Chapter XIX 1 Interrog of Maeda, 10 May 47, and Statement of Maeda, 2 Mar 50, ATIS Doc 56234, both in Interrogations of Former Japanese Officers, Mil Hist Div, GHQ FEC, I and II; interv, Col Walter E. Buchly with Homma, Manila, Mar 46, notes in OCMH; USA vs. Homma, p. 3062, testimony of Homma. 2 14th Army Opns Order, Series A, No. 273, 14 Feb 42, Supp. 29, and Plans for Feint Mvmts by Nara Inf Gp, 14 Feb 42, App. 31, both in 65th Brig Opns Rpt, Mt. Samat; 14th Army Opns, I, 115, 117. 3 USAFFE-USFIP Rpt of Opns, p. 54; Bluemel, 31st Div (PA) Rpt of Opns, p. 17; 65th Brig Opns Rpt, Mt. Samat, pp. 28-29; 14th Army Opns, I, 116. 4 Rad, MacArthur to TAG, No. 371, 26 Feb 42, AG 381 (11-27-41 Sec 2C) Far East. 5 14th Army Opns, I, 96, 104, 113-15; 14th Army Opns Order, Series A, No. 270, 13 Feb 42, Supp. 28, 65th Brig Opns Rpt, Mt. Samat. For a day-by-day account of this bombardment see Harbor Defenses Rpt of Opns, pp. 34 ff; Bunker, Diary, daily entries after 6 Feb 42. 6 Ind, Bataan, The Judgment Seat, pp. 148, 273, 329, 343-44; rad, Beebe (Fort Mills) to MacArthur (Melbourne), 18 Mar 42, USFIP G-3 Journal. On 8 March a Japanese destroyer appeared offshore and the Mindoro garrison of fifty men set fire to 50,000 gallons of aviation gasoline before taking to the hills. A week later the Japanese landed there. 7 14th Army Opns, I, 116; USA vs. Homma, Defense Exhibit Y. 8 65th Brig Opns Rpt, Mt. Natib, p. 111; 65th Brig Opns Rpt, Mt. Samat, p. 114. 9 USA vs. Homma, pp. 3062-63, testimony of Homma; pp. 2450, 2457, testimony of Lt Gen Takaji Wachi, formerly Chief of Staff, 14th Army. Col. Yoshio Nakajima estimated that as of 1 March there were 3,000 effectives in 14th Army, USA vs. Homma, p. 2576. 10 Ibid., p. 3063, testimony of Homma; rad, MacArthur to TAG, No. 438, 7 Mar 42, AG 381 (11- 27-41 Sec 3) Far East; Bunker, Diary, entry of 10 Mar 42. General Yamashita, conqueror of Singapore, was reported as the new Japanese commander in the Philippines, a command he did not assume until October 1944. 11 Ltr, Galbraith to Beebe, 5 Feb 42, AG 319.1 (8 Jan 42) Phil Rcds. 12 NLF and I Corps Rpt of Opns, p. 27. 13 Rad, Intel Officer, 16th Naval Dist, to Chief of Naval Intel, 11 Feb 42, AG 319.1 (8 Jan 42) Phil Rcds. 14 Ltr, Galbraith to Beebe, 5 Feb 42, AG 319.1 (8 Jan 42) Phil Rcds. 15 Ltr, Bluemel to Groce, 18 Feb 49, OCMH; Mallonée, Bataan Diary, II, 54. 16 Mallonée, Bataan Diary, II, 54-58. Return to Table of Contents Return to Chapter XIX
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