Carlos Montoya's tile at Mount Soledad, San
Diego, California (Photo by B. Charley Gallegos)
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“We had to bow to
them, down to a certain level, with our hands
straight at our side. They would always find fault —
you didn't bow far enough, your fingers were curled.
They would always find reasons to beat you.” |
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— Carlos Ramon Montoya |
Carlos Montoya, Headquarters Battery, 200th
Coast Artillery
Commander, American Defenders of Bataan &
Corregidor, Western States Chapter. Clark Field, Bataan Death
March, Camp O'Donnell, Tayabas Detail, Bilibid, Cabanatuan,
Niigata 5B.
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“Carlos: A Tale of
Survival” by J. L. Kunkle follows Montoya through the
lean times of the Great Depression, to enlistment in the
National Guard toward the end of the 1930s, and then
mobilization and deployment to the Philippines
immediately prior to WWII. Shortly after he arrives in
the Philippines and eight hours after the attack on
Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Navy attacks Manila and Clark
Field, and for the next four months, the Philippine and
U.S. Armies fight to hold the Bataan peninsula until
reinforcements arrive.
More...
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For story and short video clip, see:
US-Japan Dialogue on POWs - POW Stories
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Featured in the History Channel's “Bataan
Death March”
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Major Military Events:
WWII - The Pacific, Vol. 1: Bataan & Corregidor.
Features Carlos Montoya, 200th Coast Artillery; the sons
of Duane Heisinger and Paul Pearson, Hell Ship victims;
Paula Faulkner, widow of Hell Ship survivor; Dr. Isabelo
Torio, Filipino-American Bataan veteran; Dr. Jenny
Batongmalaque, daughter of USAFFE POW; and Colonel John
Olson (ret.), 57th Infantry.
Purchase episode on iTunes.
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