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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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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Warrant Officers (Junior Grade) |
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First Sergeants |
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Master Sergeants |
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Tech Sergeants |
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Staff Sergeants |
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Sergeants |
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Corporals |
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Privates First Class |
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Privates |
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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 |
Robert L. Hudson |
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April 9th,
2009 |
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