Last shot of the Parsons-Smith party before the trek through the jungle to meet their submarine pickup, July 1943. Left to right are Captain Ed Dyess, USAAC; Major Ernest McLish, USA; Lt. Cmdr. Charles Parsons, USN; Captain Charles Smith, USA; Lt. Cmdr. Melvin McCoy, USN; Major Samuel Mellnick, USA; and Lt. Leo Beolens, USAAC. Dyess, McCoy, Mellnick, and Beolens escaped from the Davao Penal Colony in April 1943. (Courtesy RG-58: Papers of Lt. Cmdr. Charles Parsons)
