Americans Gubbed, Bayonetted
By Japanese Aboard Submarine;
Censor Releases Torture Story
Editor'! sola: The following diipalch disclosing new Japanese
atrocities wu written by a United Press correipondent who
subsequently lost hit liia covering a B-29 raid. Tha dispatch hat
Just been released by censors. It gives the iirst complete des
cription of an atrocity story that had been known only in bare
outline until today.
By John J. Andrew
United Presa Correspondent
Colombo, Ceylon, July 17
(U.R) Twenty-three survivors of
ah American Liberty ship, their
sunburned bodies bearing scars
from beating and bayoneting in
flicted by a Japanese submarine
crew who murdered about 77 of
their shipmates, to,id a story to
day of two hours of hell aboard
the enemy craft.
One phase of their ordeal
ended and another began when
the submarine crash-dived while
they were sitting on its decjtj
their hands bound behind their
backs. ', ;
First Man Killed
The survivors, finally rescued
and brought here, said the first
man taken aboard the Japanese
vessel from their lifeboats was
shot in the back and tossed over
board. The submarine crew then
formed a "line of death" and
systematically clubbed and bay
onetted the Liberty ship's sur
vivors.
The men brought here spent
36 hours in the Indian ocean be
fore they were rescued.
The survivors included mem
bers of the American merchant
marine, army and navy person
nel and a civilian. Their 10,500
ton Liberty ship was bound for
India from San Pedro, Calif.,
with 41 merchant seamen
aboard, 28 navy armed guard
members, one army medical sur
geon and 30 army , and civilian
passengers. They were 11 days
out of Australia, cruising at 11
knots just after sunset on July
2 when two torpedoes crashed
.into the forward part of the.ves-
500 other MONARCH f oods-sU Jest as Coodl
i. ;
sel. All hands abandoned ship.
S.O.S. Heard
Radioman Cullie C. Stone, 20,
Tulsa, Okla., sent three SOS
signals before he left his post
They were received by stations
in India, and were relayed to
the Royal air force patrol plane
station. Subsequently the ap
proach of a RAF patrol plane
forced the submarine to crash-
dive.
After the torpedoeing, the
submarine surfaced and. ordered
survivors aboard.
The first man to climb on the
submarine's decks, a 17-year-old
messman, who was making his
first voyage, was led to the bow,
shot in the back and tossed over
board.
As the others climbed aboard,
they were stripped of watches,
rings, wallets, identification tags,
and shoes. They were bound and
taken forward where, they were
forced to sit facing the bow with
heads bowed.
Jap Offers Hand ''
Capt. John J. Gussac, 44,
Brooklyn, N. Y., a miiltary po
lice officer who was en route
to an assignment in India, was
in a life raft alongside the sub
marine.
. "When I reached the sub
marine," he reported "a grinning
Jap offered me his hand. I was
jerked aboard, and before
knew it, I had been stripped of
my watch and ring and had my
hands lashed behind me with
a rope." . ' .
Gussac said the Japanese
formed rows of two to six men
in a row. Along the deck were
submarine crew members arm
ed with bayoneted guns and iron
pipes. Among them was a Ja
panese who spoke English and
said he had attended San Fran
cisco Junior college. The men
said he was proficient with an
iron pipe.
Among the civilian Liberty
ship's passengers had been a
man who had been repatriated
on the exchange ship "Grips
holm" after several months in
a Japanese, prison camp. When
the submarine commander learn
ed the name of the torpedoed
craft, he asked for this man,
presumably having information
that he was aboard. He went
down -into the. submarine and
was not again seen by the oth
ers.
At one time mora than 99 men
were on the submarine. If any
man lifted his head, he was
beaten. t
The submarine commander ad
dressed his captives.
You are now my prisoners
of war," he said. "ttt this be
a lesson to you that Americans
are weak. You must realize that
Japan will rule the world. You
Americans are stupid for let
ting your leaders take you to
war. Do you not know that the
entire American fleet is now in
the bottom of the Pacific."
The submarine circled the
floundering Liberty ship and
several men were washed over
board, including Carl . Rosen
baum, 26, a merchant marine
crew member from Crocket,
Calif., who survived after swim
ming until dawn with his hands
bound. '
The ship's officers were led
to the conning tower. They were
never seen again. The largest
of those left were then led aft
and beaten and bayonetted.
Captive Makes Break
Charles E. Pyle, 24, Lodl,
Calif., first assistant engineer,
said "a short Jap started off by
giving me a crack in the head
with a black-jack."
"He then pushed me down
the line where the others each
got a crack in," he said. "I saw
this one guy . standing at the
end with a bayonet. I thought.
'I'll be damned if he is going
to ram me.' And I broke away.
I made a dive for the water.
The next thing. I remember is
coming to a few minutes later
and having my head sting from
the warm salt water."
Fifteen days afterward, Pyle's
head still bore a seven-inch
gash.
Harold L. Lee, ' 26, Dunbar,
W. Va., the ship's steward, also
survived the gantlet by diving
overDoard, as did Robert C,
ruuer, za, jvicuann, calif., a
memper of the navy gun crew,
A. L. Howard, Albany,, Calif.,
a civilian technician for the navy
was being led back to run the
gantlet when the crash-dive sav
ed him.
While the men were In the
water, Royal Canadian air force
planes dropped Mae Wests and
cans of food and water to them.
Prayer Offered .
At dawn on July 4, after one
full day and two nights in the
water, Gussac told the men on
his raft:
"Fellows, I think It is time
for a prayer. All I know are a
few Jewish prayers that I learn
ed when I was a boy. But, if
you all agree, I am willing to
say a little prayer now."
Gussac prayed and when he
got through "we all said 'amen'
in unison."
The rescue ship, a craft of .the
Ceylonese navy commanded by
British officers, reached them a
few hours later. . ;
Survivors landed here in ad-
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American and British armored divisions fighting under overall command
of Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery slug their way through German
battle screen across northern wall of Ardennes in broadening counter
offensive that Is making "extremely good" progress. American First and
British Second Armies were only 12 miles from 0. 8. Third Army on
southern flank. On SflTtr. Rhlneland fronts, Nazi claims of a break
through were not confirmed.
G. P. MAN HEADS
dltion to those named included
William B. Flury, 19, 3rd cook,
box 49A, Chiloquin, Ore.
Closing time (or Sunday Too Late
to Classify 0:30 Saturday afternoon
Please remember.
OTHERS ELECTED
Ashland, Jan. 9 At the an
nual election of officers of Hil
lah Temple, Ancient Arabic Or
der, Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine, held at Masonic Temple,
Ashland, January 5th, the fol
lowing were elected and ap
pointed on the Official Divan,
to conduct the affairs of the
Temple for the ensuing year.
Potentate Sam J. Stinebaugh,
Grants Pass.
Chief Rabban, Marshall E.
Cornett, Klamath Falls.
Assistant Rabban, Paul D.
Green, Eugene.
High Priest and Prophet, Al
bert K. Case, Grants Pass.
Oriental Guide, Earl T. New
bry Ashland.
Treasurer, George W. Dunn,
Ashland.
Recorder, Rufus E. Detrlck,
Ashland.
First Ceremonial Master,
Walter E. Wiesendanger, Klam
ath Falls.
Second Ceremonial Master, H.
H. Mayberry, Ashland.
Marshal, Arthur Leavitt, Med-
ford.
Ceremonial Director, Garnet
A. Nunn, Grants Pass.
Orator, Don Hensley, Klam
ath Falls.
Captain of the Guard, Eugene
H. Tardy, Grants Pass.
Outer Guard, L. C. Taylor,
Tuesday, Jan. I, 1848 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
Medford.
Trustee, Sam H. Baker,
Grants Pass.
Representatives to the Im
perial Council, Sam J. Stine
baugh. Marshal E. Cornett and
J. Sam Jordan.
Plans were tentatively made
for an active year in 1945, with
Ceremonials to be held in Eu
gene, ' Grants Pass, Lakeview
and Coqullle.
Elbert L. Lenox, retiring Po
tentate of Hillah Temple, has
enjoyed one of the most pros
perous years in the history of
the temple, the membership
showing a remarkable increase.
SPEED CAUSE OF WRECK
Washington, Jan. 9 (U.R)
The Interstate Commerce com
mission reported today that ex
cessive speed on a sharp curve
caused the wreck of the "Chal
lenger," Southern Pacific pas
senger train, near Colfax, Calif.,
last Nov. 8. Nine persons were
killed and 206 injured in the
wreck.
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