European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                M april 1948 the stars and stripes s general tells of Luzon Force fall 5 vets recall Jap cruelties on surrender Munich kicked off three Jap they never Fred to get us six years ago today Clinton following Wrren dered his 71st facing the sea i the Southern Peninsula of to the the shortage of food Pierce Brown said the Lack of Medicine brought abort the the general today is cd of the Augsburg military he there Are some who say they never would have surrendered they known what was out of troops in the less than returned from the death March and prison he like his men Pierce the death 82 Miles to san the he to Clear foe combat so they could bring in their own troops to attack we bivouacked sitting on our he if a Man fell out he was there was a dead filipino or a dead american every few it 72nd composed largely of crack Chi Eppine was squarely facing the imps 9n Bataan when the command Post Telephone rang at 2 april have bad news for old q0l Virgil Cordero recognized the voice of Stuart the japanese Kadi for the his men those last few Days had been continued on Page 6 Sweeney Galloway Captain turned native by Ernie of Riff correspondent we heard news that Bataan had we in these Alfred Daniel then a sergeant on special ment with an organized band of guerrillas a lighting behind the Jap lines in Northern described the reaction of 18 Amer soldiers to word of the Bruce said he had radioed an urgent to Jonathan Wainwright to give news of Jap move the reply came Back has late in december when Douglas of Macarthur issued a Call for volunteers to kelp organize and Lead parties of behind Jap lines on Bruce had vol at one time he headed a of on Page 6 japs thought colonel was dead col Virgil n commander of Munich Henry Veteran of and Leo Kaseane executive officer who was a guerilla on look at their Munich american by Julia staff correspondent Munich a belgian missionary who for six years he keyed him Leo Giitter received his personal along with the Flag of a japanese unit which took credit for his the Story goes Back to when Giitter was commanding the first company of filipino scouts to be attacked by the Jap bombs killed 19 and wounded am Ong escaped from the Hospital of the Leader and the Jap Flag to they asked him to deliver it to glitters family in the Giitter and returned to command a company of scouts covering the withdrawal of the philippine armoured we had rifles and they had he we were Cut there were two companies of Giitter took command and for a month they were Able to hold a line of defense in the Foothills of North Central As food and ammunition ran they switched to guerrilla disobeying orders to the scouts held out after the fall of Bataan on june a staff officer of Jonathan personally delivered a final surrender he reported the japs threatened to shoot 10 officers each Day in front of the general until All guerrillas gave but the japs had also threatened death to All guerrillas they Cap v it was 10 officers a Day or Figurea i had Giitter Giitter gave his and Fountain pen to the belgian the Marcel Why his men except for a Token surrender group of a dozen and raised the White the japs soon spread the word among the natives that the White Man had been the scouts attacked the wiped out a unit and brought the Samurai sword Corregidor vet with 6th Schweinfurt the re cent replacements filling vacancies in the 6th was Paul former prisoner of the japanese for three years and a native of Yates enlisted in and sailed for the Philippines the following when War broke he was serving with the philippine div on May he was captured by the japanese at Cor he was sent by boat to Japan and placed in a pm Camp near for the next three Yates worked for the japanese in steel on he was liberated along with a Large number of other flown to the Philippines and after Hospital bailed for Home and a leave of 180 upon return to Active he served at several stateside posts until last january when he shipped overseas this time to he was assigned to the 6tn leading to capture by win staff correspondent Stuttgart when Arnold Stuttgart military Tost talks the capitulation of the Luzon he Speaks with exceptional of the events which led up to the Jap capture of the american philippine recalling those Funk said the last Day of Bataan began on december when the troops defending Luzon began their move to a move completed under constant Jap fire the Force took up positions on the main defense line of Bataan and were Able hold off continuous attacks from 6 to 25 when the japanese succeeded in penetrating the Central Section of the an orderly Retreat from the main line which had been surveyed and planned by then now in command of the Kitzinger Basic training Center was effected 24 and Only minor engagements took place for the next nine on april the japs began their fallout final air Force crippled then chief of staff door Douglas assigned to the described the situation As follows the air Force was reduced three1 crippled p38s a few batteries were Able to keep out of Range some Supply depots the men had gone on half rations 5 and were placed on Onethia rations March and 75 per of All the troops were suffering from either dysentery or a Combina Tion of two or More beriberi was also thus the combat efficiency of the troops was Les than 20 per Over 50 per cent of command was hospitalized and medical supplies were running the april 3 attack broke through sectors held by two divisions arid by april 6 the front line of the second filipino corps had completely disintegrated with 75 per cent of the troops scattered in the by 8 april All Luzon Force reserves had been employed and the japs were within Small arms Range of the largest the commanding general of the Force at this time sent a Flag of truce to the japanese asking for terms enabling an orderly sur directing his troops to cease the april went to a conference with the Jap the japanese refused to accept a sur Render of Bataan without a surrender of there was therefore never a formal surrender of the Bataan when it was a Funk said most of the men remembered Only one Bright the successful evacuation of 100 army nurses to