Evening star., 1945-09-09
IS With Wainwright
In Philippines Will
Greet General Here

Two soldiers who became friends
while they were interned together
in Bilibid and Cabanatuan prison
camps in the Philippines will be
among the 35 veterans of Bataan
and Corregidor who will greet Gen.
Jonathan M. Wainwright when he
visits the Pentagon tomorrow
Sergt. Jack c. Ostrom of the Ma
rines. whose family lives at 1901
Thirty-flfth street NV. met Army
Sergt. Charles c. Johnstone of
Cleveland. Ohio. at Bilibid. The
two became good friends. and later
were together at Cabanatuan, Sergt
JohnStone was evacuated from Ma
Mia. and was among the troops on
a Japanese ship sunk by an Ameri-
can submarine. One of 81 men to
escape. he got back home last No
vember
Decides to Live Here.
Last January. Sergt. Ostrom was
rescued by American forces from
Cabanatuan, and arrived in Wash
ington in March Sergt. Johnstone
was at Walter Reed recuperating
Sergt. Ostrom at Bethesda Naval
Hospital When Sergt. Johnstone
was we'll enough to leave the hos
pital. Sergt. Ostrom's family. who
had visited him about as much as
they visited their own son, asked
him to come live with them until
he got settled.
Sergt. Johnstone has decided TO
make Washington his home. He'll
go to work for the United States
Employment Service when he is dis
charged from the Army.
The meeting between Gen. VAIN
wright ana the men and women
who were with him till the end was
made possible through the efforts
of Chaplain John K. BOrneman, a
veteran of both Bataan and Cor
regidor. At the request of Brig
Gen. Robert N. Young, commander
of the Military District of Colum-
bia, Chaplain Borneman canvassed
Walter Reed, Forest Glen, Bethesda
Hospital and the War Department
records for names of liberated sur
! vivors in this area.
Men Named
The names of these men follow:
Brig. Gen Max Lough. U. S. A.,
Fargo. N. Oak and Washington,
D. c.; Brig. Gen. Carlos P Romulo,
Filipino rehabilitation Commission
OF Congress; Col. Samuel L. How
ard, u. S. M. c., 1880 Cathedral ave-
nue. NV; Chaplain tColD Alfred C
/ Oliver. jr., 1920 Floral street NV;
Capt. Thomas A. Hackett, War De-
partment; Capt. Frank Gyovia, Red
/ Dragon, W. Va; Sergt. Johnstone
1908 Thirty-flfth place NV; Sergt
Arthur ChenoWeth. Jennings, Kans
and Mrs. Matthew A. Smith civil
ian internee), Wardman Park Ho-
| tel.
| Also these men, now recuperatlng
at Walter Reed General Hospital
/ S SISergt. Rammie Mcdonald. Pine
Bluff, Ark. Corpl Frank J. Basara
Chester, Pa: Corpl. John A. Knight
Armona. Calf; Corpl M. H. Free
land, Greenwood. NJ Y; Sergt. J
P. Keyes, Pittsburgh; Corpl. Law
renee Robinson, Wayland, KY;
Corpl. Arthur C. Vandagriff, Bart
lesville. Okla. Capt. John ]. Morrett
Springfield. Ohio; 1t. Eugene Nc
Cam, East Pittsburgh. Pa, and
Sergt. C. G. Sadler, Milwaukee. Wis
Also the following, now at Forest
Glen Convalescent Section:
1t. Agnes Barre. ANC, Orange
Tex: 1t. Barry Brown Menzie, ANC
Lawton. Okla; Sergt John Cody
Faribault, Mimi; Sergt Floyd Las
ter, Inman, Va; Corpl. Glen Rigdon
indianapolis; Corpl. Russell Vllliers
Bridgeport. Conn; Pfc. Filiman
Cappell, Cottonport, La: ia Peter
Sarlo, New York City, and T/5 John
Bowman, Harrisburg, Pa.
Also the following, now at Beth
esda Naval Hospital:
1t. E. E. Page Nurse, Lomita
Calf; 1t. Dorothy Still Nurse
Long Beach. Calf; 1t, Lorraine
Christensen Nurse, Gunnison
utah; Sergt. william l.. Mcmillan