Savage Jungle Tribesmen Riding U. U S. S Tanks Wipe Out Jap Regiment in Bataan WASHINGTON Feb 23 UP For For sheer taking breath-taking and stopping heart-stopping desperation I have never seen the equal Those words from General Douglas Doug Doug- las MacArthur who has seen history history history his his- tory written in many parts of the world Monday gave undying fame to a detachment of naked half-naked little little little lit lit- tle Igorot tribesmen of Bataan's jungle battlefront Wild warriors screaming like the savage hunters head-hunters who were their fathers they rode into the bloodiest battle of the Philippines perched atop careening American tanks and guided them through the jungle growth by hammering on the steel sides with ith sticks When the job was done the twentieth Japanese infantry regiment regi regi- ment ment 1200 1200 to 1500 men men had had been completely annihilated said a war department A Avenge enge Comrades It was a victory of revenge for forthe forthe forthe the fate of to other Igo- Igo rots who a short time before had to a man di died d in their foxholes foxholes foxholes fox fox- holes without flinching or thought of retreat The feat of the lithe bronze little little little lit lit- tle men from the mountains of occupied Japanese-occupied northern Luzon occurred sometime early this month Dispatches fr from m the Bataan front indicated that the battle may have occurred on February 12 Here is the story in the unadorned unadorned unadorned un un- adorned but thrilling words of the war department is issued issued issued is- is sued Sunday Japs Attack The are a non Chris tian tribe living in the mountain region northern Lu Lu- zon During the recent enemy offensive the twentieth Japanese infantry regiment madean attack on a position held by a single Igorot Igorot Igorot Igo Igo- rot company To a man the Igo Igo- rots died in their foxholes To restore the situation our high command command command com com- mand ordered an immediate counterattack counterattack counterattack coun coun- by a tank unit supported by infantry The infantry soldiers were eager to even the score for their lost tribesmen The Igorot commander hoisted his men to the tops of the tanks 1 In order that they might guide the a unes Ines the matted morass morass morass mo mo- rass of underbrush the thickets and the trees When the attack was over the remnants of the tanks a and d of the were still there but the twentieth Japanese infantry regiment regiment regiment regi regi- ment was completely annihilated MacArthurs MacArthur's report indicated that few of the savage came out alive