The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-28
The March 
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 gether at Mariveles air field at day light. They were searched and their personal belongings taken away. Those who had Japanese money in their possession were beheaded. In groups of 500 to 1000, they were marched away, the while being beaten and slapped by their captors.
 Here is Dyess' word picture of that march of death:
 "A Japanese soldier took my can- teen, gave the water to 8 horse, and threw the canteen away. We passed a Filipino prisoner of war who had been bayonetted. Men recently killed were lying along the road side, many had been run over and flattened by Japanese trucks. Many American prisoners were forced to act as porters for military equip ment. Such treatment caused the death of 8 sergeant in my squadron, the 21st Pursuit. Patients bombed out of 8 nearby hospital, half dazed and wandering about in pajamas and slippers, were thrown into our marching column of prisoners. What their fate was I do not know. At 10 o'clock that night were were forced to retrace our march for two hours, for no apparent reason.
 A Little Water
 "At midnight we were crowded into an enclosure too narrow to lie down. An officer asked permission to get water and a Japanese guard beat him with rifle butt. Finally a Japansee officer permitted us to drink water from nearby carabao wallow.
 Before daylight the next morn ing. the eleventh, we were awakened and marched down the road. Japa- nese trucks speeded by. A Japanese soldier swung his rifle from one of them in passing, and knocked an American prisoner unconscious be- side the road.
 Through the dust clouds and blistering heat, we marched that entire day without food. We were allowed to drink dirty water from a roadside stream at noon. Some time later three officers were taken from our marching collmn, thrown into an automobile and driven of. I never learned what became of them. They never arrived at any of the prison camps.
 Our guards repeatedly promised us food, but never produced it. The night of the eleventh, we again were searched and then the march resumed. Totally done in, Ameri- can and Filipino prisoners fell out frequently. and threw themselves meaning beside the roadside. The stronger were not permitted to help the weaker. We then would hear shots behind us.
 At three o'clock on the morn ing of April 12, they shooed us into a barbed-wire bull pen big enough to accommodate 200. We were 1900 inside the pen-no room to lie down, human filth and maggots were everywhere.
 Sun Treatment
 Throughout the twelfth, we were introduced to a form of torture which came to be known as the sun treatment. We were made to sit in the boiling sun all day long without cover. We had very little water; our thirst was intense. Many of us went crazy and several died. The Japanese dragged out the sick and deliriouS. Three Flip pino and three American soldiers were buried while still alive.
 "On the thirteenth, each of those who survived was given mess kit of rice. We were given another full day of the sun treatment. At nightfall, we were forced to resume our march. We marched without water until dawn of April IA, with one two-hour interval when we were permitted to sit beside the roadside.
 'The very pace of our march it. self was 8 torture. Sometimes we had to go very fast, with the Jap anese pacing Us on bicycles. At other times, we were forced to shuttle along very slowly. The mus cleS of my legs began to draw and each step was an agony.
 ''Filippino civilians tried to help both Filipino and American sol diers by tossing us food and cig- arettes from windows or from be- hind houses. Those who were caught were beaten. The Japanese had food stores along the roadside. A United States army colonel pointed to some of the cans of sal- mon and asked for food for his men A Japanese officer picked up a can and hit the colonel in the face with it, cutting his cheek wide open.