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AMERICANS ON TRANSPORT
MANY KILLED BY ENEMY ,(Rec. 9.30 pirn.) NEW YORK, Oct. 22. Eighty-three , American officers and men who were prisoners in the Philippines for 30 months were recently rescued and are now safe in New Guinea, says the Associated Press correspondent at General MacArthur’s headquarters. All are in good condition, except five, who are recovering from bullet and grenade wounds. The men were among American prisoners being shipped north when an American submarine sank a Japan-’ ese transport. Others who escaped from the transport were hunted down and killed as they swam.. Some who reached the beach were picked up and executed by the Japanese. Americans trapped in the holds seeking to escape were deliberately fired on by the Japanese.. , ' n Filipino guerrillas cared for the 83 survivors until they were picked up and taken south by submarines _ and planes, A large number of Americans went down with the ship. Enemy losses were also heavy.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25673, 23 October 1944, Page 6
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