USA, lived, II, Fk-1, , Jinsen, , Langston, Leonard , CMM, 1803729, USN, Navl Transportation Svc, , USA, I, , , , , Illinois, O'Brien, John F. , CCM, 26458, USN, Cavite Naval Yard, , USA, 12/31/44, I, , , , , , Maryland, Swanson, Wendell F. , Maj, O&314036, Med, Phil Dept, Hq, USA, 12/23/44, , Long Beach, California, Roberts, Elton Ward , 1st Lt, O&890036, ENG, 14th Eng Regt (PS), , USA, Fk-4, , , , California, MacNair, Thomas K. , Maj, O&019027, CAC, 60th CA Regt (AA), Hq, USA, II, , , , Milo, Maine, Packer, Richard , Pvt, 301448, USMC, 4th Marine Regt, I Co 3rd Bn, USA, 3/11/45, , Fk-17, , , Duluth, Minnesota, Haggerty, Robert Foster, Maj, O&018085, CAC, 91st CA Regt (PS), , USA, I, , , , Miltondale, Kansas, Kaster, Jack L. , 1st Lt, O&320844, AC, 7th Matl Sqdn, , USA, 12/28/44, I, Gray, Warren , Civilian, none, , , , USA, 1/9/45, , , , , , Graybeal, Harold W. , Civilian, none, , , , USA, 1/23/45, , , , , Los USA, 1/9/45, , , , , , California, Gilbo, Edward E. , 2nd Lt, O&421600, AC, 17th Bomb Sqdn, , USA, 1/21/45, 2/4/45, , Fk-1, , , Portland , Oregon, Mickey, Steve W. , 1st Lt, O&890094, Inf, 31st Inf Regt (US), 1st Bn Hq California, Lees, Robert "Scotty", Civilian, none, , , , USA, 12/15/44, , , , , Illinois, Smith, Frank , L/Sgt, 5932071, British Army, Camb'shire Regt, , British, , USA, 1/9/45, II, , , , Cebu, Phillipines, Shreve, Arthur L. , Lt Col, O&011176, QMC, II Corps, Asst Artillery, USA, USA, lived, II, Fk-1, , Jinsen, Harrisburg, Illinois, Paul, Sidney F. , Capt, O&308698, Inf, 45th Inf Regt (PS), , USA, 1/24/45, USA, lived, II, Fk-1, , Jinsen, Los Angeles, California, Cosper, Duane L. , Capt, O&355672, , VMF, G-2, USA, 1/19/45, II, , , , 1/27/45, , , , , , Swain, Roger W. , 1st Lt, O&347705, CAC, 91st CA Regt (PS), , USA, Fk-1, , Jinsen, Twin Falls, Idaho, Turner, John W. Jr., Maj, O&267724, CAC, 515th CA Regt (AA), 1st Bn Hq, Those POWs who had lain down in the wooden bunks along the haul could not sit up because the bunks were so close together. The McGooch, David , Driver, , Roy Corps of Sig, , , British, lived, III, Fk-17, Provo, Utah, Wingo, Peronneau B. , Ens, 96200, USN, USS Napa, , USA, 1/1/45, II, Chaplain, USA, 1/11/45, II, , , , Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, Zimmerman, George R. , T/Sgt, 6816366, Med, , , USA, 1/29/45, , , , , Grove, Iowa, Hall, Coy C. , Pfc, 38042022, Med, 5th Air Base Gp, Hq & Hq Sqdn, USA, Hill, West Virginia, Rice, John H. , WO, 6971, , 4th Marine Regt, Svc Co, USA, 12/20/44, , , , , , Missouri, Wiggins, George S. , Capt, O&298954, , 22nd Inf Regt (PA), , USA, 2/9/45, Houston, Texas, Mittenthal, Harry H. , 2nd Lt, O&890239, Inf, 57th Inf Regt (PS), , USA, USA, lived, I, Fk-3, , Mukden, Tipton, Oklahoma, Sadler, James E. , Capt, O&285521, CAC, 200th CA Regt (AA), A Btry, USA, Oryoku Maru left Manila on December 13, 1944, with 1,620 prisoners of war (including 1,556 American, 50 British and Dutch, 7 Czech, 4 Norwegians and several other nationalities) packed in the holds, and 1,900 Japanese civilians and military personnel in the cabins. Lt. Col. Scott Joseph Bell died aboard the Hell Ship Oryoku Maru. The bombing of the Oryoku Maru was one of the darkest events to come out of WWII. 2/21/45, I, Fk-3, , , , Pennsylvania, Schenk, Harold E. , Sgt, 20720325, , 194th Tank Bn, , USA, 12/15/44, , , , , , , , Windom, Minnesota, Cowart, Leroy Jr., 2nd Lt, O&429145, AC, 16th Bomb Sqdn, encoding and 12/15/44, I, , , , , Texas, Jones, Sam C. , Maj, O&377039, , 74th Prov Inf Regt (PA), , USA, 12/15/44, Allied prisoners of war called them “hell ships,” the requisitioned merchant vessels that the Japanese navy overloaded with POWs being relocated to internment on the Japanese Home Islands or elsewhere in the empire. , , , Matton, Illinois, Dunning, Floyd A. , Cpl, 6849435, Med, Hosp #1, , USA, 1/15/45, , , , , Hospital, USA, 1/9/45, III, , , , Alexandria, Virginia, Haynes, Raymond C. , Pvt, 14030720, Med, 91st Bomb Sqdn, Med, USA, lived, lived, II, Fk-1, , Jinsen, , Washington, Gard, Harold L. , Capt, O&017983, MAC, Hosp #2, , USA, 1/14/45, , , , , the men were held in. 1/7/45, II, , , , Maywood , Illinois, Bertz, Wesley W. , Maj (DVM), O&018307, VC, , , USA, 12/15/44, , , , , Peart wound up in Mukden. , Fk-4, , Fk-4, Ft. Knox, Kentucky, Moffitt, Lloyd C. , Maj, O&301943, Inf, 31st Inf Regt (US), 2nd Bn, USA, USA, lived, I, Fk-3, , Mukden, Wichita, Kansas, Pastyroryk, Steve , Pvt, 6896414, AC, 19th Air Base Sqdn, , USA, 12/15/44, II, KMH, , , Harrodsburg, Kentucky, Rumbold, Ralph E. , Maj, O&016588, Inf, II Corps, Asst Signal, USA, 2017-10-14 note from K.W.W. USA, 2/4/45, , Fk-1, , , Atlanta, Georgia, George, Albert M. , Capt, O&360467, , , , USA, lived, I, Fk-3, , Mukden, Tennessee, Wheat, Robert Ila , Capt, O&022918, CAC, 92nd CA Regt (PS), , USA, 12/14/44, II, , , , Carmichaels, Pennsylvania, Fossey, William J. 1/9/45, , , , , , California, Hazlett, Hugh J. , 1st Lt, O&314149, AC, 28th Matl Sqdn, , USA, 12/15/44, 1/22/45, I, , , , New Bedford, Massachussetts. Oregon, LeBrun, Cecil G. , 1st Lt, O&343741, CAC, 60th CA Regt (AA), 3rd Bn, USA, B., Capt, O&890524, , , , British?, d. Lz-Twn , II, , , , Purvis, Huey H., S/Sgt, 6376953, AC, 17th Bomb Sqdn, , USA, 1/13/45, , , , II, , , , Chelsea, Michigan, Beale, Arthur G. , Ens, 98199, USN, 16th Naval Distr, , USA, lived, II, 2/12/45, , Fk-4, , , , Evans, Martin M. , Capt, O&346840, DENT, , , USA, 3/28/45, , Fk-1, , , Svc Co, USA, 1/9/45, II, , , , Culpepper, Virginia, Willis, Albert M. , Cpl, 6566143, Med, Hosp #2, , USA, 12/31/44, , , , , , , Pyzick, Frank P. , Maj, 4087, USMC, 4th Marine Regt, Hq & Hq Co, Fk-3, , Mukden, , California, Faulkner, George C. Jr., 2nd Lt, O&42731, AC, 14th Bomb Sqdn, , USA, Waverly, Virginia, Durie, Albert E. Jr., Capt, O&306558, CAC, 91st CA Regt (PS), B Btry, USA, But the Japanese frequently transferred those prisoners well enough to work to other prison-work camps on Japan’s mainland. , British, 4/12/45, III, Heito, , Taihoku-6, Westcliffe-on-Sea, Essex, 12/15/44, I, , , , Chicago, Illinois, Manning, Walter Philippe, Lt Col, O&020056, Med, Station Hosp Ft Mills, , , Greenwood, South Carolina, Couch, George David, 2nd Lt, O&890213, ENG, 201st Engr Bn (PA), , USA, 12/22/44, , , , , San Jose, California, Speck, Jefferson W. , Capt, O&37767, CAC, Mindanao Force, , USA, lived, I, , , clarendon, Arkansas, Mayberry, Richard H. , PhM1C, 3370376, USN, USNH Canacao, , USA, 12/14/44, , , , Woodbridge, John P. , Lt Col, O&016478, FA, 81st FA Regt (PA), CO, I, Fk-3, , Mukden, Okaunion, Texas, Beck, Lewis G., CPhM, 3802944, USN, USS Mindanao, , USA, 12/15/44, I, , , Oryoku Maru, Japanese hell ship sunk December 1944 They were called “hell ships” with good reason. III, , , , Coronado, California. lived, III, Takao, Fk-17, Fk-17, , Tacy, Lester J. lived, II, Fk-1, , Jinsen, Pueblo, Colorado, Shelton, Ford , Pfc, 14043804, CWS, , , USA, lived, , Fk-4, , Fk-4, Cane I, Mj-P, , , San Antonio, Texas, Ulanowicz, Emil M. , 2nd Lt, O&396758, , 92nd CA Regt (PS), G Btry, USA, II, Fk-1, , Jinsen, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Rogers, Paul D. , Civilian, none, , , , USA, 1/9/45, , , , , Manilla, USA, 1/9/45, I, , , , New Kennsington, Pennsylvania, Goodman, Joseph , 2nd Lt, O&401410, QMC, 185th QM Co (LM), , USA, lived, Angeles, California. Fk-3, , Mukden, Covington, Louisiana, Gagen, Robert J. , 1st Lt, O&306696, FA, , , USA, 1/30/45, I, Mj-P, , , 1/29/45, I, Mj-P, , , Madera, California, Fritts, Jack B. , Capt, O&360552, FA, 81st FA Regt (PA), , USA, 1/1/45, I, 1/9/45, , , , , , Mississippi, White, Mondell , Pfc, 13009985, Inf, 31st Inf Regt (US), K Co, USA, , Oakland, California, Newell, Fred R. , Lt (jg), 78680, USN, USS MaryAnne, , USA, 1/22/45, II, , Med, USA, 12/15/44, , , , , Manchester, Texas, Giescke, Adolph H. , Capt, O&235436, , II Corps, Asst G-4, USA, 2/6/45, San Francisco, California. III, , , , , Massachusetts, Black, Cecil , Sgt, 6260154, CAC, 59th CA Regt, A Btry, USA, 1/27/45, , , Warner, Oklahoma, Laird, Orley A., Civilian, none, , AGO, , USA, 12/15/44, , , , , Los Later they were moved by foot, truck, and train to San Fernando and transported to Moji, Japan. USA, 12/15/44, I, , , , Minneapolis, Minnesota, Hennessey, George R. , 2nd Lt, O&426217, Inf, 57th Inf Regt (PS), F Co, 1/21/45, II, , , , Lexinton, Missouri, Pope, William "Buddy" D. , Pvt, 18057071, Med, 31st Inf Regt (US), 3rd Bn, Zonneveld, Adrianus G. B. , 1st Lt, , Roy Neth Ind Army, , , Dutch, Jinsen, Honolulu, Hawaii, Ney, Ralph S. , PhM2C, 4143778, USN, 4th Marine Regt, 2nd Bn Hq, USA, Office, USA, 1/10/45, II, , , , Beverly Hills, California, Jones, Donald E. , Pfc, 19056543, , Phil Dept, Med Depot, USA, 1/24/45, , , , , , , Pennsylvania, Kaufmann, George M. , Capt, O&268107, , 66th Pack Train (PS), , USA, 1/21/45, , , , , Minneapolis, Minnesota, Nelson, Russell J. , Lt Col, O&012423, Inf, 102nd Inf Regt (PA), CO, USA, Sclachtofferregister online records provided much help with British and Btry, USA, 1/30/45, I, Mj-P, , , Silver City, New Mexico. 12/15/44, , , , , , Kentucky, Dixon, Frank L. , Capt, O&265493, Med, Cebu Brigade, Med Supply Depot, They were packed in so tightly that they could not move. The men were prisoners since the American territory fell to the Japanese in the spring of 1942. , , , Galesburg, Illinois, Frutiger, Thomas W. , 1st Lt, O&303193, AC, 454th Ord Co (Avn), , USA, 1/1/45, , , , , St. Pau;, Minnesota, Miranda, Fred T. , Cpl, 19000453, Med, , , USA, lived, , Fk-1, , Jinsen, USA, 12/15/44, I, , , , , Minnesota, Towne, Charles P. , Pfc, 19020999, Med, Station Hosp Ft Mills, Med, USA, II, , , , Pasadena, California, Lee, Jesse E. , BM, 10490, , USS Quail, , USA, lived, , Fk-17, , Fk-17, , (X)), USA, 1/28/45, II, , , , Newport, Rhode Island, Graff, Charles H. , Sgt, 6583781, CAC, HDM&SB, Hq & Hq Btry, USA, lived, , A reading of the trial proceedings will leave no doubt that this was and will always remain a true characterization. official sources. The Japanese were transferring prisoners to camps in Japan. 1/17/45, II, , , , Freehold, New Jersey, East, Joe C. , Maj, O&018192, CAC, 91st CA Regt (PS), E Btry, USA, I, , , , , New York, Bayer, Edward W. , Lt (jg), 79242, USN, , , USA, 1/9/45, II, , , , Crete, III, Fk-17, , Fk-17, San Diego, California, Crosby, Stephen H. Jr., 2nd Lt, O&390710, AC, 17th Purs Sqdn, , USA, d. Lz-Twn , , , , , , Steele, Lewis Q. , Pfc, 6970409, AC, 803rd Engr Bn (Avn), , USA, 12/23/44, 12/15/44 and were liberated from the Philippines. , Jinsen, Peublo, Colorado, Fansler, Carl G. , 2nd Lt, O&890243, Inf, 53rd Inf Regt (PA), , USA, California, Decker, James R. , CPhM, 3362869, USN, USN 4th Marine Regt, , USA, 1/23/45, , , , , Paterson, New Jersey, Larsen, Peter F. , 2nd Lt, O&412518, AC, 2nd Obsn Sqdn, , USA, 1/9/45, II, Fk-3, , Mukden, Good Pine , Lousiana, Beus, William D. , 1st Sgt, 1901491, , 724th Ord Co (Avn), , USA, lived, , I, , , , Sweetwater, Tennessee, Horton, Edward L. Jr. "Jim", 1st Lt, O&386301, Inf, , , USA, lived, II, II, , , , Long Beach, California, Marron, Cyril Q. , Lt Col, O&015329, Inf, 31st Inf Regt (US), 2nd Bn (CO), Los Angeles, California, Gard, Dwight E. , Maj, O&301095, FIN, Manila Finance Office USFIP, , USA, 12/14/44, II, , , , Quantico, Virginia, Bradshaw, Vance A. , S/Sgt, 6548082, Med, , , USA, 1/25/45, , , , , , , , Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Coombs, Milliard B. , Capt, O&890555, ENG, Phil Dept, Engr Det, USA, 12/15/44, I, , , , , Iowa, Paquet, Leo C. , Lt Col, O&012316, Inf, 31st Inf Regt (US), S-4, USA, , , , , , Texas. The 1600 POWs who were crammed into the stifling heat of the holds had suffered horrific conditions during that day and the following night. Merrill, Maine, Terry, James H. , MM, 112060 , USN, , , USA, 12/15/44, , , , , , Fk-1, , , Richmond, California, Sneed, Charles R. , Maj, O&373918, AC, 20th Purs Sqdn, , USA, 1/9/45, II, I, Fk-3, , Fk-3, Palo Alto, California, Berry, Gleneth B. , 2nd Lt, O&431714, AC, 14th Bomb Sqdn, , USA, lived, On December 13, 1944, POW Estel Myers was herded aboard the Japanese prison ship, the Oryoku Maru, with more than 1,600 other American captives. 1/9/45, , , , , , Oklahoma, Shaw, John C. , 1st Lt, O&377822, Inf, 45th Inf Regt (PS), , USA, 1/9/45, lived, I, Fk-3, , Mukden, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Stennis, Will K. , Lt Col, O&015995, CAC, 91st CA Regt (PS), , USA, Regt, , British, d. Lz-Twn , III, , , , Blackburn, Lanchester, Asmussen, William F. , Pvt, , Roy Neth Ind Army, , , Dutch, lived, III, USA, 1/21/45, I, , , , Charlottesville, Virginia, Simpson, Earl R. , Pvt, 35201341, ORD, 17th Ord Co (Armd), , USA, (CO), USA, 1/25/45, II, , , , , Pennsylvania, Blizzard, Howard L. , 1st Lt, O&355479, AC, Air Warning Svc Co, , USA, , Fk-17, Boerne, Texas, Wholey, Timothy J. , 1st Lt, O&340463, Inf, 11th Inf Regt (PA), , 12/15/44, II, , , , USMA West Point, New York, Mitchell, Walter H. , CBM, 2869182, USN, USS Canopus, , USA, 12/22/44, , , 12/14/44, I, , , , Seattle, Washington, Bragdon, Harvey E. , 1st Lt, O&890045, QMC, 74th QM Co (Bakery), , USA, There, about 1,000 of the survivors were loaded on another Japanese ship, Enoura Maru, while the rest boarded the smaller Brazil Maru. ” due to the tortuous conditions the prisoners were transferred to the ill-fated Oryoku Maru, Noto,! 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