▁to ▁shore , ▁and ▁th ence ▁to ▁Del ▁Monte ▁Field . ▁Only ▁one ▁B - 1 7 , ▁pil oted ▁by ▁Lieutenant ▁Har l ▁Pe ase , ▁reached ▁Del ▁Monte , ▁and ▁this ▁B - 1 7 ▁was ▁in ▁poor ▁condition , ▁with ▁no ▁bra kes ▁and ▁a ▁fault y ▁super char ger . ▁Sh arp ▁ordered ▁it ▁back ▁to ▁Australia ▁before ▁Mac Ar thur ▁arrived . ▁Despite ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁bra kes , ▁Pe ase ▁made ▁the ▁return ▁trip , ▁carrying ▁six teen ▁passengers . ▁ ▁Thus , ▁with ▁the ▁arrival ▁of ▁P T - 3 5 , ▁all ▁of ▁Mac Ar thur ' s ▁group ▁had ▁reached ▁Mind ana o ▁safely , ▁but ▁there ▁were ▁no ▁aircraft ▁at ▁Del ▁Monte ▁Field ▁to ▁meet ▁them . ▁They ▁were ▁taken ▁to ▁the ▁Del ▁Monte ▁Plant ation , ▁where ▁they ▁were ▁lod ged ▁in ▁the ▁guest ▁houses , ▁and ▁had ▁breakfast ▁in ▁the ▁club house . ▁Mac Ar thur ▁sent ▁a ▁couple ▁of ▁sharp ▁messages ▁to ▁Bre tt ▁in ▁Melbourne ▁and ▁Marshall ▁in ▁Washington . ▁On ▁their ▁second ▁day ▁there , ▁a ▁Filip ino ▁woman ▁arrived ▁who ▁wanted ▁to ▁speak ▁to ▁Mac Ar thur . ▁Her ▁son ▁was ▁fighting ▁on ▁Lu zon , ▁and ▁she ▁had ▁walked ▁ ▁in ▁the ▁hope ▁that ▁the ▁general ▁would ▁have ▁some ▁news ▁about ▁him . ▁He ▁did ▁not , ▁but ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁she ▁was ▁aware ▁of ▁Mac Ar thur ' s ▁presence ▁was ▁disturb ing ▁to ▁the ▁party , ▁as ▁the ▁Japanese ▁were ▁only ▁ ▁away ,