that's how she found paul lopez. a few months, and paul had even joined her weekly softball game. lopez was the last person maribel talked to on the phone. now police wanted to talk to him. >> you know you're not under arrest or anything like that. >> i wouldn't think so. >> ramirez sat across from paul and asked about his relationship with maribel. >> nothing's been exclusive. it's just been dating. >> okay. you date other people too? >> me, yeah. >> you don't know if she dates other people or not? >> i don't ask, don't tell. >> and he asked lopez where he was on the night maribel disappeared. >> did you come into orange at all on thursday? >> no. >> police also had to consider this. maribel had told lucy that things weren't working out with paul lopez. >> she wasn't a match with paul. so she was online talking to people. >> it wasn't clear if paul knew, even as they kept dating, that maribel was back on plenty of fish and had met a new man. he was a photographer who'd worked a lot with the military. it was a connec

lopez. i was able to weave all of them together with some of the archival documents from paul's site. because he has all of it. he orders it. he has all of it. and that was it. there are a couple books written previously to this there were a little bit bigger, wider in scope. but this book, are really trying to focus in on only those couple guys. giving you an intimate walk through. >> it's a great day by day account. probably one of the few i've ever seen. what was the press reaction to the retaking of corregidor? the fall was a major news story. was the retaking the same? >> sure, this was looked at as redemption. i think it's important. it was an important -- i think it restored some of that, what was lost in 42. that was the reason why there were correspondents, the reason why nycum landing is part of the news reels. i think it was very well covered. it was a big deal, taking a back. >> you know how many guys were put in with the 503rd, press guys? there was a couple that made the jump with them, weren't there? >> one of them was with lopez actually. i don't know if you recall. he

lopez. well, if you recall he shoves about the door and and then i'll let you read it in the book, but that's an interesting story in its own. paul might know the exact number to be honest. i don't i don't have it in my notes right in front of me. i'd have to look it up. right well, we had one more comment saying it's the best preserved battlefield in the pacific and i probably have to agree with that. you know, it's doesn't look like it did but definitely the structures all still there everything still there. yeah, most definitely. and i think that now. there's another question is coming. what role if any did fort drum the concrete battleship play in the battle. not paul if you're here connect, correct, we've been wrong but not none that i'm aware of. you're not a major one that i'm aware of and 42 it had a major role. but yeah, not not not during that during that point. um, there's another one. do you know the date that macarthur raise the flag on corregidor? i think that you answered that that's march 2nd the day that he comes out there. yeah. yeah. um and then well, there's a couple of questions that they've asked for me abou