[Boatanchors] Re: WW II

[William L Howard]

Does any one have any information on Captain Truman Heminway Jr.?If so,
please respond to the list and to
 <PRUETTEE@aol.com>
To: <wlhoward@gte.net>
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 1:14 AM
Subject: WW II


> Signal and communications operators in WW II in and around the
Philipines.
>
> In particular, Captain Truman Heminway Jr.
>
> Truman worked for me from 1980 to about 1983. We became friends
because we
> were both retired military and we had both been in combat. He in WW II
and me in
> Vietnam.
>
> When the Japanese invaded Corrigador and Battaan, Truman with 12
others took
> off for the hills. He spent most of the war as a coast watcher and
organized
> coast watchers. He and one other were on the beach in the Philipines
waiting
> for General Mac Arthur when he came ashore.
>
> Truman died a few years back. I talked with his wife Betty tonight. I
told
> her I would see if I could find any information on Truman during WW
II.
>
> Truman did retire as a Full Colonel in the USAF.
>
> Thanks for any information you may be able to pass along.
>
> Ed Pruett
> Retired Army
> MSG
>