Show lost in samar log of marines i lost in the trop cal jungles of samar in the philippines a li alile ue group of US marines Marinec 3 stumbled blindly through the dense foliage closing in on them like the tentacles of a giant octopus it was a tragic sequence in a partly successful campaign to PC afy the natives in 1901 according t to 0 a release by postmaster barton the lost marines were all that iema remained ined of an expedition chich had started out to select a N for the erection of a telegraph J line from coast to coast the tentative route lay westward from across the island of basey some 35 miles away fate had dogged the party from the beginning led by unreliable native guides they started in in boats which were beached when the river proved no longer navigable they then cut their way through the thicket until their rations ran short and soon they were lost faced with this dilemma a part of the group forged ahead on a peri perilous lorus trek across the island and after overcoming many biffi curties they eventually reached basey at this point a rescue group was promptly organized organize dt but their search for the lost los maa rines proved fruitless meanwhile a handful of men from the lost party managed to make their way back to the starting point at after suffering hardships which left them more dead than alive here another rescue party was organized in in an attempt to locate the remaining marines with their shirts and chos torn to ribbons and t their h e i r bodies wracked cracked with tropical fevers and stinging insects ahe he survivors of the original party we were discovered rediscovered after they had endured three weeks of almost superhuman suf feri fering ipg on one occasion they had been attacked by their native guides before they were found ten men had died or disappeared records of the corps fail to reveal a more harrowing experience until time had dimmed memories of the tragedy it was the custom of marine officers to rise and pay homage to the survivors with the salutation stand gentlemen he served in samar |