Killed on Japanese POW ship, source Beaufort Gazette dtd Jul 16, 1945.
Herbert was killed on a Japanese ship carrying American prisoners of war from the Philippines to Japan in 1944. The Japanese vessel sailed from Manila on October 11th with 1775 POWs aboard; it was sunk by submarine action in the South China sea more than 200 miles from the Chinese coast on October 24th. Five of the prisoners escaped in a small boat and reached the coast. All other prisoners were reported as lost. He was a Sergeant of the U.S. Army, Co C, 31st Infantry, was wounded in action in the Philippines in June , 1942, was out of the hospital and on duty status March 13. His mother Elizabeth received three P.O.W. cards from him from Japanese Prison Camp No 2. in Davao Mindanao Philippines. After receipt of these cards, nothing more was heard of him until the news of his death.
Herbert was killed on a Japanese ship carrying American prisoners of war from the Philippines to Japan in 1944. The Japanese vessel sailed from Manila on October 11th with 1775 POWs aboard; it was sunk by submarine action in the South China sea more than 200 miles from the Chinese coast on October 24th. Five of the prisoners escaped in a small boat and reached the coast. All other prisoners were reported as lost. He was a Sergeant of the U.S. Army, Co C, 31st Infantry, was wounded in action in the Philippines in June , 1942, was out of the hospital and on duty status March 13. His mother Elizabeth received three P.O.W. cards from him from Japanese Prison Camp No 2. in Davao Mindanao Philippines. After receipt of these cards, nothing more was heard of him until the news of his death.
Killed on Japanese POW ship, source Beaufort Gazette dtd Jul 16, 1945.
Herbert was killed on a Japanese ship carrying American prisoners of war from the Philippines to Japan in 1944. The Japanese vessel sailed from Manila on October 11th with 1775 POWs aboard; it was sunk by submarine action in the South China sea more than 200 miles from the Chinese coast on October 24th. Five of the prisoners escaped in a small boat and reached the coast. All other prisoners were reported as lost. He was a Sergeant of the U.S. Army, Co C, 31st Infantry, was wounded in action in the Philippines in June , 1942, was out of the hospital and on duty status March 13. His mother Elizabeth received three P.O.W. cards from him from Japanese Prison Camp No 2. in Davao Mindanao Philippines. After receipt of these cards, nothing more was heard of him until the news of his death.
Herbert was killed on a Japanese ship carrying American prisoners of war from the Philippines to Japan in 1944. The Japanese vessel sailed from Manila on October 11th with 1775 POWs aboard; it was sunk by submarine action in the South China sea more than 200 miles from the Chinese coast on October 24th. Five of the prisoners escaped in a small boat and reached the coast. All other prisoners were reported as lost. He was a Sergeant of the U.S. Army, Co C, 31st Infantry, was wounded in action in the Philippines in June , 1942, was out of the hospital and on duty status March 13. His mother Elizabeth received three P.O.W. cards from him from Japanese Prison Camp No 2. in Davao Mindanao Philippines. After receipt of these cards, nothing more was heard of him until the news of his death.
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