Enlisted on 27 December 1939 in Louisville, Kentucky
Seaman Second Class, 2873563, U.S. Navy
USS Alden (DD-211)
Transferred to the Naval Hospital at Caracao, Philippine Islands on 6 October 1941 for treatment.
POW☆MIA
Sent to Manila and boarded the hell ship Arisan Maru bound for Formosa.
On 24 October 1944, around 5:00 pm, near Shoonan off the coast of China two torpedoes from an American submarine struck amidships. The Japanese guards cut the rope ladders to the holds and closed the hatch covers before abandoning ship leaving the POWs. Some of the POWs managed to climb out of the holds and lowered rope ladders. Most of the POWs survived the attack but died because the Japanese refused to rescue them from the water. The ship eventually broke in two and sank during the night. Of the 1,803 POWs on the ship, only nine survived the sinking.
Seaman Second Class, 2873563, U.S. Navy
USS Alden (DD-211)
Transferred to the Naval Hospital at Caracao, Philippine Islands on 6 October 1941 for treatment.
POW☆MIA
Sent to Manila and boarded the hell ship Arisan Maru bound for Formosa.
On 24 October 1944, around 5:00 pm, near Shoonan off the coast of China two torpedoes from an American submarine struck amidships. The Japanese guards cut the rope ladders to the holds and closed the hatch covers before abandoning ship leaving the POWs. Some of the POWs managed to climb out of the holds and lowered rope ladders. Most of the POWs survived the attack but died because the Japanese refused to rescue them from the water. The ship eventually broke in two and sank during the night. Of the 1,803 POWs on the ship, only nine survived the sinking.
Enlisted on 27 December 1939 in Louisville, Kentucky
Seaman Second Class, 2873563, U.S. Navy
USS Alden (DD-211)
Transferred to the Naval Hospital at Caracao, Philippine Islands on 6 October 1941 for treatment.
POW☆MIA
Sent to Manila and boarded the hell ship Arisan Maru bound for Formosa.
On 24 October 1944, around 5:00 pm, near Shoonan off the coast of China two torpedoes from an American submarine struck amidships. The Japanese guards cut the rope ladders to the holds and closed the hatch covers before abandoning ship leaving the POWs. Some of the POWs managed to climb out of the holds and lowered rope ladders. Most of the POWs survived the attack but died because the Japanese refused to rescue them from the water. The ship eventually broke in two and sank during the night. Of the 1,803 POWs on the ship, only nine survived the sinking.
Seaman Second Class, 2873563, U.S. Navy
USS Alden (DD-211)
Transferred to the Naval Hospital at Caracao, Philippine Islands on 6 October 1941 for treatment.
POW☆MIA
Sent to Manila and boarded the hell ship Arisan Maru bound for Formosa.
On 24 October 1944, around 5:00 pm, near Shoonan off the coast of China two torpedoes from an American submarine struck amidships. The Japanese guards cut the rope ladders to the holds and closed the hatch covers before abandoning ship leaving the POWs. Some of the POWs managed to climb out of the holds and lowered rope ladders. Most of the POWs survived the attack but died because the Japanese refused to rescue them from the water. The ship eventually broke in two and sank during the night. Of the 1,803 POWs on the ship, only nine survived the sinking.
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Entered the service from Kentucky.
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