Evening star., 1942-04-09
Philippines
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the who epic chapter
American history"
Secretary smson emphasized both Wainwright
Douglas Macarthur nothing praise
pno fighting
President Rooevelts message to Gen. Wainwright the Secre
yesterday Secretary
sd the Chs Executive his u appreciation OF the
he had nothing but praise for his method conducting defense
and for his soldierly throughout"
Secretary Wainwright
that decision he reached would the
The Secretary said disclosed the exact figures for the eec
ve in the final stage of the struggle because he anticipated there
would be exaggeaon by the Japanese of the number
men who have gone down."
Refuses to Estimate Foes Total
Secretary Stimson refused estimate the numerical odds
the peninsula
strength Luzon Island has been estimated at from
The defenders had support substantial size
Gently Secretary Stmson said adding That is what made the
outcome practically foregone conclusion"
The the efforts defenders outside
Macarthur taken his position
the peninsula began
to make his stay as long as possible"
The American Army officers who the base in Australia
Of their the assignment break the
special put
Secretary of War Hurley put charge and authorized and
large sums of were placed to his credit and also
the credit of Gen. Macarthur.
Hurley very shpoao
of supplies which got into the Philippines and part of which
reached Coegdor But for ship that arrived
we lost nearly two ships
Short of Ammunition.
Il glad the defenders short of ammun
ion these efforts Up until the last word from them
they plenty of artillery ammunition
they rations Macarthur them
H. This the long strain
factor M in down our making them unable to
Secretary StmSon told quSones casualty totals yet
available.
Fpnos comprised the bulk of the penin
battaons units Of
propelled artillery the islands and fall plus
sailors and from the
Cavite naval base.
personnel numbered about 5000 at the start
SmSon said OF these 1000 fought
nfantymen the latter stages after their planes had been
action transferred the Netherlands Indies and
Australia number of long-range bombers
air losses heavy the first day OF the In
vasion the Secretary remarked.
expressed numbers Of survv
could fire the miles OF
between the southern tip of Bataan Peninsula and Cor
regidor
nooriouy of the difficult of all actions and ney
the last counterattack by
failed complete physical exhaustion OF the
another factor initiating against evacuation OF many
soldiers.
Continuous Attacks by Japs.
Japanese attacked the
extremity nearest point to Corregdor
almost continuously in the last few days
still remained under Filipino control but
defended by relatively weak forces, mostly
Philippine armed with rifles Principal ISLANDS
landings reported include NegroS
Panay Cebu, Samar Leyte and PalaWan
include Luzon Mndanao, Joo Masbate and
Spirited resistance has been reported in the interior OF
Northern the OF OF the fighting
One handicap suffered Gen. Wainwright that large
personnel behind the front lines
wounded supply troops and thousands of Fill
their villages All had be fed from
defenders limited food supplies
Department said Gen Wainwright had msSaged that
the Japanese enveoped the flank his defending line