WESTERN PACIFIC 



from the south in the battle of Leyte Gulf. That alone made 

 it a thrilling experience. 



In Manila Bay, off Cavite, pompano were being caught 

 and there was supposed to be excellent fishing on the 

 grounds between Corregidor and Fortune Island. We did 

 not find this to be so. Along the Bataan shore, in and 

 around Subic Bay, there was also supposed to be good 

 fishing but it seemed to me that the effluvia of dirty water 

 from the rivers would not augur much rewarding salt- 

 water angling there. The men were barred from swim- 

 ming in Subic Bay on account of this contaminated river 

 water. 



Lieutenant General W. D. Styer, who was in command of 

 the armed forces of the western Pacific at that time, was a 

 great all-round sportsman and had done a lot of fishing. 

 Both he and his chief of staff, Major General Edmund H. 

 Leavey, were doing all in their power to provide more out- 

 door recreation for the men. General Styer was seeing to it 

 that they got all the fishing possible. He also had skeet fields 

 constructed for the use of enlisted personnel and even got 

 out a book on fishing and hunting in the Philippines. I had 

 the honor of being asked to help with it, I wrote the introduc- 

 tion. It was hoped that this book might help the men to 

 familiarize themselves with the fishing and hunting in the 

 near by areas. 



Vice Admiral J. N. Kaufman, known to all as "Reggie," 

 was Commander of the Philippine Sea Frontier. He was 

 another great sportsman and one of the most enthusiastic 

 advocates of fishing and hunting I have met anywhere. He 

 too was doing his best to provide his officers and enlisted men 



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