Evening star., 1942-01-01
Wounded Returned
From Hawaii Eager
To Make Japs Pay
Fix Us Up So We Con
Get Bock,' Plead Men
Arriving in San Francisco

SSt OO$Ng stSoo N'Su
Arriving in Son Francisco
By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1.-The
memory of Pearl Harbor and the
spirit with which it will be avenged
has been brought to the mainland
by the fighting men wounded in the
first savage Japanese stab Of the
war and by the wives and children
of those still guarding Hawaii.
Camouf1aged transports, steaming
into port after perilous, week-long
crossing, brought the evacuees back
on a trip that began on cherries
Christmas Day and ended on New
Year eve of family separation.
But there was no word Of COM
plant, either from the soldiers and
sailors. broken and burned by fire
and shrapnel, nor from the civilian
refugees who now must find haven
apart from husbands and fathers.
Determined to Make Japs Pay.
Some were silent, some smiling,
some grim. And each was deter
mined that the enemy should be
made to pay for his assault.
Fix us up so we can get back for
another crack at 'em," said one
ambulance-borne sailor. He seemed
to speak for all.
From the rows of stretchers lined
at the dockside, from the corridors
and paSSageWayS of the ships came
first hand accounts of the December
Z attack.
The wounded could tell how Pearl
Harbors defenders stood by their
guns to the last man for they were
among the gun crews.
The women and children could
tell how the Japanese had machine
gunned roads and streets and
bombed private homes, because they
too were in the thick of it and only
by fortune escaped the death which
came to other civilians.
I was in the crews galley when
the Japs were sighted, and that's
where got mine-shrapnel in both
legs" said J. R. Trammell. "All
four of the other boys with me were
hit, too."
The 20 year old Oklahoman
turned in his stretcher and went ON:
THE ships loudspeaker began
believing 'Japs are coming and
we went to our stations. Our guns
were manned right through the
attack and as far as I could see, we
gave a good account Of ourselves.
I'm ready to go back righ now."
Sentries Pace Pier.
With Mr.. Trammell were L. E.
Pullian, 80, of South Gate, Calf,
and w. A. Schiller, 81, of ST. Louis,
member of the same gun crew. Both
had shrapnel wounds.
Il got hit when bomb exploded
and the flying shrapnel got all of
our 12-man crew except for two,"
Mr.. Schiller said unsmilingly
Red Cross nurses slipped quietly
among the stretchers, lined so close
together that you could scarcely
pass between them. Helmeted
sentrieS paced the piers, barring all
traffic save that of the dull brown
Army ambulances which waited to
carry the wounded to hospitals.
Aboard the ships, life preservers
were stacked high along the decks
and in the Railways. On these the
Army and Navy wives sat, clasping
their infants, clinging fast to the
hands of older children, wondering
where next to 60 or what to do.
One was Mrs June Cowee of
sister, Mrs. Sylvia Frugal, a half
mile from Pearl Harbor when war
began. She was awakened by an
explosion.
Fleeing Civilians Machine Gunned.
I'VE saw several planes come down
In flames" she said. 1t was terri
BILE. We didn't know what to do, so
We jumped in our car to get away
from there Ahead of us on the
road was milk truck.
LAS the Jap planes came over, they
machine-gunned people on the road.
Liz UIlNtI VI lllc lllllh u UCh JlllllpCu
out to hide in field, but before he
could get away they shot him.
I'VE got out of the car and fiat
tened ourselves on the ground. All
around us were planes and shots
and bombs and shells exploding.
One bomb fell in cane field across
the road. 1t showered US with dirt"
Mrs Cowee spent that night in a
bank vault.
When the Japs ran out of ammu-
milton, they dived their planes right
into the hangers" said Robert
Fahrner, 13, self-appointed spokes-
man for the family. I'VE watched
a couple of them burn as they hit"
Mrs. Gertrude Schuessler of Chi
cago, whose husband is lieutenant
in the Navy dental service, told
of the life on shipboard.
Spirit was fine on board and
every one was so good, although
most of us stayed in our cabins
most of the time. There wasn't any
passenger list and no menus. The
food was just put in front of you
and you ate. But it was worth it
all, now we're here"