bigpigeon.us webpage WW II - Japan > Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost, updated by RAC 22 Jun 2020.
This webpage is incomplete; need to add a timeline.
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 area WW II Dead - The Philippines Lost
(taken from the bigpigeon.us WW II Dead webarea)
03-05 - Japan Lashes Out - The Philippines Lost: (twenty dead, most as Japanese prisoners, due to the 1942 Fall of the Philippines, updated 24 Jul 2020)
† Bach, Paul Leonard, SN O-311373, US Army, Pott. Co.
43rd Inf. Regt., Philippine Scouts; POW; DNB 21 Nov 1942 at POW Camp, Cabanatuan, Nuevo Ecija Prov., Philippines, amoebic dysentery.
† Blizzard, Howard Leslie, SN O-355479, US Army, Pott. Co. & Ray Co., MO
Signal Air Warning Co., Philippines; POW; DNB 9 Jan 1945 friendly fire, 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, Pott. & Mills Cos.
3rd Pursuit Sqdn., 24th Pursuit Gp., Philippines; POW; DNB 11 Oct 1942 at POW Camp #1, Cabanatuan, Luzon, Philippines; BNR.
† Bostedt, Joseph William, SN 17-011-348, USAAF, Pott. & Mills Cos.
3rd Pursuit Sqdn., 24th Pursuit Gp., Philippines; POW; DNB 20 Sep 1942 at POW Camp #1 Cabanatuan, Luzon, Philippines; BNR.
† Bostedt, John Bernard, SN 17-011-358, USAAF, Pott. & Mills Cos.
3rd Pursuit Sqdn., 24th Pursuit Gp., Philippines; POW; DNB 7 Jul 1942 at POW Camp, Philippines; BNR.
† Briggs, Earl Eddie, SN 17-011-280, US Army, Pott. Co.
Coast Artillery, HQ, Manila & Subic Bay harbor defenses, Philippines; POW; DNB 9 Mar 1944, Osaka Main Camp, Chikko, Osaka, Japan.
† Brown, Ralph Ray, SN 17-019-024, USAAF, Pott. Co.
Hq. Sqdn. 27th Bomb Gp., Philippines (their planes never arrived); POW; DNB 11 May 1942, POW Camp #4, O’Donnell, Tarlac, Luzon, Philippines, malaria.
† Cavanaugh, James Bernard, SN 17-017-247, US Army, Pott. Co.
G2, HQ 2nd Philippine Corps; POW captured on Bataan; Master Sergeant kept with high-ranking officer captives; DNB 10 Feb 1943, Taiwan POW Camp #4, Karenko, Formosa, from malaria.
† Collett, Albert Henry, SN 6580825, USAAF, Pott. Co. & Los Angeles Co., CA
93rd Bomb. Sqdn., 93rd Bomb. Gp., Clark Field, Philippines; POW; DNB 1942-44, POW camp, Philippines (officially declared dead 8 May 1944).
† Dammrow, Stanley Arnold, SN 17-030-323, USAAF, Pott. Co.
Hq. Sqdn., V Interceptor Cmd., Philippines; POW; DNB Nov 1942, POW camp, Philippines; BNR.
† Fader, Walter D., SN 17-011-491, USAAF, Mills Co.
2nd Quartermaster Co. (Aviation); POW; d. 7 Sep 1944, friendly fire off Mindinao Is., Philippines, torpedoing of Japanese Hell Ship Shinyo Maru by USS Paddle, 668 US POWs died, BNR.
† Hartje, Lamar Hugo, SN 316-57-45, US Navy, Pott. Co.
submarine tender USS Canopus (AS-9), scuttled in Mariveles Bay, Bataan, Philippines 10 Apr 1942; crew went ashore to Corregidor; KIA 6 May 1942 near the water tower on Monkey Pt., Corregidor Is., Philippines.
† Johnson, Arthur Burdick, US Merchant Marine, Harrison & Shelby Cos.
left without a ship in Manila, Philippines when WW II began; interned in civilian POW camp at San Tomas University, Manila; d. 23 Nov 1944 from beri-beri.
† Juhl, William David, SN 8-863-628, US Army, Shelby Co.
Co. G, 31st Inf. Regt., Philippines Div.; POW; DNB 8 Aug 1942 at Cabanatuan Prison Camp, Philippines from malaria; BNR.
† McCauley, Leon Harrold, SN O-890103, US Army, Pott. Co.
Quartermaster Corps, Philippines; POW; DOW 9 Jul 1942, POW Camp #4 O’Donnell, Tarlac, Luzon, Philippines.
† McCuen, Walter Rea, SN 321-29-61, US Navy, Audubon & Shelby Cos.
submarine tender USS Canopus (AS-9), Asiatic Fleet; POW captured at Corregidor, Philippines; DNB 24 Oct 1944 on Hell Ship Arisan Maru in Bashi Channel, S of Formosa; Arisan Maru sunk by friendly fire by submarine USS Shark (SS-314); ~ 1773 US Pows and ~100 international civilians died; nine POWs survived; most American lives lost in any maritime disaster; BNR.
† Newman, Shelby Fearn, SN O-351381, US Army, Pott. Co.
12th Reg., 11th Philippine Army Division; POW; KIA 15 Dec 1944, Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippines; escape attempt from grounded Japanese Hell Ship Oryoku Maru; BNR.
† Nugent, Donald Thomas, SN 17-018-650, US Army, Pott. Co. & Douglas Co., NE
75th Ordnance Co. (Depot), Philippines; POW; d. 7 Sep 1944, friendly fire off Mindanao, Philippines; on Japanese Hell Ship Shinyo Maru; ship sunk by submarine USS Paddle; 688 Americans died; BNR.
† Pierce, Robert Clark, SN 6-825-221, USAAF, Pott. Co.
7th Material Sqdn., 19th Bomb Gp., Philippines; POW; DNB 22 Nov 1942, Cabanatuan, Philippines; BNR.
† Wilson, John Robert, SN 6-208-886, USAAF, Pott. Co.
34th Pursuit Sqdn., 24th Pursuit Gp., Philippines; POW; DNB 22 Jul 1942 Cabanatuan POW Camp, Luzon, Philippines; malaria; BNR.
(taken from the bigpigeon.us WW II Dead webarea)
03-05 - Japan Lashes Out - The Philippines Lost: (twenty dead, most as Japanese prisoners, due to the 1942 Fall of the Philippines, updated 24 Jul 2020)
† Bach, Paul Leonard, SN O-311373, US Army, Pott. Co.
43rd Inf. Regt., Philippine Scouts; POW; DNB 21 Nov 1942 at POW Camp, Cabanatuan, Nuevo Ecija Prov., Philippines, amoebic dysentery.
† Blizzard, Howard Leslie, SN O-355479, US Army, Pott. Co. & Ray Co., MO
Signal Air Warning Co., Philippines; POW; DNB 9 Jan 1945 friendly fire, 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, Pott. & Mills Cos.
3rd Pursuit Sqdn., 24th Pursuit Gp., Philippines; POW; DNB 11 Oct 1942 at POW Camp #1, Cabanatuan, Luzon, Philippines; BNR.
† Bostedt, Joseph William, SN 17-011-348, USAAF, Pott. & Mills Cos.
3rd Pursuit Sqdn., 24th Pursuit Gp., Philippines; POW; DNB 20 Sep 1942 at POW Camp #1 Cabanatuan, Luzon, Philippines; BNR.
† Bostedt, John Bernard, SN 17-011-358, USAAF, Pott. & Mills Cos.
3rd Pursuit Sqdn., 24th Pursuit Gp., Philippines; POW; DNB 7 Jul 1942 at POW Camp, Philippines; BNR.
† Briggs, Earl Eddie, SN 17-011-280, US Army, Pott. Co.
Coast Artillery, HQ, Manila & Subic Bay harbor defenses, Philippines; POW; DNB 9 Mar 1944, Osaka Main Camp, Chikko, Osaka, Japan.
† Brown, Ralph Ray, SN 17-019-024, USAAF, Pott. Co.
Hq. Sqdn. 27th Bomb Gp., Philippines (their planes never arrived); POW; DNB 11 May 1942, POW Camp #4, O’Donnell, Tarlac, Luzon, Philippines, malaria.
† Cavanaugh, James Bernard, SN 17-017-247, US Army, Pott. Co.
G2, HQ 2nd Philippine Corps; POW captured on Bataan; Master Sergeant kept with high-ranking officer captives; DNB 10 Feb 1943, Taiwan POW Camp #4, Karenko, Formosa, from malaria.
† Collett, Albert Henry, SN 6580825, USAAF, Pott. Co. & Los Angeles Co., CA
93rd Bomb. Sqdn., 93rd Bomb. Gp., Clark Field, Philippines; POW; DNB 1942-44, POW camp, Philippines (officially declared dead 8 May 1944).
† Dammrow, Stanley Arnold, SN 17-030-323, USAAF, Pott. Co.
Hq. Sqdn., V Interceptor Cmd., Philippines; POW; DNB Nov 1942, POW camp, Philippines; BNR.
† Fader, Walter D., SN 17-011-491, USAAF, Mills Co.
2nd Quartermaster Co. (Aviation); POW; d. 7 Sep 1944, friendly fire off Mindinao Is., Philippines, torpedoing of Japanese Hell Ship Shinyo Maru by USS Paddle, 668 US POWs died, BNR.
† Hartje, Lamar Hugo, SN 316-57-45, US Navy, Pott. Co.
submarine tender USS Canopus (AS-9), scuttled in Mariveles Bay, Bataan, Philippines 10 Apr 1942; crew went ashore to Corregidor; KIA 6 May 1942 near the water tower on Monkey Pt., Corregidor Is., Philippines.
† Johnson, Arthur Burdick, US Merchant Marine, Harrison & Shelby Cos.
left without a ship in Manila, Philippines when WW II began; interned in civilian POW camp at San Tomas University, Manila; d. 23 Nov 1944 from beri-beri.
† Juhl, William David, SN 8-863-628, US Army, Shelby Co.
Co. G, 31st Inf. Regt., Philippines Div.; POW; DNB 8 Aug 1942 at Cabanatuan Prison Camp, Philippines from malaria; BNR.
† McCauley, Leon Harrold, SN O-890103, US Army, Pott. Co.
Quartermaster Corps, Philippines; POW; DOW 9 Jul 1942, POW Camp #4 O’Donnell, Tarlac, Luzon, Philippines.
† McCuen, Walter Rea, SN 321-29-61, US Navy, Audubon & Shelby Cos.
submarine tender USS Canopus (AS-9), Asiatic Fleet; POW captured at Corregidor, Philippines; DNB 24 Oct 1944 on Hell Ship Arisan Maru in Bashi Channel, S of Formosa; Arisan Maru sunk by friendly fire by submarine USS Shark (SS-314); ~ 1773 US Pows and ~100 international civilians died; nine POWs survived; most American lives lost in any maritime disaster; BNR.
† Newman, Shelby Fearn, SN O-351381, US Army, Pott. Co.
12th Reg., 11th Philippine Army Division; POW; KIA 15 Dec 1944, Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippines; escape attempt from grounded Japanese Hell Ship Oryoku Maru; BNR.
† Nugent, Donald Thomas, SN 17-018-650, US Army, Pott. Co. & Douglas Co., NE
75th Ordnance Co. (Depot), Philippines; POW; d. 7 Sep 1944, friendly fire off Mindanao, Philippines; on Japanese Hell Ship Shinyo Maru; ship sunk by submarine USS Paddle; 688 Americans died; BNR.
† Pierce, Robert Clark, SN 6-825-221, USAAF, Pott. Co.
7th Material Sqdn., 19th Bomb Gp., Philippines; POW; DNB 22 Nov 1942, Cabanatuan, Philippines; BNR.
† Wilson, John Robert, SN 6-208-886, USAAF, Pott. Co.
34th Pursuit Sqdn., 24th Pursuit Gp., Philippines; POW; DNB 22 Jul 1942 Cabanatuan POW Camp, Luzon, Philippines; malaria; BNR.