In the book "Ghost Soldiers" by Hampton Sides describes the surrender scene... "From the start Nakayama was greatly confused about the nature of King’s relationship to Wainwright and just what it was that King was offering to surrender." As far as the Japanese were concerned, Bataan and Corregidor were one and the same and insisted on the presence of Wainwright. When King brought up the Geneva Convention and expressed concern about the safety of his men, he was brusquely cut off with Nakayama saying... "The Imperial Japanese Army are not barbarians."
Maraming Luzon Indios ang hindi makatiis sa mahigpit na pamamalakad ng encomienda sa Alta California, sila ay tumakas habang sila ay nasa Gulf of Mexico, na kung saan dinadala ang ibang kalakal ng Manila galleon upang ipadala sa Espania sa pamamagitan ng Dagat Atlantiko. Napadpad ang karamihan sa Louisiana at nanirahan sa tagong kasapaan ng Lake Borge, Saint Malo ng Louisiana at doon sila ay tinawag na "Manila Men."