HERO'S WELCOME
WAINWRIGHT IN U.S. Deep Resentment Of 6nemy Treatment N.Z. Press Association—Copyright Rec. 1. WASHINGTON,-Sept. 10. Lieutenant-General Jonathan Wainwright, commander of the United States forces at the fall of Corregidor, was given a hero's welcome in Washington. After a procession through' flag-lined streets he •addressed an immense cheering crowd in the Mall.
"No humane person could desire the Japanese to be forced to mdure what many, of our men suffered," said General Wainwright. "But every subject of the Emperor nrust be made to realise the full meaning of surrender. Those tmculent men must be forced to realise the folly of their ambitions."
General Wainwright said that conditions in Manchuria were far from pleasant. Even the highest , officers were forced to perform manual labour like any Chinese coolie. Other indignities were heaped on them, but he preferred not to discuss that now. In an address to the Senate and House of Representatives, General Wainwright said that he gloried in the humiliation of the Japanese leaders who surrendered abjectly on the Missouri. General Wainwright visited President Truman and received, to his surprise, the Congressional Medal of Honour. The accompanying citation noted that the Corregidor stand commanded the admiration of the Allied nations.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 215, 11 September 1945, Page 5
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