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WILLIAM G. CAMPBELL
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William G. CAMPBELL 1st Lt., 3d Platoon , "F" Co., 503d PRCT K.I.A., Battery Wheeler, Corregidor Saturday 17 February 1945 |
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Two unidentified officers were hit in the head by Jap snipers at about the same moment, almost simultaneously. They had raised their heads above the threshold of the berm, once too often in the same place. Under the command of the platoon sergeant, we hastily withdrew, four men carrying each body. When my group picked up the body at Wheeler, it was lying face down. I held one arm and shoulder, another trooper held the other arm and shoulder, and two men held the legs. We carried the body across the parade ground to the aid station, face down. When we reached the aid station we laid the body down and turned it over on its back. Despite the head wound and blood I immediately recognized that it was Binegar.
Charles Breit
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I was a nineteen year old flamethrower operator, but did not carry a flamethrower that day. Instead, on the morning of 17 February,
I carried satchel
charges in support of an attack on Battery Wheeler. We were told at the
briefing that we had taken the battery the day before, but the Japs had
reoccupied it during the night.
