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Corregidor Overlooking Bataan - from the Eyes of Embattled Pvt Leroy Gant

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Corregidor - A poem by Pvt. Leroy Gant of the 60th CAC, Shawnee, Oklahoma - (1) How many days, how many nights have we suffered through this war?/ Hope's fading fast we'll be saved at last,/ From this hell on Corregidor./ The enemy is near, but there is no fear/ Of what may lie in store./ For death is a relief from the misery and grief,/ We have seen on Corregidor./ All hope is gone, but we still carry on.../ Each day is worse than before/ Our hearts beat fast and we'll give our last/ On this place called Corregidor./ No water, no sleep, nothing to eat,/ Oh, how painful is defeat./ My God, we can't take much more/ The sun is sinking fast over Corregidor./ (2) The white flag is up!/ The Japs have reached our shore!/ The battle is lost, at a terrible cost./ Our guns will fire no more./ So till a better day, somehow, someway,/ We'll be home again once more;/ I'll say goodbye for those who fought and died/ On this Godforsaken, Corregidor. [This poem was posted in a bar room in Olongopo, P.I. and I copied it word for word when I was in the Navy in 1954. Sadly Pvt. Gant died in a Japanese prison camp in July of 1942. ~~ Recounted by Mr. Gary Lemon]

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