Evacuated Nichols at 1 – AM today. Been driving the station-wagon all day. Nielson and Nichols destroyed by our own men, with all supplies. All our equipement was taken to Pier 7. We boarded ship at approximately midnight. At daybreak Dec. 25 – 41, we landed at Marvallese [Mariveles].
Leo Arhutick
(July 4, 1919 — July 29, 2009?). Corporal, 17th Pursuit Squadron, Nichols Field. P.O.W. in Japan, 1942-1945.
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