| Show or helps liberate ap held U S prisoners tin in a letter received by mr and hi us rs S C from their son gt malo he tells them ecat t he was in the ranger outfit q bat t liberated the more than ai 5 i rican ca n prisoners on luzon just afi r the invasion of that island be jiin n mr and mrs have y us have the letter for in jn and as it is very interesting we jire taking the liberty to publish it its entirety which is as follows ear mother and ally all S I 1 wrote you a short V mail a cou all e of days ago I 1 it say much n that time but now I 1 can tell you at t I 1 participated in the rescue of e american prisoners of war I 1 fas very much in hopes that austin id be among them unfortunate j h he was not however I 1 found one atan Z n who had known him but the formation I 1 received from him vague I 1 think it better that hi kiil als falks keep hopes he will yet be res res ced never have seen such a happy II 11 ir r more grateful group of men as ley ey were upon their release some uld hardly believe they were free hey ley wv e badly in the rison and told many tales of jap utility pita uta lity ithe the philippine guerillas guerrillas Gu erillas were of beat eat value and assistant assi stane they lea 1 hid us spied for us and fought fough r us klon lit it was a sight to see the groces on of caribou drawn carts loaded loaded tand and 5 each with prisoners who i jere ere unable to walk the number i t carts eventually reached 50 be IS affe y 5 re we were safely with within in our lines iet et it was amazing the number who ached cached safety under their own even though some were without docs boes and few had more than just for clothes las jas ive we proceeded along it seem I 1 each barrio among the never iding rice paddles knea vf of 0 roach ch and greeted us silently with pets of rice fresh from the ovens mong ong with eggs cane or anything fe ee they might possess they would balk alongside the caravan as it v tm assed sed and whisper to each wi with t their air off offerings eringi lest they uld lid betray our presence by their ices es they were mers masters of the t of keeping our route back in brict secrecy the athe night before we released the owners were entered a village and ere greeted warmly the girls pre anted anted us with lets leis as a token of I 1 elcome they asked permission to h mg ehg we gathered around and eight ung girls sang softly and llly lilly the star spangled banner jad dd bless american and god bless K philippines it was quite touch e 9 1 ji well mother guess I 1 had better jilk alk about something else anyway L adm lom om what I 1 hear the papers back ere will carry cabry the full account I 1 ive my sincere regards to the hal aman family and tell butella how rry I 1 was to find that austin was tit A among those rescued 91 91 hope this finds everyone well ere personally I 1 am fine I 1 am king jlong it easy at present I 1 received B 1 package tonight from pearl it as quite the worse for tear but the lii fit cake was delicious well guess 1 I better ring off for tonight will 9 I 1 f r to write pearl and those at home on with lots of love MIKE |
