Behind Japanese Lines (47 page)

raid on

Cabcaben Field

Cagayan Valley

Cahill, Sgt. David (in Thorpe's group)

Calyer, Col. Peter (commander of Thirty-first Infantry)

camotes
(sweet potatoes)

carabao: as draft animals

as food

for riding

for racing

theft of

Cebu Island

Charles XII (king of Sweden)

Chatham, Cpl. Walter D.: escape on Death March

in Fassoth camp

captured by Japanese

tortured

sent to Japan

Chengay, Tomas (Tom) (Hunt's best officer)

in Cabanatuan raid

joins Col. Cleland

writes commendation of Hunt

death of

Chennault, Gen. Claire (commander of Flying Tigers)

Christian Socialist party

Churchill, Winston

Clark Field

Cleland, Col.

cockfights

collaboration of Filipinos (with Japanese): types and degrees of

historical precedents for

desire to act honorably

credibility of oaths

pro-Japanese Filipinos and organizations

profiteers

the undecided

Japanese “front men”

recriminations about

allegations of

collaborators' defense

case of Ferdinand Marcos

Communists, Philippine.
See also
Hukbalahaps

Confesor, Tomas (Filipino politician)

Conner, Henry Clay (guerrilla leader)

on Fassoth camp

shadowy existence

Constabulary.
See
Philippine Constabulary

Com, Warren (cousin of Hunt)

Corregidor Island

believed “impregnable”

struggle for

fall of

Costas, Col. Antonio (Filipino guerrilla)

Cotton Growers Association

Cruz, Dr. Emgidio (Quezon's physician)

Cruz de Arceo, Mrs. Victoriano de la (benefactor of Hunt)

Culala, Felipa.
See
Dayang-Dayang

Cushing, Maj. Charles (guerrilla leader)

surrender to Japanese

Cushing, Maj. James (guerrilla leader)

Cushing, Capt. Walter (guerrilla leader): personality

activities

death

customs.
See
Philippine customs

Davao prison camp (Mindanao)

Dayang-Dayang (female guerrilla)

dengue fever

Dinalupihan (Bataan)

Dizon, Dolfin L. (village leader)

Dizon, Herminia (“Minang”)

character and personality

dupes Japanese

hated by Huks

as barber

meets Chinang de Leon

contacts Lapham

quarrels with Hunt

promotion

“Dolores” (Filipina spy)

Donaldson, Lt. Jack (pilot on Bataan)

Dosch, Capt. Samuel (officer in Fassoth camp)

Duffy, Maj. John E. (priest): visits Hunt in Pampanga

Duran, Pio (pro-Japanese Filipino)

Dyess, William E. (“Ed”) (commander of Twenty-first Pursuit Squadron): warns of war

during Battle of the Points

gets extra food for pilots

orders pilots out of Bataan

escape and death of

Enriquez, Capt. Manuel P. (Filipino guerrilla leader)

Escobar, Lt. Emilio (Filipino guerrilla)

Estrada, William L. (Filipino historian)

Faretta, Capt. Alvin (decorated by MacArthur)

Fassoth, Mrs. Catalina Dimacal (wife of William Fassoth)

Fassoth, Vernon

Fassoth, William (sugar planter): background

establishes camps

surrender to Japanese

rescued from Cabanatuan

Fassoth camps

location and purpose

conditions in

Japanese raid on

numbers in

Fenton, Harry (guerrilla leader)

Fertig, Col. Wendell (guerrilla leader)

.50 caliber machinegun

Filipinos: bravery, and kindness of

gratitude to America

democratic sentiments of

psychology of

real and alleged demoralization of.
See also
collaboration of Filipinos

firearms.
See
weapons

“fishponds” (near Bayambang)

Floyd, Sgt. (in Fassoth camp)

foods, Philippine

.45 revolver

Fowler, Sgt. William (killed by Japanese on Bataan)

Francisco, Gen. Guillermo (commander of Philippine Constabulary)

Franco, Mr. and Mrs. Louis M. (benefactors of Hunt)

French, Jewel (betrayed and killed by bodyguard)

Gador, “Colonel” (Filipino guerrilla)

Galura, Jimmy (Hunt's supply officer)

gangrene

Garand M-l rifle

Garcia, Antonio (Hunt's subordinate)

Garrovo, Felix (friend of Hunt)

George, Gen. Harold (officer on Bataan)

Ginnevan, Sgt. Mike: believes Corregidor impregnable

Grashio, Lt. Samuel C. (American pilot on Bataan)

escapes from Japanese

“grease gun”

Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere

guerrillas: in history

cost to Filipinos

uncertainty about

character and composition of

cruelty of

training of

organization of

routine life of

relations with civilians

area frequented by

numbers of

travel with

tactics of

hardships and danger endured by

trouble with bandits

pressure of life

recreation of

problems of, with spies

legal procedures among

“paper guerrillas”

love of guns by

morale among

unfair treatment of

contribution to victory, by

Gyovai, Frank (American guerrilla)

Hayes, Sgt. Verlon O.: bravery on Bataan

Hendrickson, Capt. Albert C.

on John O'Day

on Enriquez

early life of

adventures early in war

joins Lapham's guerrillas

girlfriend (
see
Lee); meeting with Constabulary and aftermath

meeting with Huks

and handling of spies

on Roxas

on Igorots and Illocanos

contacts submarines

sends out Americans

after U.S. landings

estimates of Japanese casualties

narrow escapes

departure for home

strives for recognition of guerrillas

and guerrilla rosters

Henry, Joseph and William (guerrilla brothers)

Hernandez, Antonio and Emilio (guerrilla brothers)

Homma, Masaharu (Japanese general)

Horan, Col. John P.: almost ambushed by Hendrickson

Hukbalahaps (Communist guerrillas)

and Hunt

early history

hostility to other guerrillas

organization

cruelty of

denunciation of collaborators by

treachery of

treatment at end of war

Hunt, Capt. Ray C.: early life

military training

at war's beginning

in camp in Pampanga

in Battle of the Points

contact with family

on Bataan Death March

escape from Death March

rescue by Filipinos

in Fassoth camps

wanders in mountains

recovery and study

and Huks

leaves Pampanga

and Alvides

plans to raise guerrillas

on war

romance with Chinang

leaves Tarlac province

respect for Lapham

and Hendrickson

promotions

romance with Minang

and Constabulary

guerrilla “uniform”

moves to “fishponds”

deals with bandits

photographed

risks listening to radio

clash with Japanese

returns to Tarlac

handling of tough spy cases

and Philippine Cotton Growers Association

on Roxas

supports Recto

dealings with Marcos

becomes commander of Pangasinan

on Whitney

use of radio transmitter

contacts Roxas

trouble with Volckmann

on Igorots and Illocanos

organizes command

dealings with Utleg

on chances of surviving war

gets supplies from submarines

difficulty restraining followers

and Allied landings

entertained by Bautista

attacks San Quintin

meeting with Lapham

meeting with U.S. troops

thoughts of past

wild rides

trouble with back pay

trouble with medics

souvenirs stolen

on own psychology

recommends Fassoth

on Japanese

stays in Philippines

leaves for home

overall estimate of guerrillas

meets Roxas

decorated by Mac-Arthur

meets Willoughby

Hunters guerrillas

Ickes, Harold (secretary of the Interior)

Igorots (Philippine tribe)

as mountain climbers

as soldiers

superstitions of

courtship among

iguanas

Illocanos (Philippine people)

Ind, Col. Allison (on MacArthur's staff)

Isabela province

Itogon mine

Japanese troops: training and psychology of

cruelty of

arms

tactics of

administrative incapacity of

naivete when interrogated

courage and tenacity of

occasional despair of

Jellison, Cpl. (in Thorpe's group)

Johns, Johnny (prisoner of Japanese)

Jones, Capt. (escapee on Death March)

Joson, Lt. Eduardo (raider of Cabanatuan)

Kalashnikov rifle

Kalibapi (pro-Japanese organization)

Kangleon, Ruperto (Filipino guerrilla leader)

Karlick, Sgt. Jerry (killed on Bataan)

Kempeitai (Japanese military police)

outpost attacked with bazooka

Kerr, Sgt. Benjamin (killed on Bataan)

Kiery, Lt. (to be evacuated by submarine)

drowned

King, Gen. Edward P. (surrendered Bataan)

Korean War

Krueger, Gen. Walter (commander of Sixth Army)

Lage, Capt. Wilbur (evacuated by submarine)

Lang, “Captain” Gordon (guerrilla leader)

languages.
See
Philippine languages

La Paz (Tarlac)

Lapham, Maj. Robert

on Blackburn and Volckmann

indifference to glory

dealings with Huks

meeting with Marcos (1986)

reorganizes command

contacts submarines

and Hunt

concern for prisoners of war

seeks justice for guerrillas

La Salle College (Manila)

Lasseter, Col. (G-2 of First Corps headquarters)

La Union province

Laurel, José (president of Japanese-sponsored Philippine Republic)

estimates of

ideas and policies of

amnesty of

Lava, Vincente (Filipino communist)

Lawrence, TE. (British guerrilla in World War I)

Leal, Juan (one of Hunt's guerrillas)

Lee (female guerrilla in Hendrickson's organization)

Lee, Clark (war correspondent)

Leon, Chinang de (fiancée of Hunt)

Lerner, Lt. Harry (novice auto driver)

Leyte Island

U.S. landings on

Liddell Hart, B.H. (military theorist)

Lim, Gen. Vincente

Lindbergh, Col. Charles A.

Lingayen Gulf

Japanese landings at (1941)

American landings at (1945)

“Little Joe” (Hendrickson's bodyguard)

Los Baños prison camp: liberation of

Louis, José (friend of Hunt)

Luger 9 mm

Lunde, Capt. O.L. (pilot on Bataan)

Lusod (Benquet)

MacArthur, Gen. Arthur

MacArthur, Gen. Douglas

named Supreme Commander in Far East

declares Manila open city

military plans

receives radio messages from guerrillas

plans for guerrilla operations

admired by Filipinos

talks Quezon out of neutrality

supports Roxas

understands the Japanese

decorates guerrilla leaders

rivalry with President Roosevelt

McCarthy, Sgt. (in Thorpe's group)

McCoy, Dr. Alfred (American scholar)

McCoy, Sgt. Hugh B. (companion of Hunt)

McGuire, Capt. Ralph (in Thorpe's group)

MacKenzie (escapee from Fassoth camp)

McKenzie, Capt. Harry (Lapham's second-in-command)

shot by Huks

McNutt, Paul (American senator)

Maharlika (Marcos's guerrillas)

Mailheau, Robert (on Death March)

Makapili (pro-Japanese organization)

malaria

Manchester, William (biographer of MacArthur)

on Whitney

Manoag (Pangasinan)

Marcos, Ferdinand (Filipino guerrilla and politician)

youth of

military record of

controversies about

Marion, Francis (American Revolutionary guerrilla)

Mariveles Bay

Marking's guerrillas

willingness to shelter Roxas.
See also
Augustine, Marcos

medicine.
See
Philippine medicine

Membrado, Eusebio (one of Hunt's guerrillas)

Merrill, Col. (of Thirty-first Infantry)

Messerschmitts (German bombers)

miding
(Philippine wine)

Minang.
See
Dizon, Herminia

Mindanao Island

Mindoro Island

Miranda (Filipino guerrilla)

Monaghan, Forbes J., S.J.: on Japanese character

on Fassoth camp

monkeys: as food

Moore, Sgt. William T. (on Death March)

morale.
See
American troops

Moros (Philippine people)

Moule, Bill (civilian friend of Hendrickson)

Moses, Lt. Col. Martin

Mucci, Lt. Col. Henry A. (leader of Cabanatuan raid)

Nakar, Capt. Guillermo (Filipino guerrilla leader)

Naylor, Capt.: evacuated by submarine

Negritos (Philippine people)

Newman, Capt. (hostage for Johnny Johns)

Nichols Field