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Cale, Pvt. Lester C.
Pvt. Lester Carl Cale was born on October 1, 1915, in Cleveland, Ohio. He was the son of Alfred E. Cale and Lillian Radloff-Cale and
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.
Pvt. Lester Carl Cale was born on October 1, 1915, in Cleveland, Ohio. He was the son of Alfred E. Cale and Lillian Radloff-Cale and
Pvt. Wilbur Childs Callison was the son of Albert A. Callison and Clara M. Stuber-Callison. He was born on August 25, 1918, in Isabella County,
Major Charles S. Canby was born on July 23, 1895, in Saint Joseph, Missouri. He was the son of Charles B. Canby and Josephine Spencer-Canby
PFC James Melvin Carter was born on August 25, 1919, in Graves County, Kentucky, and was the son of Henry D. Carter and Regina Lois
Pvt. Anton Ervin Cichy was born on February 18, 1914, to John P. Cichy and Emelia Klimek-Cichy in Urbank, Minnesota. With his three brothers and
PFC Robert Vernon Cloyd was born on February 15, 1921, in Mercer County, Kentucky, to Vernon Cloyd and Jessie May Smith-Cloyd. With his four sisters
PFC Ancel Edgar Crick was born on July 23, 1917, to Sam Crick and Zetta Mae Smith-Crick in Whitley County, Kentucky, and had four sisters
PFC John Lewis Cummins’ family resided in Kentucky since the late 1700s. He was born on January 31, 1921, in Mercer County, the oldest of
Pvt. Claude Cyrus Danforth was born on April 16. 1908, in Cedar Gap, Missouri, to HughDanforth and Ada Hunt-Danforth, and had three sisters and five
Pvt. Edmund N. Di Benedetti was born in 1920, in France, to Frank Di Benedetti and Alexandrine Morello-Di Benedetti. At some point, his family immigrated
Pvt. Maxwell Stephan Dobson was born on September 6, 1915, in Otter Trail, Minnesota, and was the son of William J. Dobson and Florence H.
PFC Homer Rea Dutt was born in Marion, Ohio, on July 20, 1915, to Henry F. Dutt and Idella Fisher-Dutt and was the couple’s only