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Mac and his top
brass had arrived on the island for a flag raising ceremony.
Joe Conway gone
to Mariveles with about seven men for a ceremony at the
burial ground there. He stayed overnight.
After the
ceremony I stayed on topside in a building that had been hit
by one of our aerial bombs which didn't explode but went
through the roof, fell three floors down and lodged
underneath the building. During the night Major Mitchell (XO
of 3d Bn HQ & HQ Co.)
fell through the bomb hole and was badly cut. I thought he
was going to bleed to death before we could get medical
people. At that time it was still very dangerous to move
after dark and generally no one did. But the aid men did
when we radioed Major Mitchell's condition. |
