Oliver, Cpl. Glenn S.
Cpl. Glenn Stuart Oliver was born on April 28, 1919, in Brainerd, Minnesota, to Stuart and Erma Stewart-Oliver. With his […]
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In May 1942 the Japanese began transferring POWs by sea. Similar to treatment on the Bataan Death March, prisoners were often crammed into cargo holds with little air, food or water for journeys that would last weeks. Many died due to asphyxia, starvation or dysentery. Some POWs became delirious and unresponsive in their environment of heat, humidity, and lack of oxygen, food, and water. These unmarked prisoner transports were targeted as enemy ships by Allied submarines and aircraft.
More than 20,000 Allied POWs died at sea when the transport ships carrying them were attacked by Allied submarines and aircraft. Although Allied headquarters often knew of the presence of POWs through radio interception and code breaking, the ships were sunk because interdiction of critical strategic materials was more important than the lives of prisoners-of-war, and because Allied leaders feared that a pattern of sparing POW ships might lead the Japanese to use prisoners as human shields on valuable targets.
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Cpl. Glenn Stuart Oliver was born on April 28, 1919, in Brainerd, Minnesota, to Stuart and Erma Stewart-Oliver. With his […]
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PFC Herman Omansky was born on June 22, 1905, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, to Joseph Womanki and Rose Cohen-Womanki, Russian
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T/Sgt. Albert Joseph Onacki was born on October 4, 1916, in Mocanaqua, Pennsylvania, to Felix Onacki and Michalena Kniski-Onacki, and
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Pvt. Frank Joel Orendain was born in Guadalajara, Mexico on March 5, 1921. His given name was Francisco Joel Orendain.
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Pvt. Abel Flores Ortega was born on August 22, 1919, in El Paso, Texas, and was one of six sons
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Pfc. Manuel Frank Ortez was born on October 8, 1918, in Huntington Park, California. It is known that his mother
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Cpl. Harlin Owens was born on July 26, 1915, in Potlatch, Idaho, to Rease E. Owens and Effie M. McKinney-Owens,
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PFC James L. Manogue was born in 1914 in Johnstown, Wisconsin, to James D. Manogue and Ellen T. Deneen-Manogue and
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Pvt. Jerome Joseph Manion was born on August 4, 1915, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, to James T. Manion and Catherine
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PFC Arthur Glen Mahone was born on April 8, 1907, in Leola, Arkansas, to Eugene G. Mahone and Dolly Mae
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2nd Lt. Lloyd Harry Magill Jr. was born on February 24, 1918, to Lloyd H. Magill Sr. and Maria Oreta
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Pfc. Roy Elmer Maghan was born on February 11, 1915, in Bay Lake, Minnesota, to Arthur M. Maghan and Eva
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