U.S. and Philippine scouts last week intercepted a Japanese suicide squadron on mountainous Bataan Peninsula, hounded & harried the sabotage-bent visitors into a dense, brush-covered last-stand some 125 yards square. Behind the dense, protective foliage the little men burrowed into foxholes. Snipers tied themselves in trees. So close were the two forces that the Japs' labored breathing was clearly heard. His arm in a bloody sling, Captain C. A. Crome shouted one last ultimatum: "Surrender, you bastards, we've got you surrounded!" The answer floated back in perfect English: "Nerts to you, Joe."
Associated Press Correspondent Clark Lee witnessed the subsequent...
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