almost reached its peak. Then we were jammed into barges.
 
After an hour in the sun we were taken to within a hundred yards
 
of the beach. This was surprising to us, for the barges could
 
easily have run right up to the beach. We were ordered to jump
 
overboard in water up to our armpits and march to the beach,
 
where we formed four abreast. Then we knew we were to be marched
 
through Manila presenting the worst appearance possible--wet,
 
bedraggled, hungry, thirsty, and many so weak from illness they
 
could hardly stand.
 
            This was our captors' subtle method of convincing the
 
subject peoples of the Philippines that only the Japanese were
 
members of the Master Race.
 
  COMMANDER McCoy
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       I had fared better than most of the prisoners, for I had been kept 
 
in Malinta Tunnel with Generals Moore and Drake and with
 
the senior Naval officer, Captain K. M. Hoeffel, USN. Thus I was able
 
 to offer furtive help to some of the marchers in the line of
 
prisoners. The Japanese had intended this to be a triumphal
 
victory parade, but there were few signs of happiness on the faces
 
of the Filipinos who lined our route. Instead, there were many
 
tears and many carefully-shielded signs of encouragement. Armed
 
Japanese guards marched at our side at intervals, and the route for
 
its entire five miles was patrolled by Japanese cavalry.
 
      As we marched down Dewey Boulevard there were many land-
 
marks that had become familiar to me in my two-year tourof Navy
 
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