Autobiographies and Tributes
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Burlage,
George E. (deceased)
Tribute by his daughter, Georgianne Burlage
92nd Garage, Bilibid Prison,
Cabanatuan, Palawan, Hokusen Maru,
Melbourne Maru, Sendai #3 (Hosokura)
L Co, 3rd Bn, 4th Marine Regiment
Calderone, Thomas
Prison Camps: O'Donnell, Cabanatuan, Clark Field, Bilibid
and Nagoya #6, Japan
A Co, 31st Infantry Regiment (US) - called the "Polar Bears"
Calvit, Kenneth
Pasay, Nichols Field, Tayabas,
Bilibid, "Noto Maru" and Hanawa
48th Material Sqdn, 27th Bomb Group
(L)
Campbell, Andy
(deceased)
Prison Camps:
Bilibid, Cabanatuan 1 & 3, "Totori Maru",
Camp Hoten & Mukden, Manchuria
B Co, 1st Bn, 4th Marine Regt.
Chasinov, Samuel
(deceased)
Prison Camps: Cabanatuan 1 & 3; Tanagawa;
Ichioka & "Nagata Maru" Hell Ship
Hq & Hq Btry, Harbor Defenses of Manila &
Subic Bays
Christie, Martin S.
(deceased)
Bilibid, Cabanatuan Camp 3, Nichol's Field, Osaka,
and Hitachi Prison Camps & "Taikoku Maru" Hell Ship
E Co, 2nd Bn, 4th Marine Regt.
Comeaux, Horace J.
Bataan Death March and Prison Camps: O`Donnell,
Gapan, Cabanatuan, Bilibid and Fukuoka #17
16th Bomb. Sqdn, 27th Bomb Group (L)
Coty, Jerry L.
(deceased)
DAPECOL, "Canadian Inventor", Nagoya #5, Moji, Japan
Army Air Corp, 14th Bomb. Sqdn, 19th Bomb. Group
(H)
Curley, Kenneth D.
(deceased)
Cabanatuan 1 & 3; Nichols Field;
"Mati-Mati Maru" and Fukuoka Camp #3
US Army, Btry Hearn, 59th Coast Artillery
Regt.
Donovan, John F.
(deceased)
Cabanatuan 1 & 3; Ft. McKinley; Nielson Field;
Bilibid, Las Pinas and Sendai Prison Camps
Pat Wing #10, US Navy
Durie, Albert E. Jr.
(deceased)
92nd
Garage, Bilibid, Cabanatuan, Davao #1 & #2,
"Oryoku Maru", "Enoura Maru" & "Brazil Maru"
91st Coast Artillery Regiment (Philippine Scouts)
Erickson Albert W.
(deceased)
Death March, O'Donnell, Cabanatuan, Bilibid,
"Oryoku Maru", "Enoura Maru", "Brazil Maru",
Fukuoka #3, Mukden
71st Infantry Regt. (PA)
Felsen, Al
(deceased)
Bilibid, "Tottori Maru", Mitsui Camp in Kawasaki,
Osaka,
Shinigawa Hospital & Niigata Camp 5A
440th Ordnance Company, 19th Bomb
Group (H)
Ferrell, Harold "Gunner"
(deceased)
Cabanatuan, Oryoku Maru and Enoura Maru
1st Bn,
4th Marine Regt.
Giantonio, Dominick F.
(deceased)
A Tribute by his Daughter
27th Bomb Group
Graham,
Clarence M. (Cal)
92nd Garage, Bilibid, Cabanatuan #1 & #3,
"Canadian Inventor" & Fukuoka #17, Omuta, Japan
G Btry, 60th Coast Artillery Regt. (AA)
Hays, Roy E.
Cabanatuan, Bilibid, Fukuoka, Japan
D Co, 1st Bn, 4th Marine Regt.
Heimbuch, Raymond C.
Camp Casisang, Davao Penal Colony, "The Canadian Adventure"
Yokkaichi copper smelting plant and Toyama Camp #11
Army Air Corps; Hq & Hq Sqdn, 5th Air Base Group
Heinzel, Jack H.
(deceased)
Camp O'Donnell, Cabanatuan, Fukuoka #3 & Mukden
"Oryoku Maru", "Enoura Maru" & "Brazil Maru"
93rd Bomb. Sqdn, 19th Bomb. Gp, (H) - (B-17 Pilot)
Jorgenson, Warren G.
Clark Field and Hanawa Prison Camps
"Noto Maru" Hell Ship
B Co, 1st Bn, 4th Marine Regt.
Kerns, James H.
92nd Garage, Port Area Camp #11,
"Nissyo Maru" & Mitsui Mine
H Co, 2nd Bn, 4th Marine Regt.
Kidd, John F.
Prison Camps: Bilibid, Cabanatuan #3 and Osaka #1
YNC, USN RET.
Locke, Arthur J.
Oliver, John H.
Malaybalay, Bilibid, Kawasaki, Hitachi
701st Ord. Co. (Avn.),
19th Bomb. Gp. (H)
Ortega, Abel F.
Bataan Death March, "Haro Maru" & Lips Batangas
A Company, 192nd Tank Battalion
Peterson, Magnor "Pete"
Bataan Death March, O'Donnell, Cabanatuan,
John Hays, Bilibid Prison, "Taga Maru", Funatsu
93rd Bomb. Sqdn, 19th Bomb Group (H)
Pflueger, Theodore L.
Death March, O'Donnell, Cabanatuan,
DAPECOL and "Shinyo Maru"
C Co, 803 Engr. Bn. (Avn)
1st Lt in the Corps of Engineers
Cabanatuan, Mitsui Coal Mines
Hq Co, 2nd Bn, 4th Marine Regt.
Ricks, Donovan D.
Prison Camps: Bilibid, Cabanatuan and Kemptai,
"Nato Maru" Hell Ship
45th Infantry Regt. (Philippine Scouts) (Medic)
Rieken, Vernon
Prison Camps: Bilibid, Cabanatuan 1 & 3,
Nichols Field & Callsakura
B Co, 1st Bn, 4th Marine Regt.
Russell, Conrad
(deceased)
92nd
Garage, Bilibid, Tayabas, Cabanatuan #3,
"Coral Maru", Sakurajima & Akenobe #6-B
H Co, 2nd Bn, 4th Marine Regt. & I Co, 3rd Bn,
4th Marine Regt.
Rutledge, Tillman J.
Bataan Death March, O'Donnell, Bilibid,
Cabanatuan, Lipa-Batangas, Las Pinas,
"Nissyo Maru", Tanagawa and Fukuoka
US. Army, 31st Infantry Regt. (US) - "Polar Bears"
Spaulding, Donald D.
92nd Garage, Bilibid, Clark, "Noto Maru" & Osaka
G Btry, 60th Coast Artillery Regt. (AA)
Toland, Philip D.
(deceased)
Eulogy by his son, Wayne
Bataan Death March, Cabanatuan, O'Donnell & Mukden
31st Infantry Regt. (US) - "Polar Bears"
Tomaszewski, Thaddeus E.
(deceased)
by his daughter, Judie Bowden
Nichols Field, #2, "Nissyo Maru", Kyushu - Futase #7.
August 18, 1945 he and a small group of POWs liberated themselves;
by September 12, 1945, were back in American hands.
B Btry. & F Btry, 60th Coast Artillery Regt.
(AA)
Versaw, Donald L.
Clark Field and Kyushu Prison Camps
E Co, 2nd Bn, 4th Marine Regt.
Via, Joseph H.
(deceased)
Bilibid, Cabanatuan, Lipa, Murphy Field and
Sendai Prison Camps, "Haro Maru" Hell Ship
C Battery (Wheeler), 59th Coast Artillery
Regt.
Vining, Virgil V.
(deceased)
92nd Garage, Bilibid, Cabanatuan #3, Nagoya
CWO-2, US Navy
Walden, Ralph W.
Bilibid, Cabanatuan #3, Nielson, Ft. McKinley,
Zablan Field, "Hokusen Maru" & "Okusen Maru",
Kobe and Maibara, Japan
E Btry, 59th Coast Artillery Regt. - Ft. Drum
Weaver, Roy M.
Cabanatuan and Mukden Prison Camps
3rd Bn, 4th Marine Regt.
Wells, Wesley H.
Prison Camps: Pasay, Bilibid, Clark Field #10C,
Cabanatuan and Fukuoka #3, "Nissyo Maru" Hell Ship
48th Material Sqdn, 27th Bomb. Group (L)
White, Jesse K.
(deceased)
A Tribute by his Daughter
Bataan Death March, Camp O'Donnell, Cabanatuan,
"Tottori Maru", Camp Hoten - Mukden, Manchuria
HQ & HQ Squadron, 24th Pursuit Group