Imperial Valley Press

FAMILIAR FACE GREETS COACH ON FRONT PAGE
A familiar face greeted Clarence "Sunny" Anderson, assistant athletic coach at El Centro high school when he gazed at the front page of the Post-Press Saturday evening.
It was a picture of Lieut. Col Fred Munson. Jr.. of the United States Army.
Munson was shown speaking into a microphone in a Guadalcanal jungle, urging resisting Japanese troops to surrender instead of being killed
The last time Anderson had seen Munson was in 1937 in San Francisco The two had met a couple years before in Japan. where Anderson was in charge of a touring American basketball team. Anderson went back another time with a team On both trips he became very well acquainted with Munson. then an army lieutenant in the Orient as a language student.
Since then the officer has risen to a lieutenant colonel and his knowledge of the Japanese language has become invaluable to American intelligence operations.
Munson's father was also an army officer. However. in his late thirties. the younger Munson now holds the same rank as did his father when he retired.
He's a good man." commented Anderson, speaking of the young officer.