INFORMATION REQUEST
"MT. SAMAT, BATAAN, THE SCENE OF SOME OF THE HEAVIEST FIGHTING BETWEEN THE DEFENDERS OF BATAAN AND THE JAPANESE FORCES" The picture was donated by Jim and Emma Barrows.
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If you wish to post a request for information, we will be happy to include your request on this page, please e-mail, our Adjutant, Major Richard Gordon.
Thank you.
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Arvil Steel is looking for any information on three brothers, last name is Bastedt, who died in prison camp. All three were in the 3rd Pursuit Squadron. Two were twins, the third an older brother. All were from Council Bluffs, Iowa. Glen and Joe Bastedt were two of them and we do not have the first name of the third. Anyone with information should contact Major Richard Gordon.
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Craig Simmonds would like to know further information about my father, Glen Monroe Simonds during his time as a Prisoner of War in the Philippines and Japan. From what little he talked about, we know that he participated in the Bataan Death March. The discharge papers indicate he was with the 20th Air Base HQ Sqd as a SGT, photographer 152. Enlisted at Fort Mac Arthur, California, separated at Fort Douglas, Utah. Army serial #19050138. Enlisted 28 Oct 40. Discharged 13 Apr 46. If you knew Glen Monroe Simonds, please contact his son Craig Simonds.
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Merle Chato is serching for information on his father, Melvin Chato. Melvin served with Battery A, 200th CAC. He was a Bataan defender and was shipped to Japan on board the Noto Maru. If you knew Melvin Chato or if you have any information on him please contact Merle Chato.
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Mike Foster is interested in attaining information from anyone who knew or knew of Malcolm S. Foster, S #11014153. "Doc" entered the Army in 1939 at 23 years of age, enlisted in Maine and hailed from Calais Maine. He survived the death march and POW camps but was disabled. Unfortunately he died at the early age of 43 in 1959. Any information would be welcome. If you knew Malcolm S. Foster or if you have any information on him please contact his son, Mike Foster.
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Helen Osborne is seeking any information about the activities of the Quartermaster Corp, on Bataan. If you served with the Quartermaster Corp, or if you have information on the Quartermaster Corp, please contact Helen.
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Patricia Panter wishes to hear from anyone who knew her father, Lt. Emil T. Michalek. If you knew him, please contact Patricia.
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Steve Bull wishes any information on his father, Floyd Johnson Bull. Floyd served with the 698th Ordinance from 1940 to his release at Kamioka POW Camp in Japan. He wishes to have any information on his war years. If you knew Floyd Johnson Bull please contact Steve Bull.
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Laura Gregory wishes information on Richard Davis. Richard served with the 4th Marines, in the Philippines. If you knew Richard Davis, please contact Laura Gregory.
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Cecile L. Kitchens wishes to communicate with anyone with information about his father, Cecile Walter Kitchens "Kitch." Cecile served with the 192nd Tank Bn. He was stationed in Clark Field, before the war. He was a POW in Camp O'Donnell, Cabanatuan, and Bilibid. If you knew Cecile, please contact his son..
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Pamela Stuckey-Gonzales is searching for infomation on her fahter, Francis Stuckey. Francis was a POW in Mukden, Manchuria. His POW number was #761. He served with the 7th Materials. If you knew Francis, please contact Pamela.
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Carol McAdoo is searching for information on her father, Edwin Kalbfleish JR. Edwin served with the 92nd Coast Artillery PS in Corregidor, prior to being sent to Bagac, Bataan to man the 155mm guns. He was a POW in Camp O'Donnell, Cabanatuan, and Zentsuji. If you knew Edwin Kalbfleish, please contact Carol McAdoo.
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James Allen is searching for information on his Uncle, Neubern Fair. Neubern was a POW in Cabanatuan and Fukuoka #17. Neubern was killed on 9-6-45, when a crate from a food drop fell on him. Contact James Allen.
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Donna Blair is looking for any information concerning her Uncle, Jim "Matt" Mathieson. Jim was attached to the Headquarters Philippine Department, Publications Division. His Death of Death is listed as May 31, 1942 and he supposedly died in Dinalupihan, Bataan. If you knew Jim, please contact Donna Blair.
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Claude Albert Dewberry was a member of the medical detachment of the 194th Tank Btn. Along with his unit he was ordered to surrender and survived the Death March, Camp O'Donnell, Cabanatuan (Camp 1), Davao, Cabanatuan again, Bilibid, and the sinking of the Oryoku Maru. He died when the Enoura Maru was bombed by USN aircraft. I have been asked by his family to gather as much information as possible from anyone who knew him or knew anything about him. Bob. *****************
Ted Cadwallader is searching for information about his uncle, Lt. William (Bill) Harrington. Lt. Harrington was a US Naval Reserve Officer captured either on Bataan or Corregidor. Lt. Harrington perished on the Enoura Maru, on 01-09-45. If you knew Lt. Harrington, please contact Ted Cadwallader.
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Joseph Gusmano is looking for information on his Uncle, John J. Gusmano. John Gusmano served with the 808th MPs. If you knew John Gusmano, please contact Joseph.
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James Bollich is looking for anyone who may know the family of Lt. Col. David S. Babcock or the family of Maj. Harry C. Hoffmeyer. If you are related to either of these men, please contact James Bollich.
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Seeking information on Sgt. Stanley F. Gourguet, 228th Signal Operations Company. He was maintaining the telephone system at Sternberg General Hospital at the beginning of the war. He was surrendered at Corregidor or Bataan. He was in a Japanese communication work detail at Ft.McKinley. He escaped from Ft. McKinley in December of 1942, operated with the Hunter ROTC Guerrillas for a time, then with the Fil-American Guerrillas until his capture in August of 1943. He was executed in February 1944.Contact Stanley Vaughn.
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Rita (Weeks) Hammill is looking for any information about her uncle. His name was Harold Weeks, he came from either Kansas or Missouri. He survived the Death March and came back to the U.S. We are unaware if he is alive or dead.Please contact Rita Hammill
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Linda Saxe is searching for information on her uncle, PFC William D. Pope (Nickname Buddy), serial #18057071. Buddy served on Bataan with the 31st INF, in the medical detachment, 3rd Battalion. Specifically, she is looking for information on where and how he died. If you knew Buddy and can provide Linda with this information, please e-mail her at Linda Saxe. You may also contact her husband Henry Saxe
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My father Howard W. Leachman was from Cartersville, Georgia and was in the 75 Ordnance Company. Would you have a roster list or any other information about this unit or my father. He apparently died June 28, 1942. The notice of death from the army states that he died on Tayabas. A 1946 letter from a survivor, George Williams, says he died of the fever while on a work detail on Bataan. I would appreciate any assistance you could offer.
Howard L. Marshall, Ph. D. 2126 Skyview Drive Lithia Springs, Ga. 30122
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Helen Osborne is searching for information on her father Lt. Col. Walter L. Dencker. Lt. Col. Dencker served on Bataan, with the Quartermaster Corp. He was interned in the Davao, Cabanatuan, and Bilibid. He persished on the Oroyku Maru. If you knew Col. Dencker, please contact Helen Osborne.
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April Vribes is looking for any information on Capt. Harold W. Collins he was part of the 192d Tank Battalion out of Port Clinton, Ohio. He was a recipient of the Silver Star and Purple Heart. He departed on October 27, 1941 from San Francisco for Fort Stotsenburg, Philippine Island. Capt. Collins was commander of Company C and led his company in the battle of Anyasan-Silaiim. He is listed as having perished on board the Enoura Maru, on Jan. 18, 1945. If you knew Capt. Harold Collins, please contact April.
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Monroe Carlson is looking for anyone who knew his father,by the same name, Monroe Carlson. Monroe Carlson perished on the Enouru Maru. Also, if you have any information about any civilians who served on Bataan or Corregidor, in particular those who worked in the Philippine Mining Industry, before the war, please contact Monroe Carlson.
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The Rev. Dr. Richard S. Roper is writing a book about the chaplins who served on Bataan. He is looking for any stories or annecdotes you may have, either before or after the war. If you knew a chaplin who served on Bataan, please contact Dr. Richard Roper.
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Camilla wishes to speak with anyone who may have known her brother, Pvt. John Register. John served with the 27th Bomb Group and came from the state of Georgia. He perished on board the Shinyo Maru, on Sept. 7, 1944. If you knew John Register, please contact Camilla.
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Elizabeth Day is searching for anyone who knew her father, Capt. Roy W. Day MD. Capt. Day was a flight surgeon, in the Army Air Corp, stationed in Clark Field, before the war. If you knew Capt. Roy W. Day, please contact Elizabeth Day.
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Jerome Keating PhD. is working with the Taiwan POW Memorial Society. This group is chronicling the history of the POW Camps in Taiwan. He is searching for any American who was interned in Formosa. If you have any information for Jerome Keating, please contact him at Jerome Keating.
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Lisa Davis is looking for anyone who knew Vernon Weldon. Vernon was a medic and assisted the sick and the dying in one of the Hellships. If you knew Vernon Weldon, please contact Lisa Davis.
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Dorothy Thompson is looking for someone who knew her brother, Charles A. Peterson. Charles served with the 192nd Tank Bn, from Ft. Knox, Kentucky. Charles died on Sept. 9, 1942, in Camp Olivas, Philippines. If you knew Charles, please contact Dorothy Thompson. Dorothy would also be interested hearing from anyone who has information about Camp Olivas. You may also reach her at 405 Erin Drive, Fairview Heights, Illinois 62208-3727 (618)277-2278
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MSgt. Marion A. Helmick, USAF wishes information on his Uncle, Private Charles T. Farren, SA#6139694, Ordnance Department. Private Farren is said to have died on August 7, 1942, in a POW Camp, in the Philippines. If you knew Private Farren, please contact MSgt. Marion A. Helmick.
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Linda S. Smith is searching for anyone who her father, Sgt. Lewis N. Simmons. He was a defender of Bataan and survived the Death March. If you knew Sgt. Lewis N. Simmons, please contact Linda Smith.
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Looking for information re: Capt. Milton Jerome "Jerry" Sheldon. Arrived in Manila, NOV 1940. Stationed at Ft. McKinley with 57th Inf. Transferred to Mac Arthur's HQ about OCT 41. Went to Bataan when MacArthur went to Australia. Was close friend of Col. George S. Clarke.
Sheldon was on Nagato Maru and died in Umeda Bunsho POW camp. Col.Clarke is supposed to be the last officer to escape from Bataan and was in San Franciso raising money for a relief ship in 1943. Need to locate ANY descendant of Col. Clarke. Info about Capt. Sheldon would be appreciated. Thank you for your assistance. Warren Sheldon.
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Emily Wasserman is seeking information on Cpl. Martin L. Wasserman. Martin Wasserman served on Bataan and survived the war. If you knew Martin Wasserman, please contact Emily Wasserman.
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Art Tegger is seeking information about his father, Capt. Jay J. Navin. Capt. Navin served with the Hdqs. Co., 31st. INF. Capt. Navin perished in a POW camp, in Mindanao. If you knew Capt. Navin, please contact his son, Art Tegger. You may also write to him at 1650 Cameo Dr., Eugene, OR 97405 or you may call him at (541) 687-9013.
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Bob Nelson is seeking information on his Uncle, Hassel (Red) M. Short. Hassell Short served, as a medic, on Bataan, survived the Death March, and Camp O'Donnell. Little else is known about him. If you have any information on Hassell M. Short, please write to his nephew, Bob Nelson.
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Wendy (O'Brien) Harris would like to talk to anyone who has stories of James O'Brien (T4) of 192nd Tank Bn. James, my Great Uncle, died of dysentery at Catabantuan on June 30, 1942. He hailed from Port Clinton,Ohio. E-Mail me at Wendy Harris. I can also be reached at 405 N. Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801.
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Joseph Mahoney wishes to communicate with anyone who knew Chaplin Henry B. Stober, Capt. US Army. Chaplin Stober was assigned to Ft. William McKinley, in 1941. He served on Bataan, walked the Death March, and interned in Camp O'Donnell. Later, he was also interned in DAPECOL, at Davao, and finally, Bilibid, until his death aboard the either the Oroyku Maru, or the the Enoura Maru. If you knew Chaplin Stober or have any additional information, please contact Joseph Mahoney.
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Cheri Larson is seeking information on her uncle, Joe Uballe, from Boone, Iowa. Joe Uballe died in the Palawan Massacre. If you knew Joe Uballe, please contact Cheri Larson.
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Johnnie Magnus is seeking information on Capt. Edward Grundt. Capt. Grundt served on Bataan and escaped the Death March. He made his way to the Island of Panay, where he helped organize a guerilla group. If you knew Capt. Edward Grundt, please contact Johnnie Magnus.
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Chris Bruce is wishes to communicate with anyone who knew his father, Robert (Bob) Bruce. Bob Bruce served with the 31st INF and was captured on Corregidor. He was a prisoner in Ft. Hughes, Bilibid, Cabanatuan,and Osaka, Japan. If you knew Bob Bruce, please contact his son, Chris Bruce. You may also write to him at 203 E.Hillcrest Dr., Greenville, S.C. 29069 or call him at (864) 232-3069 (Home) or (864) 232-1556 (Work).
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Mimi Macaraig is seeking information on her uncle, Francisco Macaraig. Francisco Macaraig was a Major in the Philippine Army and a survivor of the Death March. If you knew Maj. Francisco Macaraig, please contact Mimi Macaraig.
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Seeking information on Major Theodore P. Crane. Theodore Crane served with the 33rd INF Reg. of the 31st Div. of the Philippine Army. Maj. Crane perished on the Arisan Maru. If you knew Maj. Crane, please contact his son.
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INFORMATION OF CABANATUAN: Hampton Sides is currently researching and writing a book on the Cabanatuan Prison Camps. If you wish to share any information you may have on Cabanatuan or if you were a POW in Cabanatuan and wish to be interviewed, please contact Hampton Sides.. Hampton is also researching the famed Manila spy, "High Pockets."
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Charles H. Wyatt is searching for anyone who knew his father, Charles Wyatt. Charles Wyatt served on Bataan and was in a POW camp, in Mindanao. If you knew Charles Wyatt, please contact his son, Charles Wyatt..
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Jude Ford is searching for information on anyone who knew his great uncle, Vernon (Pinky) Martin. Vernon Martin died in the Death March. If you knew Vernon Martin, please contact Jude Ford..
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Michael Cole is searching for information about his stepfather, William Collins. William Collins is said to have served in the US Navy and have served on Bataan. He survived the Death March and was liberated from a Camp in Japan, where he worked in a copper mine. If you knew William Collins, please notify William Collins..
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L. Miles Montgomery, Captain, USAF is searching for anyone who might have known his grandfather, Lt. Hamden E. Montgomery, a West Point Graduate, who served on Gen. King's staff, during the Battle of Bataan. Col. Montgomery died of pneumonia, in Feb. 1945, while at a POW camp, in Japan. If yhou knew Col. Montgomery, please notify Capt. L. Miles Montgomery.
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Ted M. Reiley is searching for anyone who knew Col. Cyrus Cruz. Col. Cruz survived the Death March, and was later interned in Formosa, and then later, in Hsein, Manchuria. If you knew Col. Cruz, please contact his nephew, Ted Reiley.
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Kenneth White is interested in communicating with anyone who knew his father, Mondell White, or his uncle, Kenneth White. Mondell White served with the 31st., CO K. His uncle, Kenneth White died in Camp O'Donnell. If you knew Mondell or Kenneth, please contact Kenneth White. You can also reach him by phone at (703) 299-8365 (home)or (202) 219-3181. You may write to him at 2400 South Inge Street, Arlington, VA 22202.
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Thomas Calderone served with the 31st. INF, Co. A. He is searching for CPL Charles M. Hanson, who served with the 31st INF, Co B, as the 1st Battalion messenger. If you know CPL Charles M. Hanson, please contact Thomas Calderone's son, Karl Calderone.
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Dan Long is searching for information about his uncle, Leo (Leonard) Schenk, from Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois. Leo was a staff sergeant in the Army/Air Corp and he was said to have died on the "Death March". If you knew S/Sgt Leo Schenk, please contact his nephew Dan Long.
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Gail Mills wishes to speak with anyone who knew her uncle, CPL Eugene Scharmacher, from Kay County, Oklahoma. Very little is known about Eugene Scharmacker, except that he, probably, died on the Death March, or in Camp O'Donnell. If you knew CPL Eugene Scharmacher, please contact Gail Mills.
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Mike Perez wishes to speak with anyone who knew his grandfather, Carl Wuhrmann(Everyone knew him as Mike.) Mike was from Madison, Wisconsin and served with the Army/Air Corp. He survived the Death March and was liberated from an unknown camp in Japan. If you knew Carl (Mike) Wuhrmann, please contact his grandson Mike Perez. You may also reach him by phone, at (309) 690-7441 ext. 3696.
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Charles Morris wishes to speak with anyone who knew his father, Robert Lee Morris. Robert (Bob) initially served with the 31st INF, Co E. He then transfered to the 91st. DIV, PA. He worked on the docks of Manila, interned in Bilibid, from June 1942 to July 1944. He then was sent to a camp in Japan, aboard the Nissio Maru. If you knew Bob, please contact his son Charles at 506 N. 2nd St., Tacoma, WA 98403. You may also call him at (253) 572-5989. You may also contact me by e-mail, Fred. I will be happy to relay the message to him.
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The family of Lt. Patrick Duncan is searching for information about him. Not much is known about Lt. Duncan's WW II experiences. It is assumed he died in a POW Camp, in Japan. Lt. Duncan was 33 years old, when the war began and served in a Signal Core. He was from Laurel Fork, Virginia. If you knew Lt. Patrick Duncan, please contact John Worrell at 6000 Woods Edge Ln., Kernersville, NC 27284. You may also e-mail him at John Worrell.
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Millard Pratt would like to correspond with anyone who knew his uncle, 2nd Lt. Woodrow W. Wyand. Lt. Wyand served with 31st Infantry, 31 DIV (PA) and with the 12th Military Police. The Army records show him as "Killed in Action." If you knew Lt. Woodrow W. Wyand, please contact Millard Pratt. You may also write to him at 2119 Shamrock Drive, Charlotte, N.C. 28205.
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Melvin Miller wishes to speak or write to anyone who knew his uncle, PFC Robert Pintarelli. PFC Robert Pintarelli served with the 200th Coast Artillery, Company G. He survived the Death March and was imprisoned in Camp #1, Cabanatuan. He perished on the Arisan Maru, on 10/24/44. He was from Crystal Falls, Michigan. If you knew PFC Pintarelli, please e-mail his nephew, Melvin Miller. You may reach him by regular mail at 9331 Wornal Rd, Kansas City, MO 64114-3662 or you may call him at (816) 822-9944.
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We are searching for any of the 511 POWs, who were liberated from Cabanatuan, by Col. Mucchi and his men. If you are one of these men, please contact Major Richard Gordon. It is for an important book project.
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"Pre-World War II Army, Navy & Marine Corps Experiences in the Philippines" - I am currently writing a social history of the U.S. military in the Philippines. My focus will be on the 1930's up to the eve of Pearl Harbor. Much of my planned book will be predicated on veteran memoirs, old family letters, diary and journal entries, oral histories and responses to various questionnaires I have composed about what life was like for soldiers, sailors and Marines before World War II engulfed the Pacific. Pursuant to this effort, I would like to correspond with military veterans of the 31st Infantry, the Coast Artillery Regiments on Corregidor, Philippine Scout Regiments at Fort McKinley and Fort Stotsenburg, Army Air Corpsmen from Clark and Nichols Fields, The Asiatic Fleet and the Cavite Navy Yard or their relatives who might possess material pertinent to my book effort. Anyone interested in contributing to this historical effort can contact Scott Harrison
Also, if you knew pre-war Intelligence Officer, Major Raymond Nelson, please contact Scott Harrison.
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James Litton is seeking information from anyone who knew Capt. Joseph Barker, who served with the 26th CAV. Capt. Barker was a POW in Ft. Santiago, during the war. If you knew Capt Barker, please contact James Litton.
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Evert S. Thomas III, LTC, US Army (Ret.) would appreciate any information on the following members of his family: Warrant Officer (later Maj. CAC), Evert S. Thomas, Sr., Captain Marion (Mike) L. Daman, ORC, and CPL George M. Thomas.
Maj. Thomas (and his son George) returned to the Philippines in November, 1940 and was assigned to the AG Section, the Philippine Department, at Ft. McKinley. After his capture, on 26 June 1942, he was moved from the Field Hospital at Little Baguio, Mariveles to Cabanatuan. He died there around 19 November 1942. He was 53 years old.
CPL George Thomas, was with the 12th QM Regiment. He died at Camp O'Donnell, on 3 July 1942. He was 21 years old.
Capt. Mike Daman was taken on Corregidor on 6 May 1942. From there, he was taken to Manila on 24 May 1942 and on to Cabanatuan, on 26 June 1942. Mike was moved to Davao, Mindanao on 26 October 1942, until July 1944, when he was returned to Cabanatuan, until his release at the end of the war. He retired as a Colonel, US Army, and died in the mid-1970s.
If you have any information on these men, please e-mail Evert S. Thomas.
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We are looking for any information on Edward P. Krewson, PFC. He was with the 2nd. General Hospital, in Bataan. He died on Sept. 7, 1944. If you knew Edward P. Krewson, please email me.
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Ranger Dorn is searching for information and the where abouts of his grandfather, James S. Nye. James served in Bataan. If you knew or currently know James S. Nye, please contact his grandson, Ranger Dorn.
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Mel Harp has in his possession a class ring found by an American soldier in a cave on Bataan, during the liberation of the Philippines. The ring bears a "W" on a school crest and the year 1939 is part of the design. Inside "HJ10K" is stamped and there is a faint engraving which appears to read "P.O.". Mel wishes to return this ring to the American soldier or to the family of the American Soldier. If you have any information on this ring, please contact Mel Harp.
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Joleen Jernigan wishes to inform all former Bataan Defenders of the death of her grandfather, Dean McCall, on 6-24-98, in Dallas, Texas. Dean served with the Army/Air Corp and was a Bataan Defender. If you knew Dean and wish to share any stories or annecdotes with her family, please contact Jolleen.
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Etta Zamboni wishes to communicate with anyone who knew her grandfather, Charles Eldridge Buchanan. Charles Buchanan served with the Army Air Corp. He was a Defender of Bataan. If you knew Charles Buchanan, please contact Etta Zamboni.
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Lorelei S. Mayer is searching for information on her Grandfather, Maj. Hans Hombostle. If you knew Maj. Hombostle, please get in contact with Lorelei S. Mayer.
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Sarah Ann Smith is searching for information on her Uncle, Pvt. Beverly Payne Smith. Pvt. Beverly Smith was with the 19th Squadron, 20th Air Base Command. He served in Bataan and died some time after the "Death March" in either Camp O'Donnell or Cabanatuan. If you remember Pvt. Beverly Payne Smith, please contact Sarah Ann Smith.
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John Fredriksen is searching for infomation on Capt. Arthur Wermuth. Capt. Wermuth was with the 57th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Scouts. If you have any information on Capt. Wermuth, please contact John Fredriksen.
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Paul Barthelson is seeking information on his Uncle, Capt. Arthur C. Holmes. Capt. Holmes served in Bataan and was released from captivity, in Korea. If you knew Capt. Arthur C. Holmes, please contact his nephew, Paul Barthelson.
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Paul Ropp would like to speak with any member of the 803rd Engineers to fill in the gaps left in the numerous histories of the defense of Bataan. Specifically, he needs dates on encampments, at the various airfields and construction sites on Bataan. He would also like to hear any stories on specific incidents, which would help him better to understand the day to day conditions. He would like to hear comments on the Death March. Paul is of the belief that the 803rd Engineers stayed, pretty much, together during the Death March and the imprisonment in O'Donnell and Cabanatuan. Please contact Paul Ropp.
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