As the US military hurriedly withdrew from Manila on Christmas 1941, 4 US sailors were ordered to remain behind on a sabotage mission.
Their mission accomplished; it was too late to join the American troops on Bataan. And Japanese forces had already occupied Manila.
So sailors Arthur Lazcano and Gordon Fontaine pretended to be civilians and were imprisoned at a civilian internment camp.
But, after about a year, the Japanese heard there were American military hiding in the camp . . .
And they were not pleased.
This is the first of 2 episodes about how 4 Navy men hid from the Japanese – and the consequences of doing so.
Pictures, maps, and sources available here: https://leftbehindpodcast.com/lazcano-fontaine/
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