The Japs literally used our wounded to make
 
 ramparts around thier gun.And when I got ready
 
 to use the "Southern Seas" it was too late. Two
 
 days before the surrender the sloop was stolen from
 
her moorings by some of our own people on The
 
 Rock. Whoever took her obviously did not know
 
 our recognition signals. As she passed one of our
 
 outer bastions she did not answer a challenge. She was
 
riddled with gunfire and sunk. Presumably all aboard
 
 were killed.
                         
       There were approximately a hundred and twenty-
 
five Naval officers and men in the Navy Tunnel when
 
 the first Japs came in, some three hours after the
 
 surrender. The Japs were ready with bayonets and
 
 grenades. (They entered the Army Tunnel with tanks
 
 and flame-throwers.) Whhen they saw no sign of 
 
opposition they lowered their rifles and became almost
 
 jovial as they got down to the pleasant business of 
 
looting. This practice is officially forbidden, so
 
 Japanese officers made a point of not entering the
 
 tunnel for almost two hours after the enlisted men
 
first appeared. By that time everything of value
 
 had been taken.
                                     
     The Japs seemed to prize above all else our
 
 wrist watches. I saw one burly Jap marine with
 
 watches all the way up to one elbow, half-way
 
 up to the other, and with a bayonet aimed at the
 
 stomach of another Jap who was trying to beat
 
 him to an additional prize. Besides watches,
 
 fountain pens also were highly prized by our
 
 captors. There were numerous scuffles
 
between the Japs over possession of these articles.
 
 
 
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