Enlisted November, 1938

USNTS (boot camp), San Diego CA, 15 Nov 1938 to 28 Feb 1939

NAVHOSP, San Diego, CA, 28 Feb 1939 to 31 March 1939

USNTRS, San Diego CA, 31 March 1939 to 7 April 1939

USS NORTHAMPTON, 8 March 1939 to 13 May 1939

USS SICARD, 13 May 1939 to 3 January 1941

USS TANAGER (fleet minesweeper, AM-5), 3 January 1941 to 4 February 1941

NAVHOSP, Pearl Harbor, HI, 4 February 1941 to 28 February 1941
(surgery for appendicitis and “other stomach problems”)

USS TANAGER, 28 February 1941 until his capture
(6 May 1942; with Corregidor garrison?)
--ship reassigned to 16COM, Cavite, late in 1941;

David worked ashore at ammunition depot, servicing mines and
associated equipment, but was aboard TANAGER for patrols from Manila
Bay to locales unknown (so far!); not certain if he was aboard
TANAGER at time of her sinking (USN records say ship sunk by gunfire
4 May 1942, two days prior to surrender of Corregidor on 6 May 1942).
MAY have been ashore in the vicinity of Mariveles and attached
to 31st Infantry Regiment as a rifleman OR may have relocated to
Corregidor earlier and became a rifleman with the 4th Battalion,
4th Marines - am hoping the forthcoming book “The Converted Rifleman”
by ex-POW Michael J. Campbell will help in clarifying this point.

Above from U.S.N. records in my possession, plus family letters,
and my other research to date.

Confirmed as POW at “Cabanatuan Camp 10C” by postal card
[have yet to find a Camp 10-C in research to date; suspect it
might have been a part of Camp #2, perhaps the barracks or
sub-camp housing Navy personnel, as I believe they were segregated
from Army and Army Air Crops personnel at least at the outset of the
period of captivity.]

Sent to Bilibid in September, 1944, then went aboard ARISAN MARU
with 1800 other POWs (including LCdr Egbert ROTH, Captain of the
TANAGER); vessel sunk by U. S. submarines night of October 23, 1944
(believed to have been SHARK II, which did not return from war patrol),
with only 9 known survivors, four of whom were rescued by Japanese
and sent on to Japan/Taiwan; remaining five made it to Chinese
mainland, where they were rescued and returned to U.S. control.
Neither David nor LCdr ROTH were among the survivors.

Frank P. Nollette, Chief Master Sergeant, USAF, Retired
Nephew of David Daniel NOLLETTE
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