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Post by Joe Patterson on Oct 17, 2006 13:53:23 GMT 8
I have always, since elementary school, been obsessed with the Corregidor-Bataan story. The whole saga has intrigued me till now at age 74. I wrote a term paper in college while majoring in history, concentrating on first 6 months of World War Two. To add fuel to the fire, recently, my nephew married a girl who had a grandfather taken prisoner on Corregidor in May 1942. This man, Sam Hendricks of Hominy, Oklahoma, was a member of the 31st Infantry (US) Regiment and served with this unit from summer of 1941 till the surrender. He was one of the one hundred or so survivors of the regiment to make their way to Corregidor only to be taken prisoner a month later. I never knew this man, to my regret, but he did survive the war being liberated from Bilibid prison in Manila in February 1945. he lived till the early 1980s, dying from a stroke. i wouldnt be at all surprised that his treatment in the prison pens contributed to his ultimate death. he was fortunate to not have been shipped to japan or manchuria on one of the "hell ships". He did do forced labor while at Cabanatuan. At one stretch he was on work details repairing Clark Field for the Japanese. Just thought i would throw this tidbit into the pot. I certainly regret never having met this man.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2006 14:29:18 GMT 8
am trying to find out any info on my relatives monte and mark sullivan 1 was a pilot and the other was a coast artty officer I think.... neither one came home one was supposedly p.o.w. showed up on a list and the other died on the march I was told...... any info on them at all would be most helpful there father was max sullivan who was either dept post commander of the army barracks at oahu on the 7th of dec later post commander of ft ord calif thanks R.E. Sullivan
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Post by EXO on Oct 21, 2006 21:00:58 GMT 8
Starting with just names and general descriptions is looking for the proverbial needle in a field of haystacks - though Googling on the names, together with "coast artillery" and "bataan" might get you closer to your goal. Always the designation of their unit will get you closest. There are unit specific websites, such as The Names Project which lists over 1800 names of members of the 200th and 512th CA(AA). The link is - www.angelfire.com/nm/bcmfofnm/names/s.html
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