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MONDAY 26 FEBRUARY 1945 IS DAY 11 OF THE CORREGIDOR OPERATION, D+10.
 

PERIODIC REPORT NO 11 ,  REGIMENTAL S-3 JOURNAL,  HHQ JOURNAL
&  D & E COMPANY HISTORY, CALHOUN'S ACCOUNT
TIME LOCALITY UNIT OCCURRENCE, INCIDENT, OR MESSAGE ACTION
         
    USN

The two  USN Destroyers retire from shore support.

  
0800   1st Bn

1st Bn to advance to Kindley Field. The drive to the East was met by a serious suicidal attempt in the vicinity of Monkey Point by the enemy exploding a huge underground arsenal.

 
0800   3d Bn, 462d. In support of 1st Bn drive to the East.  
    D Co

2 patrols to cover high ground on the southwestern end of the island. No enemy contacted. (S-3, P.R. No.11)

  
    ECo

3 patrols: 2dPlatoon to No Name Pt to recover Pfc. Robinson's body.

 
    F Co

Small patrols into Hearn/Grubbs/Cape Corregidor/Eock Pt area; most men resting

 

  
1110 Monkey Pt 1st Bn Reports that tank fired  into one of the cave pill boxes and a big explosion followed by three or four smaller ones tore up high ground around Monkey Pt and occupied by our troops assaulting position. Blast apart Sherman tank and big rocks filled sky which in falling caused many deaths & injuries.  Med aid rushed from Mariveles by cub. The total casualties are 156.  
  Monkey Pt 603 Tank "I am the Tank Pilot" - Guy Crull more
  Monkey Pt A Co  "Recollections on Corregidor" - Howard Lout more
 
   

 
 

THE CASUALTIES AT MONKEY POINT PROJECT

This is a list which shows every prospect of never being authoritatively completed. Its preparation was commenced by tracking names on the 503d Honor Roll whose date of death was 26 February, and then subtracting those known to have been killed other than at Monkey Pt.   "A" Co and 1st Bn HHC were the two companies which suffered the majority of casualties.  'A Company was hardest hit, being reduced from 6 Officers/126 EM on 17 February to 2 Officers/42 EM's. (Source Lt. Edward J. Callahan.)

The S-3 Periodic Report No. 11 cites the total casualties as 156.  Guthie (Three Winds of Death) writes of 196 casualties "in this action" - 52 men killed and 144 injured. Devlin (Back to Corregidor, 1992, St. Martins Press) gives the figure at 52 killed, and another 144 wounded.

Flanagan (Corregidor - The Rock Force Assault, 1995 Presidio Press) gives the figure of 54 dead and another 145 wounded.
 

 

 

NAME  OF KIA/DOW

D.O.D.   26 FEB 1945

 NOTE
1

ALLEN, Lloyd S.

T-5 Medic, H & S, 462d

  
2

ASAY, Eugene F.

Pfc, HQ & HQ Co, 1st Bn

  
3

BIERSTECKER, Robert J.

Pfc. C Co

  
4

BOYLE, John J.

T-Sgt, C Co

  
5

BRAYTON, Lawrence W.

Pfc., A Btry, 462

  
6

BROOKS, Virgil D.

Pfc,, A Co.

 
7

BUNNEY, Raymond C.

Pfc., B Co

  
8

CASE, Maxwell Jr.

Cpl., Pfc, HQ & HQ Co, 1st Bn

  
9

CONN, George B.

2d Lt., Pfc, HQ & HQ Co, 1st Bn

  
10

CONSTANZO, Maurice V.

T-4, Medical Det.

 
11

COSTLOW, Paul R.

Pvt. 161st Prcht Eng. Co

  
12

DANAN, Vincent V.

S-Sgt., HQ & HQ Co, 1st Bn

  
13

DILLON, Chester D.

Pfc., B Co

  
14

DRISCOLL, Daniel W.

T-4, HQ & HQ Co, 1st Bn

  
15

FLETCHER, George W.

Pfc. A Btry.

  
16

FALINAZZO, Frank F.

Pfc. Med Det

  
17

GREEN, Lawrence N.

Pfc C Co

  
18

HALLORAN, James D.

Pfc., B Co

  
19

HARNEY, John P.

T-4, HQ & HQ Co, 1st Bn

  
20

HEFNER, William C.

Pvt. A Co

  
21

HERNANDEZ, Mike

Pvt., B Co.

  
22

HOLMES, John A

Sgt G Co. (unlikely Monkey Pt?)

  
23 JENKINS, Delbert R. Pfc., 603rd Tank Co., 1st Cavalry Div.  
24

JOKELA, Stanley

Pvt., A Co

  
25

JONES, Robert W.

Pvt. HQ & HQ Co, 1st Bn

  
26

JUDY, Clark H.

2nd Lt., reg HQ & HQ Co

  
27

KAZMARZAK, Douglas W.

Pvt. A Co

  
28

KACZOR, Thaddeus

T-5, D Btr, 462d

 
29

KISER, Russell R.

Pvt. A Co

  
30

KNOTT, Samuel L. Jr.

Pvt., B Co

  
31

LAIN, Curtis S. Jr.

Pfc. A Btr., 462d

  
32

LARSON, Duane E.

Pvt. A Btr., 462d

  
33

LUCOSAVICH, Clem F.

1st Lt. HQ & HQ Co, 1st Bn

  
34

MARICIC, Andrew P. Jr.

Sgt., B Co

  
35

MATHENY, Donald G.

Pvt., A Co

  
36

MOUNT, Edward R.

Sgt., A Co

  
37

PACE, John C.

Pvt., A Co

  
38

PINTER, Lester R.

T-5, Med Det

  
39

SAUL, Paul W.

Pfc. A Co

  
40

SCHULTZE, Peter E.

T-5,  HQ & HQ Co, 1st Bn

  
41

STIEVENART,  Rene R.

2nd Lt. A Co

  
42 WADLEY, Cecil A. Sgt., 603rd Tank Co., 1st Cavalry Div.  
43

WENDELL, Frank A. Jr.

Pvt., A Co

  
 

 

 

  
 

FARRIS, Larry

603rd Tank Co., 1st Cavalry Div.

 pending
  LAGRANGE 603rd Tank Co., 1st Cavalry Div. pending
       
       
 
   

 

NIGHT OF 26/27 FEBRUARY

TIME LOCALITY UNIT OCCURRENCE, INCIDENT, OR MESSAGE ACTION