Warren M. Smith
Smith
Warren M.
ID
World War, 1939-1945; Korean War, 1950-1953
Army; Army
59th Coastal Artillery; 59th Coastal Artillery
Chief Warrant Officer; Chief Warrant Officer
Pacific Theater; Corregidor Island (Philippines); also: Korea
Yes
Veteran
The War
Suffering casualties at Corregidor; the captain of another company losing his mind.
General Wainwright surrenders in the Philippines; the night before the surrender Smith is injured in the leg from shrapnel.
American and Filipino soldiers managing to get off Bataan and onto Corregidor or into Manila. Smith's life in prison.
Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.00495/
DLC-AFC
2023-06-02
loc.natlib.afc2001001.00495