AWARDED CONGRESSIONAL
MEDAL
Rec. 12.40 p.m. WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.
General Wainwright, former United States commander in the Philippines, 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 that the Japanese should be forced to endure what many of our men have suffered," said General Wainwright, "but every subject .of the Emperor must be made to realise the full meaning of surrender. Those truculent men must be forced to realise the folly of their ambitions."
He said that conditions in Manchuria, where he was held prisoner, 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 members of the Senate and the House of Representatives, General Wainwright said that he glories 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 citation with which noted his stand on Corregidor and that he commanded the admiration of the nation's Allies.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 62, 11 September 1945, Page 7
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201AWARDED CONGRESSIONAL Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 62, 11 September 1945, Page 7
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