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...unashamed tears of fighting men - now the wasted victims of malnutrition and dysentery. Said MacArthur: "I tried to get here as soon as I could. I'm going to give you all the medical attention you need. And then you're going home." Then the General inspected Santo Tomas University, where 3,700 had endured Japanese imprisonment for three years...
...MacArthur! Occasional shells from Jap artillery still fell in the com pound. While gaunt and sickly survivors cheered from the windows ("He's back!"), the General greeted old friends-Colonel Charles C. E. Livingston, who had become camp chief of police; Colonel Peter Grim, the new commandant of Santo Tomas...
...Theodore Stevenson. Presbyterian medical mission ary who had been the camp doctor. Dr. Stevenson had been jailed by the Japs be cause he refused to change death certifi cates on which he had boldly stated the contributing cause of death as "malnutrition." To BiIibid. As General MacArthur left Santo Tomas, maimed veterans hobbled toward him to salute, and some to touch his uniform. Women embraced him; one kissed him on the cheek. He went on to Bilibid. There he saw the same human devastation, the same scars of suffering...
...Santo Tomas, ravenous prisoners had scrambled for garbage, for roots, for cats to eat (they found they taste like rabbit). In the camp's black market they had bartered diamond rings and watches for condensed milk and rice, had paid thousands of dollars for food the Jap guards stole from the camp storehouse. Additional supplies were smuggled past Jap guards by solemn-faced stretcher-bearers...
...moved down Avenue Rizal civilians mobbed our vehicles, cheering and offering us portions of their meager food supplies. The women were weeping while the men saluted and children squealed in delight. But the Santo Tomas reception was even more delirious...