| Show 93 Formosa Slaves of laps Japs Ja Surrender to k Live I By Spen Spencer er Davis WITH SIXTH ARMY FORCES FORCE New Guinea Aug 2 Delayed WP A A patrol advancing eastward from the new beachhead was surprised and suspicious suspicious suspicious sus sus- when it encountered a lone enemy soldier walking toward them with two white flags held aloft It looked like a trap The patrol paused Then the advancing soldier soldier soldier sol sol- dier waved the flags and called out Surrender surrender His hands were raised In fair English he told the patrol leader that he was wasa a Formosan not Japanese two Ninety-two of his people all labor troops were with him he 1 said For six days they had I I marched overland from Manok- Manok I wart wari but now the Americans had I landed and blocked their tion They were sick hungry and could go no farther i I The patrol leader was still wary The Formosan pointed to the 45 pistol in the Americans American's hand and then pointed to his own head Come with me he begged The Formosan spoke truthfully There was no ambush And his people were suffering acutely from malnutrition and exposure to the jungle Most of them were covered covered cov cov- ered erea with tropical ulcers lesions and insect bites The Formosan identifying himself himself himself him him- self as a doctor refused treatment for his mal malaria until all his people were given medical medica aid and fed He told Capt Richard Rooker Niagara Falls N. N Y and Capt William Donovan of New York City that the Japanese at Manok- Manok wari warl treated the as slaves fed them and gave them minimum medical attention When the prisoners walked into the American stockade they had hada a moment of fright They saw soldiers soldiers sol sol- diers digging foxholes near-by near and assumed they were graves Some dropped to their knees in an attitude attitude attitude atti atti- tude of prayer Others begged I that they be spared American officers reassured them no harm I would befall them |
