NOTES |
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Please read the notes below prior to tabbing through the
database to familiarize yourself with its contents. |
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If you are unfamiliar with spreadsheets, please notice that
there are tabs at the bottom of this page which you may click on to
navigate through this database. To the left of the "Notes" tab are arrows
which you will need to use to reach some tabs that are not visible on the
bottom of this page. The final tab at the bottom on this page is a list
of hundreds of civilians who are not listed on the full military
database. This roster is primarily an Army roster. It was produced by the
Army Dept in the months after the fall of Manila from captured Japanese
documents. There are two Naval and no Marine personnel on this roster. As
to why there are British and Dutch pow's listed, I am not sure. Some pow
camps kept better records than others. There are many gaps in personal
information on each pow. Some have complete information, however, the
vast majority of pow's have incomplete data such as serial #, rank, date
they boarded their hellship, last known pow camp, etc. If you wish any
changes or additions be made to this database, you are welcome to email
me at roberthudson@alyricman.com. |
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Destinations shown as Kwan, Kwanking or Kwantung is are
actuality, Manchuria.
These men wound up in China or Korea. Destinations shown as Eastern,
Western or Central, refer to geographical locations in Japan. It is
important to note that one in three pows transported after processing
through Bilibid, died at sea. Thirty three percent of the names on this
roster died from mistreatment, disease, famine, thirst and the attack by
air power and submarines from U. S forces unknowingly attacking unmarked
Japanese transports. They were truly "Hellships". |
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There are in excess of 12,500 American military names on the
database, 282 British Military, 54 Dutch Military and about 309 civilians.
A total exceeding 13,100 pows who were processed through Bilibid on this
roster. Some of the
information on this roster is most certainly incorrect for I had to use
my judgment in deciphering some ambiguous information and poor quality of
the documents. Some of the information was transcribed from 65 year old
microfilm which was in poor condition. Hopefully, this will self correct
with time and the expertise of others. |
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
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I personally wish to thank the Battling
Bastards of Bataan Organization website,
especially Federico Baldassarre, for posting this working roster.
Additionally I wish to thank James Erickson for his encouragement
and help in deciphering some of the cryptic information appearing on the
original Archive roster which does not appear on this roster but
nonetheless helps to fill in gaps on some of the hellship rosters. All of the names, ranks and pow
camps on the roster were taken directly from archived material. There
remains many holes in the roster which I hope to fill over time. I wish to
thank Jim Erickson for his permission to extrapolate Hellship boarding dates
to fill in many missing boarding dates on this Bilibid Roster. Jims
Oryoku Maru, Shinyo Maru, Nagara, Yuzan, and Clyde Maru rosters were
instrumental in filling in hundreds of missing boarding dates. These can be viewed at the
following website / http://sites.google.com/site/powsofthejapanese. Acknowledgements are also necessary for Caroline Burkhart who provided
the passenger manifest for the Storm King and
the Simon Bolivar which brought surviving
POWs back to America and Steven
Bull who provided the passenger manifest for
the USS Yarmouth
which returned POWS to America as well. |
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American Servicemen on the Bilibid Roster |
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Lieutenant General |
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Major Generals |
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Brigadier Generals |
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Colonels |
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Lieutenant Colonels |
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Majors |
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Captains |
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Lieutenants including one Naval Lt. |
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First Lieutenants |
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Second Lieutenants |
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Chief Warrant Officers |
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Warrant Officers |
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First Sergeants |
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Master Sergeants |
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Tech Sergeants |
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In the tabs at the bottom of this workbook, POW information
is sliced and diced into individual POW camps. At Clark Field, Lipa,
Nielsen and Palawan, the vast majority of POW's have boarding dates and
at the Vehicle Department, virtually every POW has a boarding date.
Obviously, record keeping at different camps varied greatly or were
perhaps lost, damaged or destroyed during the battle to recapture the
Philippines. If you, in your
search for information, find something that fills in a gap on a family
member who fought in the Philippine theatre, this
research project has then been paid in full. It started with
finding information on my fathers experience and ended with what you are
about to scrutinize. I hope you find what you're looking for. |
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If one were able to measure and calculate suffering, the
suffering endured by the men listed here would still be too great to
comprehend. Creating this database was solemn work and a deeper
appreciation for the sacrifices of the men listed was deeply impressed
upon this man. |
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God Rest Their Souls |
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Robert L. Hudson |
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April
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