This record is the course of being checked against available documents as there does not appear to be a Devries with the initials A.P.

We arrived on Negros April 6, 1945 and moved into the hills that day.
First few days "G" and "I" companies move into foothills of mountains. Both suffer casualties.
On April 12th "H" company moves forward to knock out Jap positions.
Two tanks (US) move up road with us. Tanks are buttoned up but have telephones attached to rear for us to talk with crew.
We are very exposed to fire while talking with crew and pointing out targets.
We are taking mortar, machine gun, and rifle fire from Japs now.
The 40th Division delivers several rounds of 4.2 mortar fire on enemy positions.
This helps quite a bit.
Japs had planted aerial bombs in roadway as they backed up hills.
Aerial bomb explodes. - Six "H" men wounded. One man - DeVries --- dies
Devries death was caused by the bomb but could have been the result of shrapnel or enemy small arms fire.
Wish I could be more specific but we immediately moved out to capture the hill...
Communications were limited because of our impaired hearing from the blast.

Jim Mullaney