bigpigeon.us webpage WW II - Japan > Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost, updated by RAC 7 Oct '19. This webpage is incomplete; need to add a timeline.
Overview - The Fall of the Philippines
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Fall of the Philippines, 1941-42.
The Fall of the Phillipines was arguably the worst military defeat in American history, resulting in something like 53,000 prisoners of war, of whom 20,000 were American, 12,000 Filipino Scouts (Filipino members of the United States Army), and 21,000 members of the Filipino Commonwealth Army, many of whom were ill-trained reservists. After the main force of over 30,000 surrendered to the Japanese on Bataan Peninsula in April 1942, the Filipino and American captives were transferred under brutal conditions to Camp O'Donnell, with thousands dying en route. Later many of the American captives were sent to prison camps near Cabanatuan, where they continued to die by the hundreds. |
Central Luzon
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In October 1944, the United States Army returned to the Philippines, landing first on the island of Leyte.
Sources for the WW II - The Philippines Lost webpage
- The webpage header photo, Camp O'Donnell Burial Detail, is courtesy of the National Archives.
- The Central Luzon map is courtesy of American Experience.
Pottawattamie County, Iowa WW II Dead - The Philippines Lost
(taken from the bigpigeon.us WW II Dead webarea)
(taken from the bigpigeon.us WW II Dead webarea)
03-05 - Japan Lashes Out - The Philippines Lost: (sixteen dead, updated 5 Oct ’19)
All the below were prisoners of war of the Japanese due to the Fall of the Philippines in 1942.
† Bach, Paul Leonard - SN O-311373, US Army
43rd Inf. Regt., Philippine Scouts; POW; DNB 21 Nov ’42 at POW Camp, Cabanatuan, Nuevo Ecija Prov., Philippines, amoebic dysentery.
† Blizzard, Howard Leslie - SN O-355479, US Army
Signal Air Warning Co., Philippines; POW; DNB 9 Jan ’45, on Japanese Hell Ship Enoura Maru, Takao Harbor, Formosa from Allied air attack; ~ 400 POWs died; BNR.
† Bostedt, Glen Charles - SN 17-011-361, USAAF
3rd Pursuit Sqdn., 24th Pursuit Gp., Philippines; POW; DNB 11 Oct ’42 at POW Camp #1, Cabanatuan, Luzon, Philippines; BNR.
† Bostedt, Joseph William - SN 17-011-348, USAAF
3rd Pursuit Sqdn., 24th Pursuit Gp., Philippines; POW; DNB 20 Sep ’42 at POW Camp #1 Cabanatuan, Luzon, Philippines; BNR.
† Bostedt, John Bernard - SN 17-011-358, USAAF
3rd Pursuit Sqdn., 24th Pursuit Gp., Philippines; POW; DNB 7 Jul ’42 at POW Camp, Philippines; BNR.
† Briggs, Earl Eddie - SN 17-011-280, US Army
Coast Artillery, HQ, Manila & Subic Bay harbor defenses, Philippines; POW; DNB 9 Mar ’44, Osaka Main Camp, Chikko, Osaka, Japan.
† Brown, Ralph Ray - SN 17-019-024, USAAF
Hq. Sqdn. 27th Bomb Gp., Philippines (their planes never arrived); POW; DNB 11 May ’42, POW Camp #4, O’Donnell, Tarlac, Luzon, Philippines, malaria.
† Cavanaugh, James Bernard - SN 17-017-247, US Army
G2, HQ 2nd Philippine Corps; POW captured on Bataan; Master Sergeant kept with high-rank officer captives; DNB 10 Feb ’43, Taiwan POW Camp #4, Karenko, Formosa, from malaria.
† Collett, Albert Henry - SN 6580825, USAAF
93rd Bomb. Sqdn., 93rd Bomb. Gp., Clark Field, Philippines; POW; DNB ‘42-‘44, POW camp, Philippines (officially declared dead 8 May ’44).
† Dammrow, Stanley Arnold - SN 17-030-323, USAAF
Hq. Sqdn., V Interceptor Cmd., Philippines; POW; DNB Nov ’42, POW camp, Philippines; BNR.
† Hartje, Lamar Hugo - SN 3165745, US Navy
submarine tender USS Canopus (AS-9), scuttled in Mariveles Bay, Bataan, Philippines 10 Apr ‘42; crew went ashore to Corregidor; POW; DOW 11 Jun ’42, POW Hospital, Philippines.
† McCauley, Leon Harrold - SN O-890103, US Army
Quartermaster Corps, Philippines; POW; DOW 9 Jul ’42, POW Camp #4 O’Donnell, Tarlac, Luzon, Philippines.
† Newman, Shelby Fearn - SN O-351381, US Army
12th Reg., 11th Philippine Army Division; POW; KIA 15 Dec ‘44, Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippines; escape attempt from grounded Japanese Hell Ship Oryoku Maru; BNR.
† Nugent, Donald Thomas - SN 17-018-650, US Army
75th Ordnance Co. (Depot), Philippines; POW; d. 7 Sep ’44, off Mindanao, Philippines on Japanese Hell Ship Shinyo Maru; ship sunk by submarine USS Paddle; 688 Americans died; BNR.
† Pierce, Robert C. - SN 6-825-221, USAAF
7th Material Sqdn., 19th Bomb Gp., Philippines; POW; DNB 22 Nov ’42, Cabanatuan, Philippines; BNR.
† - SN 6-208-886, USAAF
34th Pursuit Sqdn., 24th Pursuit Gp., Philippines; POW; DNB 22 Jul ’42 Cabanatuan POW Camp, Luzon, Philippines; malaria; BNR.
All the below were prisoners of war of the Japanese due to the Fall of the Philippines in 1942.
† Bach, Paul Leonard - SN O-311373, US Army
43rd Inf. Regt., Philippine Scouts; POW; DNB 21 Nov ’42 at POW Camp, Cabanatuan, Nuevo Ecija Prov., Philippines, amoebic dysentery.
† Blizzard, Howard Leslie - SN O-355479, US Army
Signal Air Warning Co., Philippines; POW; DNB 9 Jan ’45, on Japanese Hell Ship Enoura Maru, Takao Harbor, Formosa from Allied air attack; ~ 400 POWs died; BNR.
† Bostedt, Glen Charles - SN 17-011-361, USAAF
3rd Pursuit Sqdn., 24th Pursuit Gp., Philippines; POW; DNB 11 Oct ’42 at POW Camp #1, Cabanatuan, Luzon, Philippines; BNR.
† Bostedt, Joseph William - SN 17-011-348, USAAF
3rd Pursuit Sqdn., 24th Pursuit Gp., Philippines; POW; DNB 20 Sep ’42 at POW Camp #1 Cabanatuan, Luzon, Philippines; BNR.
† Bostedt, John Bernard - SN 17-011-358, USAAF
3rd Pursuit Sqdn., 24th Pursuit Gp., Philippines; POW; DNB 7 Jul ’42 at POW Camp, Philippines; BNR.
† Briggs, Earl Eddie - SN 17-011-280, US Army
Coast Artillery, HQ, Manila & Subic Bay harbor defenses, Philippines; POW; DNB 9 Mar ’44, Osaka Main Camp, Chikko, Osaka, Japan.
† Brown, Ralph Ray - SN 17-019-024, USAAF
Hq. Sqdn. 27th Bomb Gp., Philippines (their planes never arrived); POW; DNB 11 May ’42, POW Camp #4, O’Donnell, Tarlac, Luzon, Philippines, malaria.
† Cavanaugh, James Bernard - SN 17-017-247, US Army
G2, HQ 2nd Philippine Corps; POW captured on Bataan; Master Sergeant kept with high-rank officer captives; DNB 10 Feb ’43, Taiwan POW Camp #4, Karenko, Formosa, from malaria.
† Collett, Albert Henry - SN 6580825, USAAF
93rd Bomb. Sqdn., 93rd Bomb. Gp., Clark Field, Philippines; POW; DNB ‘42-‘44, POW camp, Philippines (officially declared dead 8 May ’44).
† Dammrow, Stanley Arnold - SN 17-030-323, USAAF
Hq. Sqdn., V Interceptor Cmd., Philippines; POW; DNB Nov ’42, POW camp, Philippines; BNR.
† Hartje, Lamar Hugo - SN 3165745, US Navy
submarine tender USS Canopus (AS-9), scuttled in Mariveles Bay, Bataan, Philippines 10 Apr ‘42; crew went ashore to Corregidor; POW; DOW 11 Jun ’42, POW Hospital, Philippines.
† McCauley, Leon Harrold - SN O-890103, US Army
Quartermaster Corps, Philippines; POW; DOW 9 Jul ’42, POW Camp #4 O’Donnell, Tarlac, Luzon, Philippines.
† Newman, Shelby Fearn - SN O-351381, US Army
12th Reg., 11th Philippine Army Division; POW; KIA 15 Dec ‘44, Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippines; escape attempt from grounded Japanese Hell Ship Oryoku Maru; BNR.
† Nugent, Donald Thomas - SN 17-018-650, US Army
75th Ordnance Co. (Depot), Philippines; POW; d. 7 Sep ’44, off Mindanao, Philippines on Japanese Hell Ship Shinyo Maru; ship sunk by submarine USS Paddle; 688 Americans died; BNR.
† Pierce, Robert C. - SN 6-825-221, USAAF
7th Material Sqdn., 19th Bomb Gp., Philippines; POW; DNB 22 Nov ’42, Cabanatuan, Philippines; BNR.
† - SN 6-208-886, USAAF
34th Pursuit Sqdn., 24th Pursuit Gp., Philippines; POW; DNB 22 Jul ’42 Cabanatuan POW Camp, Luzon, Philippines; malaria; BNR.