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An escaped and then rescued American prisoner of war describes the Japanese death march to San Fernando
A representative of Prisoners War Branch (a MIS-X officer) interviews American soldiers who had escaped from the Japanese 10-A prison camp in Palawan, Philippines, and had then been rescued. Private first class Albert D Pacheco and Edwin A Petry share their experiences before they reached the World War 2 Japanese prison camp at Puerta Princessa, Palawan and the conditions there. Petry describes the famous five days long death march to San Fernando, where war prisoners were not given any food.
Rescued American war prisoner Edwin Petry describes his escape from a Japanese prison camp in World War 2
A MIS-X officer representing the Prisoners of War Branch interviews American soldiers who escaped from and were then rescued from Japan's 10-A camp in Palawan, Philippines. Private first class Edwin A Petry describes the murder of American soldiers by forcing them to enter a bomb shelter, pouring gasoline, setting the gasoline alight and shooting the men who tried to escape. With the help of a map he also describes how he along with a companion managed to escape from the prison camp by crashing through the barbed wire and swimming across the bay. They were later evacuated to Morotai by 13th Army Air Force Catalina.
Stinson L-5 sentinel aircraft flies low over shoreline and banks, Palawan in Philippines.
Beach activities at Palawan in Philippines. Civilians beside tents on beach. Army rifle and helmet by a stack of boxes. Civilians look on. L-5 aircraft in flight over sea. L-5 flies low and banks over shoreline. L-5 approaches.