Lawrence Sears was an Illinois National Guardsman called to federal service as a member of B Company, 192nd Tank Battalion. He was stationed in the Philippine Islands when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
After fighting the Japanese for four months, he became a Prisoner of War on April 9, 1942. He took part in the death march from Bataan and was held as a POW at Camp O'Donnell and Cabanatuan. He was sent to Japan on a Japanese transport and held at Omin Machi. The POWs in the camp worked in a coal mine. He was liberated at the end of the war.
After fighting the Japanese for four months, he became a Prisoner of War on April 9, 1942. He took part in the death march from Bataan and was held as a POW at Camp O'Donnell and Cabanatuan. He was sent to Japan on a Japanese transport and held at Omin Machi. The POWs in the camp worked in a coal mine. He was liberated at the end of the war.
Lawrence Sears was an Illinois National Guardsman called to federal service as a member of B Company, 192nd Tank Battalion. He was stationed in the Philippine Islands when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
After fighting the Japanese for four months, he became a Prisoner of War on April 9, 1942. He took part in the death march from Bataan and was held as a POW at Camp O'Donnell and Cabanatuan. He was sent to Japan on a Japanese transport and held at Omin Machi. The POWs in the camp worked in a coal mine. He was liberated at the end of the war.
After fighting the Japanese for four months, he became a Prisoner of War on April 9, 1942. He took part in the death march from Bataan and was held as a POW at Camp O'Donnell and Cabanatuan. He was sent to Japan on a Japanese transport and held at Omin Machi. The POWs in the camp worked in a coal mine. He was liberated at the end of the war.
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