One of my dysentery cases is dying. No food except plain rice, which patients can’t eat. Gave my last can of sardines to make a soup for the ward. It’s terrible to see them dying for want of food. Dr. Sartin and paymaster and all are working to get some food in camp.
Herbert C. Brokenshire
July 15, 1896 -- October 24, 1944). Administrator of the Davao Mission Hospital of the Congregational Churches of America from 1926 to 1941. In the U.S. Navy Medical Corps, Reserve, with rank of Lt. Commander, activated, August 1941; held as P.O.W. in Bilibid Prison. Perished on the Arisan Maru on October 24, 1944.
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