rated at or above any per­centage for 20 years or more for compensation purposes under laws administered by the VA shall not thereafter be rated at less than such percentage .. . except upon a showing that such a rating was based on fraud.

We urge all to write their Congressman and members of House Veteran Affairs Commit· tee for aid in passing this legis· lation.

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M/ Sgt. Joseph L. Soy 157 Warren War Pittsburgh, Cali .

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Mrs. Ida Anthony 37 Newberry St. Boston 10, Mass.

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Thomas A. Hackett 2651 Federal Way N . Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

Edwin W. Tucker 1075 Cass St. Monterey, Calif.

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RESOLUTION To Properly Compensate for Disabilities Suffered by Former Prisoners of War

Whereas, studies have been made which conclude that &atis. factory rating for disabilities are impossible to obtain for many ex· prisoners of war under present laws and provisions under the VA Rating Schedule for rating disabilities. Now, therefore, Be It Resolved by the Disabled American Veterans. of Kentucky, Inc., in convention assembled at Paducah, I_on this 7, 8 day of June, 196!1, that we call on the National ·1 tion of the DAV to sponsor and support legislation to be known as The Prisoner of War Disability Compensation Act.

(A) That this legislation shall apply to prisoners of war who were confined in enemy prison camps for a period of three months or longer who suffered starvation and/ or brutal, inhumane treat­ment from an enemy who violated the rules of the Geneva Confer· ence of 1929 (as amended I as set forth in Chapter 6. It shall oot apply to prisoners who re used repatriation.

(B) That this legislation to provide for proper ratings for dis­abilities suffered and the residuals of disabiliues suffered by the following:

(I) Amend the VA 1945 Schedule for rating disabilities to include a disability to be known as "Prisoner of War Syndrome." Tbat this disability will cover for treatment and compensation purposes, all disabilities that cannot be adequately diagnoaed under present day diagnostic pnxed!lz· '!'hat ratings assigned under. too_Section wm be classified as physiologic (Phys'i-o-logic), autonomic (au'to.nom'ic) and visceral (vis'cera) disorders. The de· scription for rating purposes will be gauged as follows:

Prisoner of War Syndrome manifested by dermatitis; mwcle cramps; myalgia; tachycardia; migraine; chronic gastritis; coJitis; irritable coJon; asthenic reaction; general fatigue; and any other symptoms which can be designated as due to involvement of organs and viscera innervated by the autonomic nervous system.

(2) That any former or future prisoners of war who become entitled under this Act will be granted service connec­Lion for all chronic constitutional diseases as listed in Title 38, Section J..l (!I) of the U. S. Code. That service connection under this Title will be granted on an abso· lute presumption if any of the listed diseases have been or will be, diagnosed within twenty (20) yean subsequent to discharge.

(!I) That service connection on an absolute rresumption will be granted for def«u of vision, denta disabilities and psychoneurotic disorders.

Adopted on this 8th day of June, 1963 by the Disabled American Veterans, Department of Kentucky. Inc .• in 36th Annual Conven· tion assembled in the City of Paducab, Commonwealth of Kentucky. ATTEST,

Charlie P. Paul Department Commander

E. A. Gafford Department Adjutant

Concurred in by Committee Elmer G. Brien, Chairman

Editor's Note:-lf the major veteran organizations are able to have a Bill introduced regarding this Reso.ution we must bave 100% cooperation in contacting our Senators and Congttssmen. We are the only ones who can bene6t from such legislation. This resolution was sent in by Bernard A. Fields.

Tentative Schedule For Meetings Friday, 10:00 a.m.-Execut ive Board Meeting.

11:50 a.m.-Legislative, Resolutions, Convention Site, Nomi­nating. Membersbip and Awards Committee Meeting. (These meetings subject to the call of chairman if other times are needed). 1:!l0 p.m.-General Business Meetng.

Saturday, 10:00 a.m.--General Business Meeting. (Reporu of Com· mittee Chairman). All members with resolutions flease type them up and send

to committee chainnao or Nationa Headquarters frior to conven· tion time. We request that members having materia or information that could be handled at committee meetings please send or ~ve such infonnation to committee chairman. Bring 8OI1le construcUve ideas to the convention with you , i[ you can't attend send them to National Headquanen.