The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-12
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around Aeana, The Doldiefe Als and slept under the most filthy conditions in the houses they took over. Empty bottles Of BaM A1r beer piled ilp around the stoops'
 when they took baths, they fulr ioWed q certain ritual We tfgvssglss was very funny. Water would ps obtained for the top ranking ofs fieeF and iie would take hls bath Then the other officers would hatl1e, ir. order Of rank, Finally, the soldier who put the Watef n tfie tub would get his turn, aktyr which the water was finahX thrown away, M
 The officers and soldiers dld lot Of drinking. They put up Q yap church on the hill overlookine fine city and whooped and hollefen and drank gaIsi, while they plaeed sacks Of rice before the ashes ot their dead.
 They didn't seem to have any idea Of pefmanency. They wfeckea biiildings to use the material Tor piii boxes and military installa- bluklNt OUE gklHkGAtJB ghASy s%HSSS - piayhouses for the troops.
 The temper of the JapaElegs seened to get worse ag time wore on, They Killed 6 Chamofro wno had retired from the American Navy because, they claimed, he had firearms, They made suspected nas lives dig their own graves. Possesst sion of an American flag vas death offenee.
 They brought in 200 prostitutes from Japan and installed them n houses h gunsay and AgaS1a.
 The Japanese began to get oki ed9e when American planes bombed the Island and when eais nan was invaded. My Dituation became worse and l moved from ranches to caves - kept changing fny residence -- every, few days one day the Japs caught me with some others and brought nc 0 Agapa where they were practice ing with bay0nets on the Plaza. They had straw dummies in wooden frames and continually practiced with their bayoneD. We \ never heard or saw them practice shooting.
 4 bunch Of the soldiers singled me out and made ms stand Wnne they iunged at me. Several pFtcked me and laughed, They kept saying. "You gre tall like aii Asnericahss q am 5 feet fl which iS taller than the average native. I just kept my mouth shut and pretty soon they let me 90.
 I stayed in the bush with my wife and one-yearsold son. some relatives joined us. AID PAID 0PR
 <ons Of the gaipan natives was hit by ( fragment of AFnerlcasi sheII. My wife and l treated him That little bit Of sid really paid of. A Jap patEoi later caught me and the Gaipan boy, .4
 The gsipan boy had worked fos the Japs, thank dodI A Jap officer put his pistol to my head and esked just who I was, The boy spoke up and did some fast talk ing, If he hadn't V0uched for me I WOulo HbVe Dsen AAAseo saDssy there.
 We moved to an island h the Agana swamp and foFaged foE food while the bon1baFdHent went on. Then word came tnaE the Marines had landed. 4 few of the ChamoFroS immediately made their way to the Americas lines, wearing anything whIte they could get, The Marines lel thsin through right under tht Japs' noses.
 1 took my wife. baby, and niS mother and slipped through tn Jap lines just at the tins WhsI the Marines made sudden pusl end showed the Japg back for considerable distance. It Was
 leFVesWTackIrg journey, and had to strain my knowledge Of ti1s terrain to the utmost. But VI
 made it without fliSbap,
 I'm doing what can right now acting as guide for Marines whS are hunting the Japs down in th