the fields of the prison farm. With him were the other two Marine
 
officers, First Lieutenants Jack Hawkins and ,Michael Dobervich, and
 
also Second Lieutenant Samuel Grashio, the Army pilot who had flown
 
with Captain Dyess on Bataan.
 
     The escape problem for my party was somewhat harder. In
 
this party, besides Mellnik and myself, were Dyess and Second
 
Lieutenant L. A. Boelens, of the Army Air Corps, and Sergeants
 
R. B. Spielman and Paul Marshall.
 
     The first test to face us was the main gate, leading from
 
the prison confines into the prison farm. This we somehow passed
 
safely, despite the bulky appearance caused by the articles hidden
 
underneath our clothing.
 
     Once out of sight of the gate we quickly ducked into a
 
coconut grove and began to sneak Indian-fashion toward the spot
 
in the jungle where we had previously hidden our equipment.
 
 At one point we had to cross a prison road which was always patrolled
 
 by a Jap sentry--there was no other way to go. When we reached
 
this spot we formed into ranks and marched boldly into view. As
 
we passed the sentry I called for "eyes left", and as the others
 
complied I gave a snappy salute. This we never did except with
 
an occasional guard who was a little less severe than the others;
 
in payment for his kindness we thus attempted to give him "face"
 
with his superiors. In this present case the Jap apparently was
 
so surprised that he returned the salute and smirked toothily as
 
we marched on past.
 
     Shortly we had joined the other party and had gathered
 
 around our equipment, now soggy from a week of rain, and much of
 
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