they do not already possess. There is no praise too high for these
 
guerrillas. At the risk of their lives they have remained loyal to
 
President Quezon and the cause of Philippine freedom, and they are
 
willing to help Americans at every opportunity. Their hospitality
 
is unbounded; and as an instance of just what this means--and also
 
illustrating the local importance of some of the guerrilla
 
leaders--we were entertained at a luncheon which was enlivened by
 
an eleven-piece orchestra!
 
     In spite of such sumptuous entertainment, we were as yet
 
by no means free of the Japs, and there was still a lot of hard-
 
ship ahead.
 
     On the third day out, Mellnik cut his left hand quite
 
badly with a bolo as we were clearing a way through the jungle.
 
It gave him trouble over most of the 40-odd days we were traveling,
 
but he never let us slow up on our journey, and we never once heard
 
him speak of his pain.
 
     On another occasion Lt. Dobervich became quite ill and
 
was able to retain no food. We thought he had a recurring attack
 
of malaria, although his symptoms were slightly atypical. After
 
several days on quinine, during which he showed no change for the
 
better, I switched him to aspirins, of which we had hoarded a
 
small store from our Red Cross boxes. He was soon better.
 
     At one time we were traveling by banca, a native boat
 
which is pushed, pulled or poled by Filipino cargadores, when we
 
passed through a part of the country inhabited by Atas, a tribe
 
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