Klamath Marine Tells Of
Nip Atrocities While POW
By LOIS STEWART
Thmu aro Miiixl mid ImuI Jiiiis
ii IIiIh world but Cpl. Lloyd 10.
Driiinpiickor (it tliu United SUiIuh
nurliiu ciii'im riocim'l want uny
nolo, tliunk you!
Thu 24-yuni'-ol(l lonthcrnock In
mvlnu IiIh fli-Ht Thiinklvlii
lomu In mivon yourii, Ihrcu yuiirs
Unit 1 1 ti to MiK'iil in Jnp pilnon
riiiiipu In tho Philippine unci In
lupiiii primer, llu in the son of
Mr, mid Mm, I vim Crumpuckor
( 2100 MikIIhoii.
C'jil. Cruinpueker, fllllnu out
tilu iiiuilnu Hieons, urrlvud honiu
t'uamliiy. Today liu woiKMa lliii
iKiuudw, u unlit of (ID pounds xliico
V-J Day. llu fools u lot bottor
tliun when hu wont down to U4
pounds Willi tho aid of burl burl.
Nip Tortumi
Tho murliiu In uunlUlunt that
whun bltiKur and butlur torturuH
ru tliotmlit up It will bu tliu Japa
Unit will bu lit thu bottom of it,
I'll la la thu ntoiy lie told u Her.
did und tiuwt rupurtur tho oilier
cloy:
"I onllatocl July 20, 1040, In
tho murlnct corps at Portland and
took my Irulnlnu In San Dlciio
with thu 7lllh platoon, Wo wont
ovmcus uulobur 4, 11)40, and
my outfit waa biinucl ut Cavllo,
Wo worn tho lat Supurutu Mn-
rl.w. Iwillnll.w,
"On becumbor 7, wo woro at
Cavllu, Tho first bumblnu waa
Uvcumbor 10 whun tho Japa
truck at thu Cavllo navy yard
with carrlor bused planua. They
bombed SiiukIo Point on Uocom.
bur 10. They camo over ot ubout
11 a. m. 1 waa on town patrol
at tho tlnio. Wo left for Manila
on Cliristmaa ovu, December 24.
Tho dock urea of Manila waa
bombed that day. Wo pulled out
nun ovenmu 111 auotu i:au ana
went to Human Into Marlvelua
where wo not organized with tho
4th marines and 1 waa put in Co.
M. On December 20, wo wont
to CorreKldor on MacArthur'a
ordora and were asslxncd to
boach defunao. On December 20,
tho Japa bombed Corrcgidor
luruiiK at lv.aa a. 111. and lmuli
inu up about 4:15 o. in.
"Thoro waa no beach defenso
on Corroiildor whatsoever. Tho
mnrlnea took up tho beach de
fense aUirllnn at ubout 7 o'clock
that ovontnii und apllt up into
plutooni. I waa attached to on
antl-ulrornft battery ut topsldo
garudo iirounda as a part of tho
th platoon, 1 buttery of tliu OOtli
coaat uriiucry.
Taken Prisoner
"I waa taken prlaoner at 11
. m. May 0, on Corrunldor.
Wo'd been bombed and ahellcd
all tho tlmo after tho aurrender,
"On tho morninu of tliu 7th
wo mot tho Jnpa at tho middle
aide of "Tho Hock." That after
noon on the 7th of May tho ma
riuca und navy men woro lined
up from tho aoutlt end of Mulln
da tit It. There we wore auppoaed
to bo aliot. They removed our
Identification tana and clothes
and tied our hnnda behind us
and atood ua at tho edtfu of a
cliff which dropped 108 feet
down to tho aca.
"Tho machine guns woro
lined up and they wero ready to
pour it on ua. Juat then a Jnp
officer camo along and knocked
off a few hcada and called off
tho order. They returned our
clothes and put 10,000 of ua In
tho 02nd garage area on Monkey
Point. '
Disease Appears
"Wo woro there until May 23,
with vory little food and water.
Dlscaao began to appear, Includ
ing tropical ulcers, Inteatlnnl dis
eases und bronchitis. Tho rainy
season had Just begun.
"On May 24, tho Japs put us
on four British merchant marine
ships which had been captured
at Singapore. They moved us
to Manila and put ua in Billbid
prison. Wo stayed over night
there and then they put us In
groups of 100 and on May 28,
shipped us to Cabanatuan by
boxcors which are nbout hnlf
tho slzo of our American box
cars. "Wo lost six men In travel
by suffocation In our car alone.
Tho stronfi ones would stand, the
wonk would sit.
"Tho next morning we left
Cabanatuan and marched 23
miles to Camp 3, at that tlmo
built as a Phlllpplno army camp.
Wo left Camp 3 on July 30, 1842,
for Nichols flold.
Treatment Brultal
"Treatment at Nichols field
was brutal. For singing or
whistling they govo you tho
nccdlo torture. They strapped
your nrms on a desk In front of
you placing nocdlcs In your arms
and fingers and leaving them.
They beat you with pick handles,
shovels, sabres, Iron rods, any
thing. "In our group there was a
PFC who wont ovor the hill.
Tho rest of us took his punish-
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Cpl, Lloyd Crumpacker
Kennell-Ellla
mont. For 34 hours wo were
not allowed food but every half
hour jtorccd to eat one table
spoon of aalt. Tho follow waa
captured and brought buck after
lour auys. 110 waa Ktuect.
"On November 10, I came
down with berl berl for lack
of vitamins. On December 2,
1 had gono from 170 pounds to
111 pounds. Leaving isienois
field I went to u prison hospital
at Blliblcl. This was conducted
by American medical officers
and navy pharmaclats mates.
On December 12, 1042, I loft
Billbid Camp 1 for Cabanatuun.
For once In my prison life food
waa sufficient. Tho commanding
officer of tho camp had saved
tho life of a Jap officer who
needed medical care and in re
turn demanded and received
medical supplies and food for
his men.
"On July 23, 1 left Cabanatuan
No. 1 for Japan, g6ing by way of
Manila and on tho 24th leaving
by boat by way of Formosa and
Okinawa. Wc landed at Moji on,
August 10 and woro uikcn by
.... tA nmi,in rnfv,M 1 1 ti.ir.u
Is a coal mine. I was there work
ing in tho m'ncj for 16 months
Lived on Hopes
"Wo lived moro on h jprs than
anything olae.
"The treatment was brutal. If
your work was not up to their
expectation!! and It inc. lull you
wero Inefficient they gave it to
you. They worked us in 12-hour
shifts. I went on at 4 a. m. and
quit at 4 p, in. Wo had two rico
bulls a day which wo took to tho
mine. Tho Japs called them
'bentoss'.
"One day down In the mine
we were sitting eutlng und I was
talking about hunting and fish
ing back in Klamath Falls. Tho
section leader of our 50-man
squad loaned forward and said
'are you from Klamath Falls
so am I. My nama is Joo Law
son.' ((Lawson is now In Klam
ath Falls) Wo suro had a good
talk nbout homo.
"We didn't get any Red Cross
packages. They wero broken up
and divided among the men ac
cording to the work they put
out.
"On December 2, 1044, wo left
Omuta for Camp I Fukuokn to
the northwest. Wo wero thero
about two months working at an
airport moving dirt. Tho Jap
method of brutal treatment con
tinued. On Junuary 20, 1045,
we left Fukuoka and wero sent
to Moji on the coost to do steve
dore work, loading and unload
ing army supplies. Wo wero
nblo to got in a little sabotage
and stnlo enough food to keep
up. Wo loaded 150 to 200-pound
COCA-COLA
665 Spring St.
socks or as tho Jups call them,
uo to U'l Kilos.
Work on Tunnels
"In Anrll. 1045. wo started
working on civilian air ruld tun
nels, liuiua were increasing in
Intensity. In May I met a Jap
family In un nil night raid,
Thoro wero 10 In this family.
From then on, off and on every
other day, they would get a meat
ration twice u week and would
glvo mo two pieces of meut
equivalent to ubout one pound
It was cooked beef, They also
slipped mo extra rice und cigar
ettes. It kept mo going. Thoro
wero six or seven English prlS'
oners and these lower class Jni
iuie.10 families adopted them and
uki 1110 samo thing for them
when wo met In tho raids, I was
tho only American that I knew
that got this kind of help.
"Tho first heavy bombing, In
cendiary bombs, fell at Moji
Juno 26. starting at 10:35 p. m.
and ending about 2 a. m. Tho
bombs hit fnctorles, worehouscs,
destroyed food supplies and
homos and installations. Thero
was n heavy loss of life. Tho
next bomblnK wns at nearby
Monnnskl. Wo were out, In
groups of 10, fighting tho fires
our own bombers started.
"On July 11 wo saw 235 B-20s
In flight formation circling Moji
but they bombed another town.
A town wo never learned tho
namo but nearby on tho coost.
Hear of Bombing
"Wo heard of tho atomic
bombing of Hiroshima on the
second day and learned thot
when wo smuggled in a news
paper. Wo heard of tho bomb
ing of Nagasaki tho next day
after that happened.
"When the heavy bombings
started in Japan the Japs eased
up on their brutal treatment.
"On August 26 we took over
our camp. Wc broke out all tho
stacks of Red Cross packages
and wo ate. After leaving Moji
wo possed through Nagasaki and
nil 1 can say Is that they haven't
described it enough, It looks
like a desert as far as you can
sco and steel buildings were
melted like candles.
"We met tho Red Cross ot
Nagasaki. They had coffee and
sandwiches nnd Ice cream, tho
first I'd hnd since December 23,
1041. It tasted good. We took
the ship, tho USS Chenango, an
aircraft carrier, to Okinawa.
They treated us like kings.
There were about 1600 of us.
"Wo went on to Guam on the
Rlxcy, on APA, and from there
shipped out on the Caparn for
San Francisco. We had our first
medical inspection. I was under
weight and after reaching San
Francisco on October 19. was
treated at Oak Knoll hospital. I
have to have an operation for a
dislocated right shoulder. Right
now I havo'an 11-day furlough.
Dislocates Shoulder
."The dislocated shoulder?
That's another story. We were
on CorrcgJdor and I was helping
with the wounded when a shell
hit a big boulder and It grazed
my head and shoulder. When I
was working in the mines I
taught one of my buddies to put
It back when my shoulder
slipped out."
That's all of Cpl. Crumpack
er's story. Some of It he was
lontho to tell. Other parts he
said he wouldn't tell. There was
too much of the horror stuff, he
said, to tnlk about.
The young marine wears the
icht Coughs
tie to colds . . . eased
without "dosing".
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BOTTLING COMPANY OF KLAMATH
-fc Hoar Morton Downoy KFJI, 9:15 a. m. -fa
Purple Heart, Prosldentlol Clta-J
lion of tho urmy given to mo mu
rine corps, the Marino Presiden
tial citation, tho Good Conduct
medul, tho Amerlcun Theater of
War ribbon with one star, tho
Philippine Defenso ribbon with
three stars, tho Asiatic Pacific
theater ot war ribbon with two
sturs.
Coming up are five others, tho
Marino Expeditionary ribbon,
tho Legion of Merit, tho Victory
Cross, thu MacArthur modal and
mo Latter ot uommenduuon.
Young Crumpacker said ho
didn't think ho could got around
much turkey tomorrow. His
stomach is still a bit touchy. But
joining him at tho family feast
will bo his sister, Betty June
Crumpackor of Wulla Walla,
Wash,, wn'im he bus nt seen In
five yeori.
Koontz Funeral
Services Held
LAKEVIEW, Ore,, Nov. 21
Funcrul services wore held
Tuesday afternoon for Charles
P. Koontz, one of Lake county's
oldest citizens and respected
pioneers, who died Sunday at
tho homo of his daughter, Mrs.
Keith Honnald, in Lakevlew.
Tho rites were conducted at tho
chupcl of the Ouslcy funeral
homo with the Rev. Albert
Place of the First Methodist
church officiating, and Inter
ment was in Sunset Park ceme
tery. Mr. Koontz was born July 12,
1855 at Eugene, Ore., and came
to this community about 35
years ago. He is survived by
his wife; one son, J. C. Koontz
of Millbrae, Calif.; four daugh
ters, Mrs. Keith Honnald of
Lakevlew, Mrs. Archie Edcs of
Plush, Ore., Mrs. J. H. Stotes
bury of San Francisco, ond Mrs.
Ira Durst of Brookings, Ore.
At Tuesday's rites, memorial
services were also conducted
for Mrs. Grace Koontz, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Koontz, who died August 22,
1044, in Honolulu, T. H. She
was born February 13, 1003, at
Pendleton, Ore., and after leav
ing Lakevlew was a resident of
San Francisco before going to
Honolulu In 1042.
Waterway's Group
Will Oppose CVA
LEWISTON, Idaho, Nov. 21
OP) In a resolution adopted at
the 12th annual meeting of the
Inland Empire Waterway's as
sociation, the group yesterday
voted to oppose creation of a
Columbia valley authority.
The resolution opposing a
CVA proposed that Columbia
basin resources be developed by
existing 8 1 a t o and federal
agencies.
All officers were reelected by
the 64 attending delegates from
Oregon, Washington and Idaho,
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Navy Men
Board Cold
Cargo Ship
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 21
(A') Five hundred sailors and
Seubecs were bound for Cali
fornia today In the ship they
dubbed the "U. S. S. Pneumonia1'
when they rebelled at being
packed Into unhcated holds for
tho transfer voyage the navy
said would speed their dis
charge.
Tho cargo vessel, ordered Into
transport service because of
shortuge of railroad transporta
tion, was cleared ' by naval
physicians as "liveable and
habitable" after the demonstra
tion hero yesterday.
Lt. Commdr. Edward F. Gal
laghcr said Inspection by 13tn
naval district officers revealed
the lower No. 3 hold which
sailors branded a "refrigerator"
had a temperature of 65 de
grees, although It was unheated.
1600 Blankets
He said the ship had 1600
blankets two for each of the
800 passengers originally or
dered aboard but the army cote
had no pillows.
The officer declared the ship
was pressed Into service as a
choice between uncomfortable
travel or- no travel at all but
that the 300 men crossed off the
U. S. C. Procyon sailing list
would be sent home by Novem
ber 24. He reported 30 of the
veterans were missing, but be
lieved they would report at
separation centers near their
homes.
The ship was held at its berth
here until shortly after noon
yesterday by river fog but was
expected In San Francisco in 72
hours, the navy officer reported.
Meanwhile, Mayor Earl Riley
of Portland said he had asked
the national officers of the fed
erated veterans council to inter
cede for thousands of other
veterans due here and at other
west coast ports in the next few
months. . He proposed the coun
cil request railroads to allocate
all equipment available to speed
the redeployment before the
holidays, to shunt civilians off
the rails "if necessary for the
next five weeks."
UTILITY DISTRICTS EYED
SALEM, Nov. 21 (VP) Peti
tions for creation of Peoples
Utility districts are being circu
lated In Marion, Harney, Klam
ath and Lincoln counties,
Charles E. Stricklin, state engi
neer, said today.
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Chief Of Hotel
Greeters Gloomy
PORTLAND, Nov. 21 (P)
The president of the Hotel Greet
ers of America ambassador extra-ordinary
of cheer and hos
pitality was gloomy today.
Here on a national tour of
hotels, Arthur F. Landstrcet,
Memphis, Term,, said war-time
travel would be exceeded by
Peacetime travelers already "go
ing for a change of scenery,"
That would be fine for hotel-
men except conditions will not
allow hotel expansion for sev
eral years, he reported.
U. S. Ambassador To
Spain Will Retire
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (P)
Tho White House reported today
that Norman Armour, ambassa
dor to Spain, is retiring from the
foreign service, Charles G. Ross,
press secretary, told a news con
ference Armour is expected to
return to Washington within two
weeks.
American diplomats who
know have told rcborters the
U. S. may further indicate its
cnsiiKe ot the Franco govern
ment by leaving Armour's noat
unfilled, possibly for some time.
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KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Nov.
21 OP) A "first foreign edition,"
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