World War Two and Korea Shinyo Maru Survivors
Sinking of the Japanese hell ship Shinyo
Maru, 7 September 1944: survivors archive
The Shinyo Maru was a Japanese passenger ship, being used
to transport 750 Allied POWs from the Philippines to Japan. As the ship
was not marked as carrying POWs, on 7 September 1944 she was torpedoed and sunk
off the island of Mindanao by the US submarine Paddle. The Shinyo
Maru broke apart and quickly sank--of the approximately 750 POWs on board,
just 83 survived and made it to shore.
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name of Shinyo Maru survivor |
date of interview |
military
service; POW dates and locations before 7 September 1944 |
Hayes Bolitho
b. 1917 in Butte, MT |
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Army Air Corps
Headquarters, 5th Air Base
Philippines, 1941-42; POW of the Japanese, Philippines, Apr 42 - Sep 44
Bataan, Camp O'Donnell, Cabanatuan, Davao Penal Colony, Lasang Airfield |
Onnie Clem
b. 1919 in Dallas, TX |
July 2004 |
USMC Fourth
Marines
Philippines, 1941-42; POW of the Japanese, Philippines, Apr 42 - Sep 44
Camp O'Donnell, Cabanatuan, Davao Penal Colony, Lasang |
James Greene
b. 1920 in Hartford, AR |
June 2004 |
Army Air Corps
armament, 19th Bomb Group
Philippines, 1941-42; POW of the Japanese, Philippines, Apr 42 - Sep 44
Bataan, Camp O'Donnell, Cabanatuan, Davao Penal Colony, Lasang Airfield |
Ralph Johnson
b. 1920 in Lexington, MO |
December 2003 |
Army Air Corps
20th Air Base Group (officer)
Philippines, 1941-42; POW of the Japanese, Philippines, Apr 42 - Sep 44
Bataan, Camp O'Donnell, Cabanatuan, Davao Penal Colony |
John Morrett
b. 1916 in Springfield, OH |
December 2003 |
Army
88th Field Artillery, Philippine Scouts (officer)
Philippines, 1941-42; POW of the Japanese, Philippines, Apr 42 - Sep 44
Bataan, Camp O'Donnell, Cabanatuan, Davao Penal Colony, Lasang Airfield |
Cletus Overton
b. 1920 in Malvern, AR |
July 2004 |
Army Air Corps
27th
Bombardment Group (L), 16th Squadron
Philippines, 1941-42; POW of the Japanese, Philippines, Apr 42 - Sep 44
Camp O?Donnell, Bilibid Prison,
Cabanatuan, Davao Penal Colony,
Lasang |
Ted Pflueger
b. 1913 in Circleville, OH |
January 2004 |
Army 803rd
Engineers (officer)
Philippines, 1941-42; POW of the Japanese,
Philippines, Apr
42 - Sep 44
Bataan, Camp O'Donnell, Cabanatuan, Davao Penal Colony, Lasang Airfield |
John Playter
b. 1918 in Joplin, MO |
February 2004 |
Army
Battery D, 80th
Field Artillery, Philippine Scouts (officer)
Philippines, 1941-42; POW of the Japanese, Philippines, Apr 42 - Sep 44
Bataan, Camp O'Donnell, Cabanatuan, Davao Penal Colony, Lasang Airfield |
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