by Ray C. Hunt
airplane maintenance
airplanes, American: Seversky P-35
Tomahawk P-40
Boeing P-26
B-18 bomber
A-27 attack bomber
P-26
Ballanca
P-38
B-26 bomber
Piper cub
C-54
airplanes, German: Messerschmitt bomber
airplanes, Japanese: Mitsubishi twin-engine bomber (“Betty”)
Zero fighter
“Photo Joe” observation plane
Alamo Scouts: raid Cabanatuan
Alexander of Macedon
Alvides, Fred: fight with Hunt
American troops: flagging morale
high morale
conduct
Anderson, Maj. Bernard L. (guerrilla leader)
destroys U.S. propaganda
gets supplies from submarines
concern for prisoners of war
Aquino, Benigno (leader of Kalibapi)
Arayat, Mount
Arisaka rifle
Arnold, Lt. Robert
sickness and embitterment
Augustin, Marcos (Filipino guerrilla leader)
Baclagon, Uldarico (Filipino historian): on Courtney Whitney
Baguio (Benguet)
bahay (Philippine house)
Baker, Pfc. John (killed on Bataan)
Balekow, José (Hunt’s first bodyguard)
Baler Bay
Balete Pass
Balingao, Alfred (governor of Pangasinan)
Ball, Robert V.: brings transmitter to Baler Bay
Balugas (Philippine tribesmen)
Banzai Ridge
Barella, Louis: visits Hunt in Pampanga
Barnett, Capt. George (Volckmann’s subordinate)
basi (Philippine wine)
Bataan: peninsula
field
campaign
fall of
Death March
Battle of the Points
Bautista, Juan (host to Hunt)
Baxter, Pvt. Earl L. (in Thorpe’s party)
Bayambang (Pangasinan)
bazooka
Beck, Leon O. (American guerrilla)
Bernia, Arturo (sugar planter)
Bernia, Vincente (sugar planter)
“Betty” bomber
Bismarck, Otto von (German chancellor)
Blackburn, Maj. Donald (guerrilla leader)
on Fassoth camp
on Moses and Noble
on Robert Arnold
on Igorots and Illocanos
occasional ease of guerrilla life
Blando, Virgilio (one of Hunt’s guerrillas)
bolos
Bolstead, Sgt.: evacuated by submarine
Bonaparte, Napoleon: opposed by guerrillas
promotion of dense subordinate
Boone, Maj. John P. (decorated by MacArthur)
Boyd, James P. (American guerrilla)
Brooks, Sgt. Everett (in Thorpe’s party)
Brooks, William H. (escapee from Bataan)
Brougher, Gen. (commander of Eleventh Philippine Army)
Brown, Lt. Ben (American pilot on Bataan)
Browning automatic rifle (BAR)
Bruce, Sgt. Alfred D. (in Thorpe’s party)
Buena Vista Regiment (among Hunt’s guerrilla units)
Cabanatuan prison camp
raid on
Cabcaben Field
Cagayan Valley
Cahill, Sgt. David (in Thorpe’s group)
Calyer, Col. Peter (commander of Thirty-first Infantry)
camotes (sweet potatoes)
carabao: as draft animals
as food
for riding
for racing
theft of
Cebu Island
Charles XII (king of Sweden)
Chatham, Cpl. Walter D.: escape on Death March
in Fassoth camp
captured by Japanese
tortured
sent to Japan
Chengay, Tomas (Tom) (Hunt’s best officer)
in Cabanatuan raid
joins Col. Cleland
writes commendation of Hunt
death of
Chennault, Gen. Claire (commander of Flying Tigers)
Christian Socialist party
Churchill, Winston
Clark Field
Cleland, Col.
cockfights
collaboration of Filipinos (with Japanese): types and degrees of
historical precedents for
desire to act honorably
credibility of oaths
pro-Japanese Filipinos and organizations
profiteers
the undecided
Japanese “front men”
recriminations about
allegations of
collaborators’ defense
case of Ferdinand Marcos
Communists, Philippine. See also Hukbalahaps
Confesor, Tomas (Filipino politician)
Conner, Henry Clay (guerrilla leader)
on Fassoth camp
shadowy existence
Constabulary. See Philippine Constabulary
Com, Warren (cousin of Hunt)
Corregidor Island
believed “impregnable”
struggle for
fall of
Costas, Col. Antonio (Filipino guerrilla)
Cotton Growers Association
Cruz, Dr. Emgidio (Quezon’s physician)
Cruz de Arceo, Mrs. Victoriano de la (benefactor of Hunt)
Culala, Felipa. See Dayang-Dayang
Cushing, Maj. Charles (guerrilla leader)
surrender to Japanese
Cushing, Maj. James (guerrilla leader)
Cushing, Capt. Walter (guerrilla leader): personality
activities
death
customs. See Philippine customs
Davao prison camp (Mindanao)
Dayang-Dayang (female guerrilla)
dengue fever
Dinalupihan (Bataan)
Dizon, Dolfin L. (village leader)
Dizon, Herminia (“Minang”)
character and personality
dupes Japanese
hated by Huks
as barber
meets Chinang de Leon
contacts Lapham
quarrels with Hunt
promotion
“Dolores” (Filipina spy)
Donaldson, Lt. Jack (pilot on Bataan)
Dosch, Capt. Samuel (officer in Fassoth camp)
Duffy, Maj. John E. (priest): visits Hunt in Pampanga
Duran, Pio (pro-Japanese Filipino)
Dyess, William E. (“Ed”) (commander of Twenty-first Pursuit Squadron): warns of war
during Battle of the Points
gets extra food for pilots
orders pilots out of Bataan
escape and death of
Enriquez, Capt. Manuel P. (Filipino guerrilla leader)
Escobar, Lt. Emilio (Filipino guerrilla)
Estrada, William L. (Filipino historian)
Faretta, Capt. Alvin (decorated by MacArthur)
Fassoth, Mrs. Catalina Dimacal (wife of William Fassoth)
Fassoth, Vernon
Fassoth, William (sugar planter): background
establishes camps
surrender to Japanese
rescued from Cabanatuan
Fassoth camps
location and purpose
conditions in
Japanese raid on
numbers in
Fenton, Harry (guerrilla leader)
Fertig, Col. Wendell (guerrilla leader)
.50 caliber machinegun
Filipinos: bravery, and kindness of
gratitude to America
democratic sentiments of
psychology of
real and alleged demoralization of. See also collaboration of Filipinos
firearms. See weapons
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Floyd, Sgt. (in Fassoth camp)
foods, Philippine
.45 revolver
Fowler, Sgt. William (killed by Japanese on Bataan)
Francisco, Gen. Guillermo (commander of Philippine Constabulary)
Franco, Mr. and Mrs. Louis M. (benefactors of Hunt)
French, Jewel (betrayed and killed by bodyguard)
Gador, “Colonel” (Filipino guerrilla)
Galura, Jimmy (Hunt’s supply officer)
gangrene
Garand M-l rifle
Garcia, Antonio (Hunt’s subordinate)
Garrovo, Felix (friend of Hunt)
George, Gen. Harold (officer on Bataan)
Ginnevan, Sgt. Mike: believes Corregidor impregnable
Grashio, Lt. Samuel C. (American pilot on Bataan)
escapes from Japanese
“grease gun”
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
guerrillas: in history
cost to Filipinos
uncertainty about
character and composition of
cruelty of
training of
organization of
routine life of
relations with civilians
area frequented by
numbers of
travel with
tactics of
hardships and danger endured by
trouble with bandits
pressure of life
recreation of
problems of, with spies
legal procedures among
“paper guerrillas”
love of guns by
morale among
unfair treatment of
contribution to victory, by
Gyovai, Frank (American guerrilla)
Hayes, Sgt. Verlon O.: bravery on Bataan
Hendrickson, Capt. Albert C.
on John O’Day
on Enriquez
early life of
adventures early in war
joins Lapham’s guerrillas
girlfriend (see Lee); meeting with Constabulary and aftermath
meeting with Huks
and handling of spies
on Roxas
on Igorots and Illocanos
contacts submarines
sends out Americans
after U.S. landings
estimates of Japanese casualties
narrow escapes
departure for home
strives for recognition of guerrillas
and guerrilla rosters
Henry, Joseph and William (guerrilla brothers)
Hernandez, Antonio and Emilio (guerrilla brothers)
Homma, Masaharu (Japanese general)
Horan, Col. John P.: almost ambushed by Hendrickson
Hukbalahaps (Communist guerrillas)
and Hunt
early history
hostility to other guerrillas
organization
cruelty of
denunciation of collaborators by
treachery of
treatment at end of war
Hunt, Capt. Ray C.: early life
military training
at war’s beginning
in camp in Pampanga
in Battle of the Points
contact with family
on Bataan Death March
escape from Death March
rescue by Filipinos
in Fassoth camps
wanders in mountains
recovery and study
and Huks
leaves Pampanga
and Alvides
plans to raise guerrillas
on war
romance with Chinang
leaves Tarlac province
respect for Lapham
and Hendrickson
promotions
romance with Minang
and Constabulary
guerrilla “uniform”
moves to “fishponds”
deals with bandits
photographed
risks listening to radio
clash with Japanese
returns to Tarlac
handling of tough spy cases
and Philippine Cotton Growers Association
on Roxas
supports Recto
dealings with Marcos
becomes commander of Pangasinan
on Whitney
use of radio transmitter
contacts Roxas
trouble with Volckmann
on Igorots and Illocanos
organizes command
dealings with Utleg
on chances of surviving war
gets supplies from submarines
difficulty restraining followers
and Allied landings
entertained by Bautista
attacks San Quintin
meeting with Lapham
meeting with U.S. troops
thoughts of past
wild rides
trouble with back pay
trouble with medics
souvenirs stolen
on own psychology
recommends Fassoth
on Japanese
stays in Philippines
leaves for home
overall estimate of guerrillas
meets Roxas
decorated by Mac-Arthur
meets Willoughby
Hunters guerrillas
Ickes, Harold (secretary of the Interior)
Igorots (Philippine tribe)
as mountain climbers
as soldiers
superstitions of
courtship among
iguanas
Illocanos (Philippine people)
Ind, Col. Allison (on MacArthur’s staff)
Isabela province
Itogon mine
Japanese troops: training and psychology of
cruelty of
arms
tactics of
administrative incapacity of
naivete when interrogated
courage and tenacity of
occasional despair of
Jellison, Cpl. (in Thorpe’s group)
Johns, Johnny (prisoner of Japanese)
Jones, Capt. (escapee on Death March)
Joson, Lt. Eduardo (raider of Cabanatuan)
Kalashnikov rifle
Kalibapi (pro-Japanese organization)
Kangleon, Ruperto (Filipino guerrilla leader)
Karlick, Sgt. Jerry (killed on Bataan)
Kempeitai (Japanese military police)
outpost attacked with bazooka
Kerr, Sgt. Benjamin (killed on Bataan)
Kiery, Lt. (to be evacuated by submarine)
drowned
King, Gen. Edward P. (surrendered Bataan)
Korean War
Krueger, Gen. Walter (commander of Sixth Army)
Lage, Capt. Wilbur (evacuated by submarine)
Lang, “Captain” Gordon (guerrilla leader)
languages. See Philippine languages
La Paz (Tarlac)
Lapham, Maj. Robert
on Blackburn and Volckmann
indifference to glory
dealings with Huks
meeting with Marcos (1986)
reorganizes command
contacts submarines
and Hunt
concern for prisoners of war
seeks justice for guerrillas
La Salle College (Manila)
Lasseter, Col. (G-2 of First Corps headquarters)
La Union province
Laurel, José (president of Japanese-sponsored Philippine Republic)
estimates of
ideas and policies of
amnesty of
Lava, Vincente (Filipino communist)
Lawrence, TE. (British guerrilla in World War I)
Leal, Juan (one of Hunt’s guerrillas)
Lee (female guerrilla in Hendrickson’s org
anization)
Lee, Clark (war correspondent)
Leon, Chinang de (fiancée of Hunt)
Lerner, Lt. Harry (novice auto driver)
Leyte Island
U.S. landings on
Liddell Hart, B.H. (military theorist)
Lim, Gen. Vincente
Lindbergh, Col. Charles A.
Lingayen Gulf
Japanese landings at (1941)
American landings at (1945)
“Little Joe” (Hendrickson’s bodyguard)
Los Baños prison camp: liberation of
Louis, José (friend of Hunt)
Luger 9 mm
Lunde, Capt. O.L. (pilot on Bataan)
Lusod (Benquet)
MacArthur, Gen. Arthur
MacArthur, Gen. Douglas
named Supreme Commander in Far East
declares Manila open city
military plans
receives radio messages from guerrillas
plans for guerrilla operations
admired by Filipinos
talks Quezon out of neutrality
supports Roxas
understands the Japanese
decorates guerrilla leaders
rivalry with President Roosevelt
McCarthy, Sgt. (in Thorpe’s group)
McCoy, Dr. Alfred (American scholar)
McCoy, Sgt. Hugh B. (companion of Hunt)
McGuire, Capt. Ralph (in Thorpe’s group)
MacKenzie (escapee from Fassoth camp)
McKenzie, Capt. Harry (Lapham’s second-in-command)
shot by Huks
McNutt, Paul (American senator)
Maharlika (Marcos’s guerrillas)
Mailheau, Robert (on Death March)
Makapili (pro-Japanese organization)
malaria
Manchester, William (biographer of MacArthur)
on Whitney
Manoag (Pangasinan)
Marcos, Ferdinand (Filipino guerrilla and politician)
youth of
military record of
controversies about
Marion, Francis (American Revolutionary guerrilla)
Mariveles Bay
Marking’s guerrillas
willingness to shelter Roxas. See also Augustine, Marcos
medicine. See Philippine medicine
Membrado, Eusebio (one of Hunt’s guerrillas)
Merrill, Col. (of Thirty-first Infantry)
Messerschmitts (German bombers)
miding (Philippine wine)
Minang. See Dizon, Herminia
Mindanao Island
Mindoro Island
Miranda (Filipino guerrilla)
Monaghan, Forbes J., S.J.: on Japanese character
on Fassoth camp
monkeys: as food
Moore, Sgt. William T. (on Death March)
morale. See American troops
Moros (Philippine people)
Moule, Bill (civilian friend of Hendrickson)
Moses, Lt. Col. Martin
Mucci, Lt. Col. Henry A. (leader of Cabanatuan raid)
Nakar, Capt. Guillermo (Filipino guerrilla leader)
Naylor, Capt.: evacuated by submarine
Negritos (Philippine people)
Newman, Capt. (hostage for Johnny Johns)
Nichols Field
Nisei: as interrogators
Noble, Lt. Col. Arthur
Nueva Ecija province