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Post by pdh54 on Sept 7, 2015 3:30:14 GMT 8
I was reading through the diary of LCDR Douglas E Smith USN from the National Archives postings of available info today. I noticed that on the almost last page of this diary, LCDR Smith states that one of two men died when they were traversing the Parade Ground to report to their duty station and one of them was killed. As he wrote "We buried him on the parade ground at 1920." He was writing about a man named Jamison. Chad looked up Mr Jamison on the ABMC website for me and we found the following information: William G. Jamison Machinist's Mate Second Class, US Navy Entered service from Tennessee Service # 2954157 Date of death April 17, 1942 Memorialized: Tablets of the Missing Manila American Cemetery Manila, Philippines Here is a picture of the page of the diary- Look at the third sentence from the top on the right page. Does anyone know if the Parade Ground was looked at as a place of burial when we returned in '45/'46, It seems to me that this man was lost, maybe never looked for. Was the parade ground used for burials? This was in April and I would think they were loosing space to bury people. It sounds like he was buried where he fell.
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Post by pdh54 on Sept 7, 2015 5:35:20 GMT 8
Figuring out a little more information..... I reread the typed version of this diary just now. Originally I had read the handwritten version. catalog.archives.gov/id/12448963?q=*:*LCDR Smith was with the Oahu. After he scuttled it on April 11, he and 18 of his men went to Fort Hughes on Caballo Island. They were assigned to Battery Fuger, which had 2-3" RF guns. So I am thinking that the parade ground he is referring to is at Fort Hughes not on Corregidor. I guess I still have my original question of whether the recovery teams knew to look at the parade ground as a burial place. If not? is that why he is listed as missing?
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Post by pdh54 on Sept 7, 2015 7:08:49 GMT 8
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Post by Bob Hudson on Oct 15, 2015 18:41:34 GMT 8
Funny...I just received his handwritten and typed journal today from the archives. His last words were "Fight on!"
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