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FROM THE BOOK;
CAPTURED ON CORREGIDOR
DIARY OF AN AMERICAN P.O.W. IN WORLD WAR II
BY JOHN M. WRIGHT JR,
MAJOR, COAST ARTILLERY CORPS
IN OUR EVERLASTING SEARCH FOR THE LOCATION OF THE WATER SPIGOT THAT SUPPLIED WATER TO 92 GARAGE AREA, WHERE ALL THE PRISONERS WERE BEING HELD AFTER THE SURRENDER IN MAY 1942, I ENTER THIS QUOTE FROM THE ABOVE MENTIONED BOOK.
IT SHEDS NOT MUCH LIGHT AT ALL I'M AFRAID, BUT MAYBE IT JOGS SOMEONES MEMORY........
"THERE WERE NO PIPELINES CARRYING WATER TO THE 92ND GARAGE.
LARGE DETAILS WERE FORMED, EACH MAN CARRYING ALL THE CANTEENS HE COULD HOLD, AND SOME CARRYING 5 GALLON CANS, GLASS JUGS, BOTTLES AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HOLD WATER.
THESE DETAILS WERE MARCHED ABOUT A MILE, UNDER JAPANESE GUARDS, TO A SPIGOT WHERE ALL THE CONTAINERS WERE FILLED AND CARRIED BACK TO THE BEACH.:
NEXT PARAGRAPH IN THE BOOK.
SOME INSIGHT INTO CONDITIONS AND MENTAL ATTITUDES IN THE PRISON CAMP THAT WAS 92ND GARAGE.
"IN ADDITION TO WATER CARRYING DETAILS WORK DETAILS WERE SENT TO BURY AMERICAN DEAD AND TO WORK IN MALINTA TUNNEL, ON THE DOCKS, AND BATTERY POSITIONS.
ON ONE OF THE BURIAL DETAILS, A MAN FOUND A HAND GRENADE AND ESCAPED IMPRISONMENT.
HE PULLED THE PIN, HELD THE HAND GRENADE IN HIS HAND UNTIL IT DETONATED AND WAS KILLED INSTANTLY."
MAJOR WRIGHT STAYED IN THE SAME LEAN TO IN 92ND GARAGE AS COLONEL BUNKER AND HAS SOME GREAT COMMENTS ABOUT HIM.........
AUTHOR OF "BUNKERS WAR"
A GREAT READ ON THE DAILY HAPPENING ON CORREGIDOR DURING LATE 1941, EARLY 1942, BATTLES, AND BEYOND IN DIARY FORM.
WHERE WAS THE SPIGOT?
CAPTURED ON CORREGIDOR
DIARY OF AN AMERICAN P.O.W. IN WORLD WAR II
BY JOHN M. WRIGHT JR,
MAJOR, COAST ARTILLERY CORPS
IN OUR EVERLASTING SEARCH FOR THE LOCATION OF THE WATER SPIGOT THAT SUPPLIED WATER TO 92 GARAGE AREA, WHERE ALL THE PRISONERS WERE BEING HELD AFTER THE SURRENDER IN MAY 1942, I ENTER THIS QUOTE FROM THE ABOVE MENTIONED BOOK.
IT SHEDS NOT MUCH LIGHT AT ALL I'M AFRAID, BUT MAYBE IT JOGS SOMEONES MEMORY........
"THERE WERE NO PIPELINES CARRYING WATER TO THE 92ND GARAGE.
LARGE DETAILS WERE FORMED, EACH MAN CARRYING ALL THE CANTEENS HE COULD HOLD, AND SOME CARRYING 5 GALLON CANS, GLASS JUGS, BOTTLES AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HOLD WATER.
THESE DETAILS WERE MARCHED ABOUT A MILE, UNDER JAPANESE GUARDS, TO A SPIGOT WHERE ALL THE CONTAINERS WERE FILLED AND CARRIED BACK TO THE BEACH.:
NEXT PARAGRAPH IN THE BOOK.
SOME INSIGHT INTO CONDITIONS AND MENTAL ATTITUDES IN THE PRISON CAMP THAT WAS 92ND GARAGE.
"IN ADDITION TO WATER CARRYING DETAILS WORK DETAILS WERE SENT TO BURY AMERICAN DEAD AND TO WORK IN MALINTA TUNNEL, ON THE DOCKS, AND BATTERY POSITIONS.
ON ONE OF THE BURIAL DETAILS, A MAN FOUND A HAND GRENADE AND ESCAPED IMPRISONMENT.
HE PULLED THE PIN, HELD THE HAND GRENADE IN HIS HAND UNTIL IT DETONATED AND WAS KILLED INSTANTLY."
MAJOR WRIGHT STAYED IN THE SAME LEAN TO IN 92ND GARAGE AS COLONEL BUNKER AND HAS SOME GREAT COMMENTS ABOUT HIM.........
AUTHOR OF "BUNKERS WAR"
A GREAT READ ON THE DAILY HAPPENING ON CORREGIDOR DURING LATE 1941, EARLY 1942, BATTLES, AND BEYOND IN DIARY FORM.
WHERE WAS THE SPIGOT?