Chapter 28 - The Cup
At some point during his imprisonment, Dad traded his food cup to
an Australian. Many years after the war ended, he got the cup back.
Photo Courtesy Richard A. Beam Family
Dad had inscribed the following on the cup:
- 12/24/1941 Manilla Open City
- 12/25/1941 Arrived Bataan
- 01/05/1942 Canopus Bombed
- 04/09/1942 Bataan Fell
- 05/06/1942 Corrigidor Fell
- 05/24/1942 Left Corregidor
- 05/26/1942 Arrived Cabanatuan
- 11/07/1942 Left Phillipines
- 11/27/1942 Arrived Osaka
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