Bataan Page #2

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4th Engineer Battalion, Philippine Scouts.

It seems to me I saw you box somewhere.

Maybe Thanksgiving,

Manila Olympics Club?

I fight the windup.

Knocked him out in the fourth.

Yeah, I was there.

You did a nice, handy job.

Matthew Hardy, Private.

12th Medical Battalion.

Felix Ramirez, Private.

Provisional Tank Corps.

- National Guard?

- Yeah.

192nd Tank Battalion...

...California.

Wesley Eeps, Private.

3rd Engineer Battalion.

You're quite a hand at demolition.

Had no complaints from officers.

We got the explosives necessary

to fix the bridge?

Private Matowski and me made

a special collection.

We didn't get time for signed requisitions

for some of what we collected, Sarge.

As long as you collected enough

right stuff there'll be no kick out of me.

You men served together quite awhile?

- Only since December 1.

- Where are you from?

Pittsburgh, Pa. And I sure will be

glad to get back.

Malloy, Sam.

Motor Transport Service.

Cook.

Present.

Corporal Jake Feingold,

4th Chemical Company, U.S.A.

Barney Todd, Corporal,

Provisional Signal Battalion.

Todd?

Yeah, Todd. T-o-d-d, two d's.

How long you been in?

I enlisted in San Francisco,

February 5, 1941.

Volunteered for duty in the Philippines,

September 11, 1941.

Anything else you'd like to know?

I'm sure Captain Lassiter can tell you.

I was attached to his troop in Lingayen.

Relax. That's reconnaissance,

not bombers.

Patrol present and accounted for.

All right, Sergeant.

Give the men their orders.

We're going to blow that bridge.

When the Japs get here,

they'll try to rebuild it.

We'll keep on blowing it up.

This is where we stay.

Got good cover.

It'll be hard to get at us.

We can do a lot of harm to the Japs

when they come out in the open.

We got lots to do and little time.

Step out as I call your names.

Hardy! Malloy! Get that stuff stored away

then break out your entrenching tools.

Strengthen defenses

as and where you can.

Feingold! Salazar! Set the machine guns

up. Train 'em to cover the bridge.

Shoot at anything that moves.

Todd, Eeps, Matowski, Ramirez...

Pack that demolition stuff

down at the bridge, on the double!

Purckett!

Get in the way as little as possible.

Put that gear on!

- How long have you been out here?

- About two years.

I've been here four months.

Anytime you get an idea

while we're together on this job...

...give your orders to the men.

You don't have to waste time

asking me first...

...tryin' to make me look good.

And anytime I give an order

that sounds wrong to you, tell me why.

We'll get things done better

and easier that way.

That sounds fine to me, Captain.

Todd?

Yeah?

First hitch in the Army?

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