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MacArthur's Spies

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by Peter Eisner


  Huntley, Chet, xii, 266–67

  Hurt, Marshall Hill, Jr., 144

  Ichikawa, 79, 188

  Igorot wedding dance, 81

  Ikuta, Torao, 93

  Infante, Emma, 264

  Infante, Ramón, 264

  inflation, 149, 251

  Ingham, Travis, 291

  Ink Spots, 95

  Insular Life Assurance Company, 18, 281

  Intramuros, 25, 28, 29, 33, 39, 157, 252–53

  invasion of Lingayen Gulf, 243, 245

  Ito, Col., 117

  “I Was an American Spy” (article), 261–62, 265

  I Was an American Spy (movie), xi–xii, 277–79, 281

  I Was There (radio program), 266–67

  Jackson, John F., 292–93

  Japanese Fourteenth Area Army, 49, 230, 252

  Japanese invasion of Philippines. See Philippines campaign (1941–42)

  Japanese occupation of Manila, ix–x, xiii, 11, 67–218

  arrest and ransom of Peggy, 177–79

  “Asia for the Asians” program, 5, 67, 90–91, 155

  ban on Western radio broadcasts, 68–69

  Camp O’Donnell, 116–18

  dragnet, 196–98

  early days of occupation, 67–72

  food supplies, 203, 204

  the Kempeitai. See Kempeitai

  killing General Roxas, 92–94

  losing the war, 202–4

  midnight curfew, 5–6, 60, 62, 81, 126, 166

  nightclubs, 74–75, 136–37. See also Tsubaki Club

  paranoia in, 167–69

  Parsons on the move, 157–61

  Philippine independence, 151–52, 155–56, 179–80, 189–90

  propaganda, 90–91, 170–73

  rationing system, 97–98

  Tojo’s parade, 151–56

  the underground and organized resistance, 98–104, 118–20

  Japanese surrender, 267

  secret kill order, 238–39

  Jewish Community Center, 274

  Jimbo, Nobuhiko, 93–94, 158, 159

  John Lykes, SS, 262–65

  Johnson, Fred, 85

  Johnson, Robert, 85, 87

  Jones Bridge, 170, 171–72

  Joson, Eduardo, 244, 246

  Jurika, Blanche, 33, 157, 193–94, 196, 223, 254–55, 294

  Jurika, Stephen, 33

  Kalinga Province, 158

  kamikaze, 238

  Kangleon, Ruperto, 233–34

  Kawazu, Seizaburô, 79

  Kempeitai, 29, 55, 73, 88–92, 192–96

  Peggy’s arrest, 177–78, 179

  Kennedy, Douglas, 277–78

  KGEI, 163, 203

  Kiechel, Walter, Jr., 283

  Kihlstedt, Foke, 202

  Kimmel, Edward, 14

  King, Edward P., 47, 49, 51, 53

  Kobayashi, 188–89, 225

  Komina, Colonel, 164

  Korean War, 278, 291

  Krueger, Walter, 233–34, 243–44, 247

  Kummer, Mrs., 173–74

  Kuroda, Shigenori, 157, 189–90

  Lady of the Tropics (movie), 80–81

  La Farge, Oliver, x, 268

  La Loma Cemetery, 186

  Lalor, John, 119, 128, 175, 202, 243, 253

  Lamarr, Hedy, 80–81

  Lapham, Robert, 243–44

  Larson, Tommy, 128–29, 130

  Latta, Frank, 190–91, 193

  Laughing Boy (La Farge), 268

  Laurel, José, 77, 153, 155–56, 169, 180–81, 189–90

  Laurel, José, III, 180

  Laycock, Blakey, 31

  Legazpi, 18

  Leroy, Bert, 171

  Lewis & Clark College, 274, 288

  Lichauco, Jose M., 88

  Lichauco, Marcial

  background of, 83

  Bataan death march, 316n

  Battle of Manila, 252, 254

  beating at Fort Santiago, 88

  Japanese occupation of Manila, 117, 152, 198, 204

  propaganda film, 90–91

  Life (magazine), 31, 194, 246–48

  Lim, Vicente, 159

  Lingayen Gulf, 19

  Invasion of, 243, 245

  Lockard, Ted, 170, 171–72

  Lolita (nanny), 14–15, 16, 17, 22, 23–24, 35–36, 44–45

  Loo, Richard, 277–78

  Los Baños Internment Camp, 154, 168, 187, 241, 246, 251

  love letters, 140–43, 174

  Loyd, Frank Riley, 54–55, 82, 193, 224, 242–43

  LST-463, USS, xi, 234

  Luneta Hotel, 62, 137

  Luneta Park, 25, 77

  Luzon, 23, 79, 99, 182

  Battle of (1945), 237–38

  Luzon Stevedoring Company, 33, 56–57

  MacArthur, Arthur, 19–20, 48

  MacArthur, Douglas

  formal surrender of Japan, 267

  guerrilla activities and, 98–101, 102–3, 160–61, 184–85, 216–18, 271

  New Guinea campaign, 100, 153, 202–3, 213–14, 233

  Parsons and, xiv–xv, 101–4, 158–59, 160–61, 192

  Pearl Harbor attack, 13–14

  Philippines campaign (1941–42), ix, x, xi, 11, 13–14, 18–21, 40, 48, 98–101

  at Corregidor, 19–20, 28, 40, 48

  escape to Australia, 48–49, 98–104

  Philippines campaign (1944–45), 228–29, 246, 247

  Battle of Leyte Gulf, 233, 234–35

  Battle of Luzon, 237–38

  Battle of Manila, 237–38, 240–41, 253–54, 261

  liberation of Santo Tomas, 248–49

  post-war life of, 293–94

  Presidential Medal of Freedom, 273, 277–78

  pre-war life in Manila, 12, 14, 27–28

  MacArthur, Jean, 19–20, 48

  McCarthy, Joseph P., 278

  Mack, Edward

  at Cabanatuan, 121–22, 132, 140–41, 200, 205, 210

  confirmation of Jack Utinsky as POW, 121–23

  interrogation, 206

  Oryoku Maru transport, 236–37, 245

  Maglaya, Joffie, 207

  Makata at Paraluman (Poet and Parallels) (Vera Reyes), 194

  Malacañang Palace, 179–81, 190, 253

  malaria, 36, 43, 52–53, 61, 62

  Malate Church, 128, 199, 200, 202

  Malinta Tunnel, 19, 21

  Manaloto, Horacio, 118, 127, 133, 176, 200, 206, 207, 208, 209, 221

  Manchuria, 11

  Mandaluyong Prison, 243, 246, 249–52

  Manila

  Battle of (1945). See Battle of Manila

  expatriate American life in, 25–28

  history of, 25–26

  Japanese invasion of (December 8, 1941), 13–18

  Japanese occupation of. See Japanese occupation of Manila

  map, xvii

  pre-war life, 7–13, 25–28

  U.S. forces raid (September 21, 1944), 230–32

  Manila Daily Bulletin, 26–29, 87

  Manila Espionage (Phillips and Goldsmith), xi, 267–69, 274, 277, 281, 286–87, 323n, 326n

  Manila Herald, 28

  Manila Hotel, 12, 14, 34, 253

  Manila Internment Camp. See Santo Tomas Internment Camp

  Manila massacre, 238–41

  Manila Polo Club, 98, 181

  Manila Tribune, 28, 78, 136, 152, 153, 155–56, 162, 163, 168–69, 184

  Mann, Thomas, 214

  Manzano, Narciso, 195–96

  Manzano, Rosario, 195–96

  Mao Zedong, 147–48

  Marfusa Restaurant, 208

/>   Mariana Islands, 215, 228

  Mariveles, 19, 40, 91, 269

  Markova, Walterina, 137

  Marshall, George, 100–101

  Martinez, Maria, 270–71, 279

  arrest and interrogation of, 226, 231–32

  at Mandaluyong Prison, 243, 246, 249–52

  Masamoto, 84

  Maury, Tom, 206

  Maya Maru, 32

  Meet the Press (TV show), 262

  Meisinger, Josef, 88

  Mencken, H. L., 262

  Metropolitan Theater, 165

  Mickey Mouse money, 132

  Midway Islands, 5, 100

  Mindanao, 14, 33, 48, 53, 70, 103, 158–59

  alleged assassination of General Roxas, 92–94

  Mindanao Sea, 190–91

  Mindoro, 191–92, 217

  miscegenation laws, 9

  Missouri, USS, 267

  Miss U (Utinsky), 272–73, 290

  Mitsubishi A6M Zero, 14

  Miyazaki, Shuichi, 202

  Mona, 84, 165

  Mongolia, 5, 11

  Moreno, Elena, 202

  Morocco (movie), xi

  Morotai, 228–29, 240

  Morse, Wayne, 271–72

  Mount Malasimbo, 35–37

  Mount Pinatubo, 161–63

  Mucci, Henry, 244–46

  Mudge, Verne D., 246

  Muir, Capt., 138–39

  Multnomah Bank, 280

  Multnomah County Court, 288

  Murphy, John F., 244–45

  Mydans, Carl, 31–32, 246–48

  Mydans, Shelley, 31, 246–47

  Nacht und Nebel, 29

  Nagahama, Akira, 179–86

  arrest of General Roxas, 179–81

  capture and execution of Straughn, 182–83, 184–86, 194, 269–70

  counterinsurgency operations, 148, 156–57, 185, 192–96, 209

  the Kempeitai, 88–90, 91, 181, 192–96

  post-war life of, 294–95

  war crimes trial of, 269–70, 294–95, 323n

  Nakar, Guillermo, 99, 185–86

  Nakayama, Motoo, 49

  Naparo, Juan, 215

  Narwhal, USS, 190–93, 216

  Nashville, USS, 234

  National Archives, xi–xii, 268

  Naval Base Cavite, ix, 14

  Navy Reserve, U.S., 34

  Naylor Company, 272

  Nazi Germany, 75, 85, 113, 153, 163, 178, 215, 230, 265

  Neibert, Evangeline, 205, 272, 288

  Cabanatuan supply and relief operations of, 127–28, 130, 132–33, 168, 176, 198, 200, 208

  Clavier v. US, 285

  New Britain campaign, 202

  New Guinea campaign, 100, 153, 202–3, 213–14, 233, 262

  New York Times, 279

  Nielsen, Eugene, 240–41

  Nihon Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, 57

  Noble, Arthur “Maxie,” 53–54

  Nogi, 109–10

  Normandy landings, 235, 247

  North American B-25 Mitchells, 55

  Norton, Nancy Belle, 109–10, 118

  Obama, Barack, 330n

  Ohta, Seichi, 71–72, 73, 88

  O’Malley, Edward P., 292

  155th Provisional Guerrilla Battalion, 162

  Orani, 23, 50

  Osmeña, Sergio, 203, 235

  Ozamiz, José, 158–59

  Pacific Basin, map, xvi

  Painton, Frederick C., 261–62, 327n

  Pajota, Juan, 244, 246

  Palawan massacre, 238–41

  Paluan Bay, 192

  Pampanga River, 23, 117, 244, 246

  Pan Am Clipper, 85

  Panaon, 160

  Panlilio, Yay, 264

  Papaya, 226, 231

  Park Avenue School POWs, 105, 138–39, 168, 170–72

  Parsons, Charles “Chick”

  aboard the Narwhal, 190–92, 216

  arrest and detention at Fort Santiago, 55–56

  background of, 33, 310–11n

  Battle of Leyte Gulf, 233–34, 254

  Battle of Manila, 254–55

  departure from Manila, 56–59

  diplomatic immunity of, 32–35, 55–57

  espionage operations, xiv–xv, 56, 57–58, 70, 102–4, 157–61, 190–93, 228

  on the move, 157–61, 190–93, 320–21n

  post-war life of, 291–92

  Parsons, Katrushka Jurika “Katsy,” 33, 34, 56, 57, 193–94

  Parsons, Louella, xii

  Parsons, Michael, 33

  Parsons, Peter, 32, 56, 57–58, 158, 159, 291–92

  Pasig River, 25, 29, 156, 168, 170, 238, 251

  Pearl Harbor, ix, 13–14, 15, 307n

  Peggy. See Utinsky, Margaret Doolin “Peggy”

  Peralta, Macario, 99–100

  Petkoff, Helen, 208–9, 213, 221

  Philippines

  Japanese occupation of. See Japanese occupation of Manila

  maps, xvi, xvii

  Philippine Army, 49–50, 116, 185, 271

  Philippine Constabulary, 54, 126, 147, 195, 217

  Philippine General Hospital, 252–53

  Philippine House of Representatives, 69–70

  Philippines campaign (1941–42), 13–63

  attack on Manila, 13–18

  Bataan death march, 49–52

  Bataan Peninsula, 18–21

  Boone’s guerrillas, 37–42, 52–55

  Claire’s chances of survival, 42–45

  conversion of Santo Tomas, 29–32

  initial landings, 13–21

  Parsons’ diplomatic immunity, 32–35, 55–59

  Philippines campaign (1944–45), 228–57

  Battle of Bataan, 241–43

  Battle of Leyte Gulf, 233–35

  Battle of Manila, 237–41, 247–48, 252–57

  Battle of the Philippine Sea, 228–30

  Cabanatuan and Oryoku Maru, 235–37

  invasion of Lingayen Gulf, 243, 245

  liberation of Mandaluyong, 249–52

  liberation of Santo Tomas, 246–49

  Palawan massacre, 238–41

  raid at Cabanatuan, 240–41, 243–46

  U.S. forces raid Manila, 230–32

  Philippines Free Press, 86–87

  Phillips, Claire. See also Tsubaki Club

  aboard SS John Lykes, 262–65

  aliases of, 8, 72, 255, 286

  High Pockets, xi–xv, 120, 141–42, 161–63, 201, 221, 286

  arrest of, 211–13, 227, 231

  arrival in Manila, 7, 10–11

  background of, 7–10

  at Bilibid Prison, 232, 266, 288

  celebrity and fame of, xi–xii, 265–74, 277–79

  Clavier v. US, xii, xiii–xiv, 279–87

  death of, 288–89

  death of John Phillips, 122–25, 169

  diary of, xiv, 17–18, 22–23, 24, 63, 95–96, 125, 137, 157, 159–60, 167, 201, 209, 269, 281–82, 289–90

  early life of, 7–8

  espionage and intelligence gathering, 59–60, 73, 76–77, 82, 95–96, 98, 135–36, 150–51, 159–60, 160–61, 163–68, 168, 188–89, 192–93, 209, 222–23

  false papers of, 84, 115

  FBI and, 263–65, 267, 270, 280–81

  illness and recovery of, 173–77, 199, 261–62

  imprisonment at Fort Santiago, 223, 224–27, 231–32, 243, 327n

  interrogation, 221–23, 225–26, 227

  imprisonment at Mandaluyong Prison, 243, 246, 249–52

  rescue, 251–52, 255–57

  invasion of the Philippines (1941–42), 14–15, 1
6–18, 22–24

  meetings with Boone, 38–42, 53, 61, 146

  return to Manila, 59–63

  at Sobreviñas family camp, 35–37, 41–47, 60–61, 212

  “I Was an American Spy,” 261–62, 265

  Japanese occupation of Manila, 67, 69–78, 104–5

  surveillance, 198–200, 201, 209, 211

  last years of, 287–89

  Manila Espionage, xi, 267–69, 274, 277, 281, 286–87, 323n, 326n

  marriages of, 8–9, 10, 12–13, 256, 264, 281, 283

  to John Phillips, 22–23, 63, 261

  to Manuel Fuentes, 10–11, 13, 256, 265–66, 287–88

  paranoia of, 167–69

  Peggy and, 115, 118–19, 127, 167, 173–74, 177, 199–200, 224, 256–57, 262–63, 270

  restitution claims of, 271–72, 279–87

  search for John Phillips, 37, 39–40, 43, 59–60, 73, 104–6

  supply and relief operations of, 83–85, 108–10, 115, 138–39, 140–43, 146, 148, 149–50, 154, 161–63, 169, 171–72

  on This Is Your Life, xii, 274, 288

  Phillips, John Vincent

  beginning of relationship with Claire, 12–13

  capture of, 162–63

  Claire’s search for, 37, 39–40, 43, 59–60, 73, 104–6

  death at Cabanatuan, 122–25, 169

  invasion of Philippines, 16–17, 22–24, 39–40

  marriage to Claire, 22–23, 63, 261

  Phillips, Lawrence, 216

  Phillips, Reed, 206

  Phillips, Vada May, 13, 174, 255, 261–62

  Pilar, 17–18, 22–24

  Pirovano, Enrico, 197–98

  Pius XI, Pope, x

  Pope, John Russell, xiii

  Portland Oregonian, 8

  Praeger, Ralph, 158

  Presidential Medal of Freedom, 270, 271, 273, 292

  President Pierce, SS, 10

  Prince, Robert W., 244–45

  prostitution, 74, 136–37

  Puerto Princesa, 237

  Quezon, Manuel L., 70, 101–2, 163, 169, 203, 235

  quinine, 35, 52–53, 149

  Radio Tokyo, 155

  raid at Cabanatuan (January 1945), 240–41, 243–46

  Ramsey, Edwin Price

  background of, 54

  guerrilla army, 54–55, 82, 145–46, 148, 150, 151, 181, 193, 243

  Ramona and, 181, 194–95, 230

  undercover operation, 194–95, 216–17

  Rand, Sally, 134–35, 261

  rations, 97–98, 167, 187, 227

  Rawolle, Frank, 233–34

  Red Beach, 234–35

  Red Cross, 31, 113–14, 118, 120, 140, 203–4, 265

  Remedios Hospital, 73, 113–14, 173, 174, 212, 224

  Reminiscences (MacArthur), 294

  Rendezvous by Submarine (Ingham), 291

  Rescission Act of 1946, 271–72

  Reyes, Bonifacio “Pacio,” 82, 150, 189, 199

  Reyes, Emilio V., 43, 62

 

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