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Post by Registrar on Mar 11, 2016 9:04:52 GMT 8
11 March 2016:
T2 joins. Welcome Willy Freeman, the dockmaster of the Royal Navy dockyard in Hamilton, Bermuda and a self-confessed Corregidor addict.
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Post by tmayer on Mar 11, 2016 20:59:33 GMT 8
10 March: Thor7726 joins. He advises "My grandfather is Vince Demagistris and was in the 503rd and jumped on Corregidor. I keep bugging him for stories and am just looking to learn more and see if anyone remembers him. He is 92 and as sharp as ever. Thanks, Pete." Hello Pete and Vince. Welcome to the forum. I see Vince is listed on the Corregidor Jump Roster as being in the 503d HQ & HQ Co. 3rd Bn. What were his duties?
When you get the chance, please ask your grandfather if he knew Franklin Billiski. Franklin also served in the same company. He is listed as being KIA on Corregidor on February 19th. Does Vince know how he was killed?
corregidor.proboards.com/thread/1459/franklin-billiski-hq-3rd-bn Also please ask him if he knew Richard “Dick” Adams. Dick also served in the same company as Vincent. Dick was in an 81 mm mortar squad. He also jumped on Corregidor. I had the chance to meet Dick and his wife at out last reunion in Dayton, Ohio. He is still going strong. He recently returned to Corregidor with his family for a tour. I have his contact information, if Vincent wants to get in touch. He’s also from that state up North.
Also, please ask Vince if he is a member of the 503rd PRCT Association. If not, we can get him added, so he gets the newsletters. I see he perhaps once belong to the 11th Airborne Association? As you are aware from reading this forum and hopefully visiting corregidor.org/heritage_battalion/index.htm
We are looking to preserve and honor service records of all the veterans who served in the 503rd PRCT. We have very little on 3rd Bn of the 503rd. Any stories and/or old photos of Vincent and his time in the service would be a great addition to the site. I read the recent article about Vincent’s experience here www.hollandsentinel.com/article/20160220/NEWS/160229974
Thanks, Todd
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Post by Registrar on Mar 20, 2016 7:19:26 GMT 8
20 March 2016: Welcome to "batterymills", Mike Murray from Midland Park, NJ. He writes, "I am a member of the Army Ground Forces Association . We are currently restoring Battery Gunnison/New Peck at Fort Hancock, NJ. My uncle Arthur Green was a Private in the 698th Ordnance Company, 27 Bombardment Group. He was wounded on Bataan and was in the hospital in Malinta Tunnel when Corregidor surrendered."
Welcome also to "kepcal", Keith Phillips, from a Makati IP, who writes that he's a WWII enthusiast, and "particularly interested in Pacific MIA cases."
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Post by Registrar on Mar 28, 2016 11:41:16 GMT 8
28 March Welcome to Glenn, who writes: "Hi, My name is Glenn from Melbourne, Australia. I'm interested in anything that relates to the war in the Philippines as I live here most of the year and have a reasonable knowledge of what has happened her but would like to know more. I live in Balanga City, Bataan and have visited several memorials but would like to talk and meet others from here as well." (I have given Bob Hudson's e-mail address to Glenn - Registrar)
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Post by Registrar on Mar 29, 2016 14:55:46 GMT 8
29 March 2016 Welcome to "phibco", who writes: "Hi, grew up in Boston with an old friend (Chief Frank Margiotto) telling me stories of 1939-1941 on the rock. He served at Monkey Point tunnel on the Rock. He was captured but never gave any details on his captivity; he was repatriated in a coal mine prison camp in Fukuoka Japan. He's long passed but I often think about him. I've never seen any info on the Monkey Point Navy Intercept Tunnel or have any idea about the facility. Is there anything available?" Answer: Phibco, there are numerous mentions of the naval intercept tunnel sprinkled through our website, including an article by Don Abbott and Field Notes by John Moffitt. Others can be found if you google variations of Station Cast Tunnel Afirm Corregidor. Here's an example. We also have two articles by Capt. Duane Whitlock, U.S.N. (Ret'd), one called "Station C - Corregidor As I Remember It" and the other "The Silent war Against The Japanese Navy". - Registrar
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Post by Registrar on Apr 6, 2016 11:06:49 GMT 8
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Post by Registrar on Apr 10, 2016 3:53:27 GMT 8
10 April - Welcome to 0917481102 Saro Genova, who writes:
Hi, two questions please: How do you get to the Capas, Tarlac memorial from the main Highway? I will be coming from Quezon Province. Is there an onlinine list of the names of the men who died in Camp O'Donnell? I am searching for Frank Suter who died there after being captured by the Japanese. Thanks. Saro Genova saronova@gmail.com
Saro, I have passed your query along to Bob Hudson, who is our expert source on lists of POW's and their fate - Registrar
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Post by Registrar on Apr 13, 2016 12:34:30 GMT 8
13 April - Welcome to Daryl Gordon who has joined us as flash105. He's written as follows:
As a new member, I hope to be able to explore any threads dealing with POWs at Camp O'Donnell and such. I am a Viet Nam era veteran and had an uncle who was executed by the Japanese when ten men were killed as punishment for an attempted escape.
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Post by Registrar on Apr 15, 2016 11:13:09 GMT 8
15 April 2016
Welcome to boybataan81 who writes:- My grandfather was a local of Morong, Bataan and was conscripted as a soldier before the start of WWII. He lost all of his 5 children during the war (my father was born post war). No WWII commemorative markers have been put up in Morong as of yet. Can anyone help me?
16 April 2016 Welcome to mariveleshistory, Jeverlyn, who writes:- Calling all the attention of the survivors or family of the survivors of Death March. We are in the process of completing our History (Mariveles, Bataan) but we are in a dilemma as to where the real starting point of death march in Mariveles. Thank You in advance (smile emoticon) Hoping you can help us through posting it on your page (smile emoticon) God Bless!
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Post by Registrar on May 13, 2016 12:28:28 GMT 8
The forum membership application of Sinratensai has been declined as the IP 180.246.94.82 is from Semarang Indonesia and appears in the Stop Forum Spam database seven times. Nor is there any self-introductory proof that the applicant is human.
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