Tears in the Darkness (80 page)

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Authors: Michael Norman

7th Matériel Squadron, U.S.,
11
,
62
,
67
,
126
,
145
,
147
,
252

shame: of Filipinos,
413n
; of Japanese,
101
,
104–107
,
407n
; of King,
154
; of U.S. POWs,
161
,
206

Shearer, Clarence,
265

sheep,
8
,
132
,
133
,
218

sheepherders,
8
,
215–17

Shepherd, Mont.,
387
,
390

Shigeta, Mr.,
134–35

Shigeta, Takesada,
134–37
,
212–14

Shimonoseki,
305
,
318

Shinto myth,
22
,
400n

shoes,
174
,
186
,
261

Simmons, Bill,
187
,
188

Singapore,
55
,
111
,
163
,
343

Sixth Company, Japanese,
93–94
,
96
,
99–104
,
106
; command post of,
102–103

16th Division, Japanese,
152–53
,
402n
,
408n

61st Infantry, Japanese,
137–39

61st Line of Communication Dispatch Unit, Japanese,
411n
,
412n

65th Brigade, Japanese (Summer Brigade),
73–77
,
84–90
,
203
,
206
; after-action reports of,
84
,
88–89
; 122nd Infantry's revitalizing of,
134–37
; as replacement for 48th,
73–74
; in second battle for Bataan,
134–37
,
140
,
408n
; as unfit for combat,
73
,
74
,
95
; walking of,
74–75
,
77

Skeen, John,
357
,
361
,
366–69
,
374–80

Skinner, Zoeth,
19–20
,
171–72
,
179–80
,
186
; at Camp O'Donnell,
231
; grim census of,
199
; Robinson's friendship with,
282

slave labor,
293–94
,
298
,
305
,
328
,
418n
; transport ships for,
see
transport ships

Smith, Carey,
417n

Smith, Joe,
176

Smith, Stanley,
270

Smith, Woodrow,
320

Smoky
(James),
160

smugglers,
127

Sneddon, Murray,
181
,
189–92

Snook, Earl,
159
,
160

Snook, Eleanor,
159
,
160

Snook Art Company,
159
,
215

socks,
57–58
,
174
,
290

Solomon Islands,
280
,
291
,
293

Solsbee, Wince “Tennessee,”
181

soup,
268–69
,
274–75
,
284
,
305
,
315
,
331

South China Sea,
32
,
36
,
44
,
71
,
95
,
263
,
285
; Japanese merchant ships in,
305
; tides of,
93
; U.S. bombing in,
305

Southern Army Headquarters, Japanese,
73

Spain,
266

Spanish-American War,
40–41
,
162
,
282

Speakers Corner,
394–96

Spiedel Ranch,
334

Spiegel, John P.,
335–36

Spokane, Wash.,
334–40
,
386–87

Spokane Daily Chronicle,
337–38

starvation,
265
,
271
,
272
,
290
,
303
,
319–20

Steele, Benjamin Cardwell,
8
,
11
,
33
,
52–54
,
68–69
,
108–10
,
130–32
,
217
,
218
,
277
,
333
,
338
,
340
; bootlegging of,
131–32
; Broadview ranch managed by,
334
,
387
; heart attack of,
243–44
,
245
; imprisonment of,
132
; marriage of,
69

Steele, Benjamin Charles “Bud,”
5–14
,
30–33
,
50–54
,
66–70
,
126–33
,
154–60
,
215–19
,
330–42
,
386–98
,
402n
; appearance of,
215
,
224
,
297
,
386
,
392
; as art professor,
6
,
392–93
,
395
; background of,
8
,
52–54
,
68–70
,
108–10
,
263
; in Bataan Death March,
172
,
174
,
178
,
181–82
,
184
,
192–93
,
199–200
,
269
,
395
; at Bataan front,
66–67
,
127–29
; in Baxter General Hospital,
334–37
; beatings of,
158
,
164
,
337
; beriberi of,
263
,
269
,
272
,
276
,
294
,
335
; at Bilibid Prison,
268–74
,
276–79
,
283–85
,
290–91
,
294–97
,
337
; at Camp Cabanatuan,
296
; at Camp O'Donnell,
222
,
224
,
226–28
,
233
,
241–42
,
269
; as camp tender,
8
,
132–33
,
184
,
215–17
; on
Canadian Inventor,
297–99
,
301–305
; at Clark Field,
20
,
21
,
27
,
28
,
30–32
,
50–51
; comradeship of,
199–200
; court-martial threat against,
67
; as cowboy,
5
,
184
,
252
; delirium of,
264
,
268
; Devore's separation from,
154
; drawing by,
5–6
,
336
,
387–89
; education of,
5
,
11
,
68–69
,
215
,
296
,
387–91
; enlistment of,
5
,
8–9
,
218
; extreme nervousness of,
335
; first marriage and divorce of,
386–91
; food dreams and memories of,
63
,
127–28
; food packages of,
283–84
,
290
,
324
; furlough of,
340–42
,
386
; on guard duty,
63
,
67
,
127–28
; homecoming phone call of,
333–34
; in Japan,
305
,
318–25
,
330–32
; KEMC interview of,
394–96
; last rites received by,
269
,
337
; Lee's friendship with,
276–77
,
278
,
285
; in Letterman General Hospital,
333–34
; mail of,
290–91
; malaria of,
226–28
,
252
,
254
,
262
,
269
,
271
,
276
,
294
,
335
; religious beliefs of,
181
,
263
; in retreat to Bataan,
62–63
; ruptured aneurysm and recovery of,
395–98
; in San Fernando,
202
; in second battle for Bataan,
139–40
,
145
,
147–49
; second marriage of,
392
; slaughtering and dressing skills of,
126–27
; sock search of,
174
; surrender of,
155–56
,
340
,
389
; temperature of,
248
; in trains,
218
,
219
,
221
,
305
,
318
,
331–32
,
340–41
; ward mates' divvying up of possessions of,
269–70
; wartime drawing of,
276–79
,
295–96
,
336
; weight of,
297
,
334–35
,
337
; withdrawal plans and,
50–51
; in work details,
241–42
,
246–57
,
262–63
,
290
,
308
,
337
; wounding of,
200

Steele, Elizabeth Gertrude McCleary “Bess,”
53
,
54
,
68
,
108
,
109
,
110
,
243–45
,
333
; Bud's advice from,
8
,
217
,
218
,
386
,
387
; Bud's correspondence with,
11–14
,
17
,
243
,
290
,
291
,
336–38
; at Bud's graduation,
391
; Bud's package from,
290
,
291
; Bud's reunions with,
338–39
,
340
; cooking of,
63
,
127–28
,
132
,
256
,
337
; depression of,
245
; money worries of,
132
; religious beliefs of,
156

Steele, Gert,
54
,
68
,
109
,
130
,
245
,
291
,
340

Steele, James,
69
,
109
,
333
,
334

Steele, Jean,
131
,
218
,
337
,
340
,
341

Steele, Joe,
131
,
218
,
337
,
340

Steele, Julie Margaret,
390
,
391
,
392
,
394
,
397

Steele, Pat,
130

Steele, Polly,
333–34

Steele, Roberta Mellis,
386–91

Steele, Rosemarie,
387
,
388
,
390
,
391
,
392
,
394
,
397

Steele, Sean,
394

Steele, Shirley Anne Emerson,
391–94
,
396–98

Steele, Warren,
54
,
131
,
160

Stewart, Sidney,
167
,
180
,
226
,
237
,
309

Stone, Harlan F.,
373

Subic Bay,
313–14

submarines, U.S.,
291
,
301
,
306
,
307

suffocation,
309–10

Sugamo Prison,
418n

sugarcane,
182
,
184

Sugiyama, Gen,
55–56
,
348

Sugiyama, Nobuyasu,
321–22
,
326–27
,
418n

suicide,
97
,
104
,
107
; Bataan attack as,
112–13
; Homma rumor of,
114

Summer Brigade,
see
65th Brigade, Japanese

“Sundowners,” use of term,
43

sun treatment,
173
,
178

Supreme Court, U.S.,
359
,
373–74
,
381

surrender,
291
; in Bataan peninsula,
4
,
146
,
147
,
149–56
,
161–63
,
166
,
167
,
172
,
194
,
195
,
206
,
213
; of
Corregidor,
233–34
,
244
,
268
,
280
; of Germany,
328
; of Homma,
344
,
347
,
349
; as impermissible to Japanese,
101
,
104–105
; of Japan,
328
,
330–31
,
334
,
348
,
418n
; King's views of,
146
,
147
,
149–54
,
162
,
223
; of Philippines,
233
,
244
; of Steele,
155–56
,
340
,
389
; Wainwright's rejection of,
147

survival of the fittest,
193
,
231

Survivor
(Grosz),
389

Sutherland, Richard K.,
21
,
123
,
125
,
401n

Suzuki, Kantarō,
349

swords,
154
,
166
,
179
,
208
,
222
,
286
,
289

 

Takada, Naokitsu,
348

Takao,
20
,
303
,
314–15

Takatsu, Toshimitsu,
375
,
411n
,
412n

Takeuchi (regimental commander),
86

Takeuchi, Tozo,
164

tanks: Japanese,
46
,
48
,
155–56
,
160
,
234
; in Quinauan Point battle,
103
,
104
; U.S.,
47–48
,
103
,
104

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