Richard Armato was an Illinois National Guardsman from Chicago, Illinois. He was called to federal service as a member of B Company, 192nd Tank Battalion. He was reassigned to HQ Company when it was created.
Armato was stationed in the Philippine Islands when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He lived through the attack on Clark Airfield ten hours later.
On April 9, 1942, he became a Prisoner of War when Bataan was surrendered to the Japanese. He took part in the death march and was held as a POW at Camp O'Donnell and Cabanatuan. He was sent to Japan and held at Fukuoka #3 until liberated at the end of the war.
He returned to Chicago and later moved to San Diego.
Armato was stationed in the Philippine Islands when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He lived through the attack on Clark Airfield ten hours later.
On April 9, 1942, he became a Prisoner of War when Bataan was surrendered to the Japanese. He took part in the death march and was held as a POW at Camp O'Donnell and Cabanatuan. He was sent to Japan and held at Fukuoka #3 until liberated at the end of the war.
He returned to Chicago and later moved to San Diego.
Richard Armato was an Illinois National Guardsman from Chicago, Illinois. He was called to federal service as a member of B Company, 192nd Tank Battalion. He was reassigned to HQ Company when it was created.
Armato was stationed in the Philippine Islands when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He lived through the attack on Clark Airfield ten hours later.
On April 9, 1942, he became a Prisoner of War when Bataan was surrendered to the Japanese. He took part in the death march and was held as a POW at Camp O'Donnell and Cabanatuan. He was sent to Japan and held at Fukuoka #3 until liberated at the end of the war.
He returned to Chicago and later moved to San Diego.
Armato was stationed in the Philippine Islands when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He lived through the attack on Clark Airfield ten hours later.
On April 9, 1942, he became a Prisoner of War when Bataan was surrendered to the Japanese. He took part in the death march and was held as a POW at Camp O'Donnell and Cabanatuan. He was sent to Japan and held at Fukuoka #3 until liberated at the end of the war.
He returned to Chicago and later moved to San Diego.
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