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ANU HARlJI.Y A MAN IS NQW ALIVE E Samar - T'was on the 19th November '45, And hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that fateful day. While we beg H. VV. Longfellows pardon, it certainly seems long ago that the tower at N.O.B., Samar, first flashed .4-62 as the MillfQ1lL'lf8iS anchorage, we didn't suspect it to be a semi-permanent home address. The rapid demobilization and the earlier sudden collapse of japan which had changed the MHl'QZlFff8,S role before, affected her once more. Our cargo was not as urgently needed as we expected and delays and changes in plans lengthened our stay in these western islands to three months. If any of us were asked to talk a little of the Philippines and Samar, it is likely that the response will be somewhat disappointing. Men who had been out before will tell of the fierce and crucial naval battle fought in Leyte Gulf. Some of us who had been further north will quickly shift the conversation to Manila and Luzon. Even Cebu and Mindinao are better known, or seem to be better graced by nature, than Samar and Leyte. In summarizing the incidents of the November-toflanuary period at Samar, rain will come near the head of thelist. We doubt seriously that the dry season mentioned by the old-timers ever really existed. Of course, when the sun did show while it rained, we might have taken that as an indication of the dry season or of things to come. The amphibious native boys seemed quite content with all the water. The eternal cry of, Hey, Joe, throw me the mone-e-e greeted us whenever we went ashore. They were always ready to dive in after a nickle or more - inliation had even hit here. Guiuan, the headquarters of the Leyte Gulf N.O.B., was the third largest city on Samar. With the Navy's installations subtracted, it was equivalent to little more than an American hamlet. However, as We had found in the past, and were to find still more in the future, It was difficult and unfair to judge all the things we saw by our own American standards. . . p . . ph. d . Still it was hard to consider Guiuan a town. The dense tropical growth closed ID be ID it and the sea was on its doorsteps. Its streets were cleared paths between the rows of houses, that is if they were not cluttered up with barrels, assorted trash, or sows and their litters. ' 1 The ldcal soil, with its large quantity of limesone from shells and coral, packed amazing y or water-supply system. The homes ! well into a natural pavement. There was no sewerage themselves varied in type but all were of rather open and hazardous construction. Wood f ' n was the principal building material and the roofs were usually made o an cinterwove grass called nipa. Considering that the temperature dwellings were no doubt adequate protection agalnst the Clements- The town square was dominated by the Church of the Immaculate Conception and a d n statue of Doctor Rlzal The or1g1n of Guiuans civilization actually ante ates our ow Members of Magellan s expedition were supposed to have stopped at Samar, and 1n 1555 a church and fort were built at Guiuan by the Augustinian Fr1ars The presehnt vkvhte h t t e church with its prominent bell tower visible far out at sea IS built on t e sig o seldom fell below 80 F., these or1g1nal structures Some of the old walls o t e or today Doctor Rizal was a prominent figure 1n the Philippine struggles for l1b6rHf10I1 ff0lT1 f these Spain and is much revered throughout the islands The rest of GUIUHU HCCS prominent land marks A market town hall and post oflice began and completed the family of ofiicial buildings '74 ' ' , i ' f h f t, made, of coral blocks, can be seen C-' D
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