Cale, Pvt. Lester C.
Pvt. Lester Carl Cale was born on October 1, 1915, in Cleveland, Ohio. He was the son of Alfred E. […]
Arisan Maru
Arisan Maru
10 October 1944 – 24 October 44
Arisan Maru was a 6,886 GRT Type 2A freighter constructed in 1944 during World War II and was one of Imperial Japan‘s hell ships. The vessel, named for a mountain on Formosa, was initially used as a troop transport. The vessel was then turned over for use for the transportation of prisoners of war (POWs) from the Philippines to Manchuria, China or Japan. On October 24, 1944 the ship was torpedoed by an American submarine and sank. Of the 1,781 POWs aboard, all of them escaped the sinking ship but were not rescued by the Japanese. In the end, only nine of the prisoners survived the sinking.
Callison, Pvt. Wilbur C.
Pvt. Wilbur Childs Callison was the son of Albert A. Callison and Clara M. Stuber-Callison. He was born on August
Canby, Major Charles S.
Major Charles S. Canby was born on July 23, 1895, in Saint Joseph, Missouri. He was the son of Charles
Carter, PFC James M.
PFC James Melvin Carter was born on August 25, 1919, in Graves County, Kentucky, and was the son of Henry
Cichy, Pvt. Anton E.
Pvt. Anton Ervin Cichy was born on February 18, 1914, to John P. Cichy and Emelia Klimek-Cichy in Urbank, Minnesota.
Cloyd, PFC Robert V.
PFC Robert Vernon Cloyd was born on February 15, 1921, in Mercer County, Kentucky, to Vernon Cloyd and Jessie May
Crick, PFC Ancel E.
PFC Ancel Edgar Crick was born on July 23, 1917, to Sam Crick and Zetta Mae Smith-Crick in Whitley County,
Cummins, PFC John L.
PFC John Lewis Cummins’ family resided in Kentucky since the late 1700s. He was born on January 31, 1921, in
Danforth, Pvt. Claude C.
Pvt. Claude Cyrus Danforth was born on April 16. 1908, in Cedar Gap, Missouri, to Hugh Danforth and Ada Hunt-Danforth,
Di Benedetti, Pvt. Edmund N.
Pvt. Edmund N. Di Benedetti was born on January 11, 1920, in France, to Frank Di Benedetti and Alexandrine Morello-Di
Dobson, Pvt. Maxwell S.
Pvt. Maxwell Stephan Dobson was born on September 6, 1915, in Otter Trail, Minnesota, and was the son of William
Dutt, PFC Homer R.
PFC Homer Rea Dutt was born in Marion, Ohio, on July 20, 1915, to Henry F. Dutt and Idella Fisher-Dutt