The Army major looked casually at the row of bodies and
 
said, "You'll get used to that." He was about to say more when he
 
suddenly clutched at his stomach with both hands and began to run
 
in a broken gait, managing to fling over his shoulder a muffled
 
"See you later".
 
     I soon learned that this hurried "see you later" was a
 
common parting salute at Cabanatuan, as prisoners suffering from
 
dysentery and other disorders struck out in the direction of the
 
 latrines. The worst sufferers were the prisoners from Battan.
 
      I heard the story of the death march from Bataan to
 
Camp 0'Donnell from many responsible officers at Cabanatuan, 
 
but I heard it most often from the major I had recognized on my
 
arrival at the camp. This officer is a graduate of West Point, 
 
and although his name has been supplied to military authorities
 
it will not be used here for reasons which will become obvious.
 
After the fall of Bataan on April 8, 1942, approximately
 
10,000 American and 45,000 Filipino prisoners were marched to San
 
Fernando, Pampanga, a distance of about 120 miles. These prisoners
 
were marched in different groups, and some were treated worse than
 
others. In most cases they went for days without water--one
 
officer told me that he went so long without water that, presum-
 
ably due to dehydration, he observed crystals in his urine. My 
 
friend the Army major--I shall call him Major Gunn--said he went
 for many days without food; he did not remember the exact number,
 
as he had lost count, but it was "more than a week". Then he was
 
allowed one mess kit of rice.
 
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