https://www.cbsnews.com/news/world-war-ii-pow-accounted-for-joseph-murphy-bataan-death-march/
Just finished Ghost Soldiers about the liberation of a POW camp in the Philippines and was researching it further and stumbled across this.
Just finished Ghost Soldiers about the liberation of a POW camp in the Philippines and was researching it further and stumbled across this.
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U.S. Army Pfc. Joseph C. Murphy was serving in the 31st Infantry Regiment in the Philippines in 1942. While he was serving, Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands, sparking months of intense fighting in the region. During this time, thousands of U.S. and Filipino service members were captured as prisoners of war.
Murphy was among those reported captured when U.S. soldiers in the Bataan peninsula surrendered to Japanese forces, the DPAA said, and was one of tens of thousands of POWs subjected to the Bataan Death March in the spring of 1942. After the 65-mile trek, Murphy and other soldiers were held at the Cabanatuan POW Camp #1.
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Now that he has been accounted for, a rosette will be placed besides Murphy's name on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial. He will be buried in his Louisiana hometown in early August.