World War II, Vernon Meyer

Posted: Thursday, October 20, 2011 12:00 am | Updated: 9:18 am, Wed Dec 19, 2012.

For most, Oct. 20 was another fall day. People might have been thinking about harvesting soybeans or of the coming winter season. For some veterans, Oct. 20 brought back memories of horrible combat experiences that occurred at a time when they were in their late teens or early 20s. It was the return and invasion of the Philippines by 100,000 soldiers in Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s 6th Army. Vernon Meyer, Clarence Meineka and others from the Concordia area were there.

In 1942, the Japanese Army swept south from their homeland with their vast armies, conquering and overrunning all of southeast Asia including the Philippines. Gen. MacArthur was ordered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to escape to Australia to plan for the eventual return to the Philippines.

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