{"id":4619,"date":"2026-01-04T00:36:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T00:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/griffin-w-e-b-the-corps-07-behind-the-lines-griffin-w-e-b\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T00:36:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T00:36:22","slug":"griffin-w-e-b-the-corps-07-behind-the-lines-griffin-w-e-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/griffin-w-e-b-the-corps-07-behind-the-lines-griffin-w-e-b\/","title":{"rendered":"Griffin, W.E.B. – The Corps 07 – Behind The Lines – Griffin, W. E. B."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Headquarters, U.S. Army Luzon Force <\/p>\n

Bataan Peninsula, Luzon, Philippines <\/p>\n

0915 Hours 7 April 1942 <\/p>\n

A Ford pickup truck turned off the Mariveles-Cabcaben “highway” into what was officially called “The Headquarters Area” but known universally as “Lit-tle Baguio.” The area held, in flimsy tropical buildings, the main ordnance and engineer depots and General Hospital #1, as well as the collection of buildings that housed the various offices of Headquarters, U.S. Army Force, Luzon. <\/p>\n

The truck had seen better days. Its fenders were crumpled, its windshield was cracked, and the bright crimson paint of its former life as a utility vehicle for the Coca-Cola Company of Manila showed in twenty places through a hast-ily applied coat of Army olive drab. On the truck bed were a footlocker, a fold-ing wooden cot, a battered leather suitcase, and half a dozen five-gallon gasoline cans. <\/p>\n

In a few moments, it pulled up beside the building identified by a battered sign as the <\/p>\n

Commanding General’s. <\/p>\n

A tall, just this side of heavyset man got out of the truck and started to walk toward the building. He was wearing mussed, sweat-soaked khakis, high-topped shoes, and a web belt from which was suspended a Model 1911 Colt.45 ACP pistol. He stopped and returned to the truck, snatched a khaki overseas cap from the seat and put it on. On the cap was the gold leaf of a major. There was no insignia of any kind on his khaki shirt. He rubbed the red stubble on his cheeks. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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