BISD c. 1942 - Henry King
--excerpt-- The troops that survived the initial invasion fought for 98 days to stop the Japanese invasion, but ran out of food rations and had no reinforcements. The islands were surrendered to the Japanese on May 7, 1942, and many U.S. troops in the Philippines then became prisoners of war. King was located on the island of Bataan when he became a POW, and was held for the next 42 months. He was a part of, and survived, the notorious 100-mile Bataan Death March, which ended at Camp’O Donnell near Luzon. He was transferred to a prison camp near Nagasaki, Japan, and forced to work in a coal mine beneath the sea.
Prisoner of War Medal
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS
DURING World War II
Service: Army Air Forces
Division: Prisoner of War
GENERAL ORDERS:
NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 - 1945
CITATION:
Corporal Henry H. King (ASN: 18029989), United States Army Air Forces, was captured after the fall of the Philippine Islands on or about May 7, 1942 and was held by the Japanese as a prisoner of War until his return to U.S. Military control at the end of hostilities in 1945.