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He died two days later. In the past, no signage noted the existence of this State Natural Area on Red Mountain Road at the northern end of Arlington’s Route 7A. Chance of rain 60%.. In 1975, family descendants of the late Dorothy Canfield Fisher donated the pine forest, along with a memorial plaque that honors not only Captain Fisher but also the doctor’s mother, father, and their grandson, John Paul Scott, to the State of Vermont. For the past ten months, negative news has swirled around us. Don Keelan writes a regular column for the Banner. You have permission to edit this article. In January of 1945, MacArthur ordered the Sixth Ranger Battalion to go 30 miles behind enemy lines and free Camp Cabanatuan’s 513 Allied prisoners, many of whom had been held captive since the beginning of the War.
Upon entering the park via a dirt path, one notices the absence of the giant trees. Don't miss the big stories. The park’s beauty is so special that the federal government declared it a National Natural Area. Chance of rain 60%. - Duration: 18:09. The significance of the 10-acre park is in two parts: first, there are scores of white pine trees that reach heights of over 150 feet. Last month, out of the determination of Jim White, Ken Nicholson, and this writer, the Vermont Department of Parks Forests and Recreation installed a permanent sign at the entrance to the Fisher-Scott Memorial Pines site in Arlington, Vermont. Seventy-six years ago, on October 20, 1944, General Douglas MacArthur fulfilled his promise and returned to the Philippine Islands to liberate them from their Japanese Imperial Army captors. Like us on Facebook. Sonic Generations - Part 8: Is it time for a change of pace? One of the last to leave the captured camp was Doc Jimmy, and, as Providence would have it, he was struck by a mortar shell. Low 38F. It's Time For A Change Of Pace - Duration: 0:42.

Doc Jimmy had been correct: the prisoners were weak and sick. Winds ESE at 5 to 10 mph. Partly cloudy skies this evening. of the U.S Army’s Medical Corps. Increasing clouds with periods of showers late. The bitterness during the election campaigning, the street protests on both coasts, and the anxiety from COVID-19 are all overwhelming. The park’s second and more profound purpose is its memorial to one of Vermont’s WWII heroes, Captain James Canfield Fisher, M.D. Dr. Fisher, aware that many of the POWs would be too weak to make it safely back to Allied lines, volunteered for the perilous mission. Thankfully, all were safely rescued.

It is time for some good news, for a change. MacArthur’s forces hurried but had to contend with a horrible problem as they advanced---the enemy was killing Allied POWs.

What Doctor Fisher, who went to school in Arlington and later Harvard Medical College, experienced in 1945 is best expressed by author Hampton Sides’ 2002 book Ghost Soldiers which was made into the major motion picture The Great Raid by director John Dahl in 2006. Winds ESE at 5 to 10 mph. Partly cloudy skies this evening. From the entrance, it is a short walk to the Fisher Memorial Plaque, but on the way, one is humbled by the majesty of the trees that stand as sentinels, watching over Doc Jimmy’s memorial of selflessness. Increasing clouds with periods of showers late. Last month, out of the determination of Jim White, Ken Nicholson, and this writer, the Vermont Department of Parks Forests and Recreation installed a permanent sign at the entrance to the Fisher-Scott Memorial Pines site in Arlington, Vermont. 18:09.

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