The password for 161800I to 170800I is MARY-ANN.

Lt Presher with one rifle platoon, one section LMG left Co CP at 170830I with mission of overnight patrol to thoroughly recco SAGO area and air strike area.

D Co moved out by rail cars to (15.9-23.4) MIANOG BRIDGE and establish CP at 1712001. 1430 F Co Sgt Santoy patrol killed one enemy at 170900I patrol consisted of one squad at(17.8-22.4). Enemy had been wounded in previous action. At 171000I killed one enemy(17.2-22.2). At 1711301 approx (16.4-20.4) Lt Calhoun patrol moved in behind 81mm mortar barrage captured the shacks occupied by enemy yesterday. Encountered three enemy, killed one believe wounded two. Only three bodies of yesterdays enemy killed remained in the area. Patrol ^'returned at 1714001. Total three enemy killed, one by civilians.

Scooter arrived back from FABRICA at 1745 hr.

Lt Presher returned and made the following report: Patrol obtained the information from Filipino civilians that there was 5,000 enemy troops back in the BAGO area. Our patrol believed the report was highly exagerated (sic). Patrol continue(d) on mission but encountered a group of eight armed enemy and also observed two groups of enemy approx 30 to 40 in each.

Arrangements being made to place heavy concentration of artillery in the BAGO area. Lt Presher to make cub fight of area in the morning."

"The Co. moved appr. 400 yds. on the logging train."

"4-17-45 1st platt. patroled across Himugaan R. to Camp Bago area. Spotted several groups of Japs. Made no physical contact. Returned 1900 hr."

 "First & second platoons with 81mm attached left CP at 1700 hr. to assault Malapasoc. arriving there saw much evidence of occupancy & laid in 81mm mortars, the patrol then made the assault & 1 enemy soldier was killed. We suffered no casualties. At 1330 hr. the patrol returned to the company CP. Four men investigated a report of one Jap in civilian camp. Native brought in head of Jap caught stealing food."

Battalion ordered me to take a combat patrol consisting of two rifle platoons, one machine gun platoon, one 81mm mortar, and our 60mm mortar platoon and attack Malapasoc, killing any enemy there. I took the 1st and 2d platoons, the 3d LMG platoon attached to "F" Company, the "F" Company mortar platoon, and one 81mm mortar section. There were several smaller sections also attached, such as flame throwers and demolitions. We left at 0700 riding on flat cars, on an ILCO logging train. I had the train stop about a mile before we reached Malapasoc in order to seek to surprise the enemy in the camp. We walked quietly along the tracks, and as we neared Malapasoc we could see a high hill on the left side of the tracks. The line curved around the base of this hill swinging in a wide arc to the right. The road bed of the rail line was higher than the camp being cut into the base of the hill. Before we got to the hill I sent a squad on ahead to climb the hill and protect our flank. The hill was heavily wooded, so this took some time. As soon as the squad was in position we moved on along the tracks. There it was, a large camp laid out in blocks with rows and rows of small houses made of unplaned lumber filling the plain between the tracks and the river, which was perhaps three hundred yards away. The houses were roofed with wooden, split shingles. The windows were covered with hinged planks just as. were the doors. These were the rough cut prefabricated house I described above which were taken apart and moved on flat cars. The houses were on stilts several feet above the ground. Even so, we were still were slightly above the roof tops so that we could see out across the several hundred houses.

 We quietly went into position along the railroad tracks, and when our LMG's, mortars, BAR's, and riflemen were in place, we opened up on signal. A little movement had been seen among the buildings as we went into position. Our fire was devastating, and we shot up the camp. After a heavy barrage one rifle platoon moved out in an assault across the camp. We found nothing until we reached the far side of the camp near the river. There lay a dead Jap which our fire had killed. We felt sure the Japs had been here' probably a considerable force. They probably moved out on our approach. Any still there ran for the river when we opened up. One unlucky straggler got hit. We patrolled the hills above the river valley and down the tracks another mile south, but saw no signs of the enemy. We had been slow getting in position while the rifle squad worked its way up the hill to protect our flank, but that was something that had to be done. We had accomplished our mission, so we walked back to the train and returned to the company perimeter at Bugang.

I was told that later when the company and the battalion moved to Malapasoc that the roofs leaked like seives due to our shoot 'em up. They said it rained everyday, too.