SS William S. Ladd guns No. 1 to 5 were ordered secured and the Armed Guards were ordered to abandon ship. At 1930 the last Navy personnel and ship's officers abandon the doomed vessel. No one was killed, eight Armed Guards were wounded and hospitalized on Leyte. Today, SS "William S. Ladd" lies at the bottom of Leyte Gulf at approximately . SS William S. Ladd SS "William S. Ladd" (MC hull number 2084) was an American Liberty ship built during World War II, one of the 2,710 type 'EC2-S-C1' ships that carried all kinds and types of dry cargo during the war. She
William A. S. Ouderland directed a number of guerrilla operations in Dhaka and nearby areas. He provided the fighters with food and medicine and often gave them shelter. Ouderland was awarded the Bir Protik, the fourth highest gallantry award of Bangladesh. In 1998, he was invited by the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, to receive the award and certificate but was unable to attend due to illness. Ouderland retired from Bata Shoe Company in 1978 and returned to Australia. On 18 May 2001, he died there at a hospital in Perth. William A. S. Ouderland William AS Ouderland (6 December 1917 – 18