Sergeant Givens World War II internment and escape tale
Sergeant Givens, Star Sergeant during internment, endured three years in prison camps in the Philippines and Japan. He joined the Army three years before the war, trained at Hunter Field, Savannah, and deployed to the Philippines ten days before war began. He served as aerial radio operator with the 91st Bombardment Group at Nichols Field near Manila.
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Seehriess Scrzeem
Bernard Givens
Astford
Rome
Philippines
Japan
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Mues
Tokyo
Sergeant Givens
Army
Hunter Field Savanah
91St Bombardment Group
Air Corps
Nichols Field
Manila
Surviving the Pacific War to Return Home
A veteran recounts Pearl Harbor and Clark Field attacks, captivity in Cabanatuan and Formosa, years in Yokohama shipyards, and labor in Sendai coal mines. He details brutal treatment, beri beri, scarce food, a Japanese camp flag, and liberation followed by hospital return to Manila and San Francisco.
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Japan
Tropics
Yokohama
Tokyo
Sendai
Uni
Manila
Navy
Sport
San Francisco
Oliver General Hospital
Fragmentary wartime service note from Goma Georgia
Fragmentary text outlines military ribbons including American Defense Asiatic Pacific and Good Conduct. Mentions furlough and due charges, with references to Victory Bond purchases financing hospitals and Tory Loan Bonds. Readable entities: Goma Georgia, American Defense ribbon, Asiatic Pacific ribbon, Good Conduct ribbon, Victory Bond, Tory Loan Bonds.
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Goma
Dave
TS. Givens
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