MEMOIR OF ARTHUR KENDAL WHITEHEAD
Odyssey of a Philippine Scout
ODYSSEY OF A PHILIPPINE SCOUT

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The news from Panay concerning the activities of the guerrillas there became more and more disconcerting as time went on. Civilians arriving from Panay were now regularly referring to them as "banditos guerrillas."

Word came about this time that Private Oakley and Sergeant Mackey had been killed by the guerrillas, both ambushed and shot in the back. Oakley had remained In CaticIan In June 1942, when the rest of us had left for Tablas. Mackey had es caped from prison camp in Iloilo with Glew and Cotheran months earlier.

Travelers from Panay reported that soldiers who had fought on Bataan and had been captured, arxi then released by the Japs, were being arrested by the guerrillas there put in confinement, and declared traitors to their country for allowing themselves to have been taken prisoner, and were awaiting trial by Court Martial. tial.

Word came that Filipino soldiers from Panay had arrived in Odiongan looking for me. I put the word out that any anti-American activity would be aggressively dealt with by the Americans on the island. None of the Panay soldiers ever came to Santa Fe to get me. I wondered if they would eventually resort to shooting me In the back.