Comments on: How Marine POWs Hung Tough

By: Maurice A Christie

Maurice A Christie — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:11:58 +0000

All the best from the son of Captive 1210

By: Matthew Harper

Matthew Harper — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:52:04 +0000

“Not one of the 650 Americans who died on the Death March was a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.” Need I say more?

By: mike cox

mike cox — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:28:20 +0000

thank you allyou brave men. thanks to you i live in freedom today.

By: Shelly Zimbler

Shelly Zimbler — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:52:29 +0000

Read about the Marines who were sent to Mukden Manchuria. Arriving on Nov 11, 1942, these great American Heroes- Marines, AirCorps and Sailors stood in freezing weather in this infamous POW slave labor camp. A recently published story entitle Undaunted Valor details the horrendous activities of these abandoned and forgotten National Treasures. They survived the Death March, the slopes of Corregidor and Cabanatuan and O’Donnell. They survivied the Tottori Maru. Arrivivng in tattered threads from their worn uniforms, they were provided with Japanese summer uniforms where the thermometer seldom moved above minus 22 until March. They had to walk 6 miles in this tundra like weather. Performing slave labor tasks, they fought back the only way possible. Sabotague. In the summer of 43, they were relocated to the new camp in Mukden, (now the city of Shenyang. Two hundred of these heroes died during the first 90 days. In June of 43, three men, two Marines and one Sailor escaped and evaded capture for a couple of weeks. Betrayed by the Chinese, they were brought back to camp and executed in July 43. The men continued their frugal existence. Most weighed below 100 – but didnt realize how bad they looked – why- they all appeared the same.
On Dec 7, 1944, American B29’s bombed the camp and killed 19 men and wounding 54. Bob Brown an Air Corp PFC and medic helped save the lives of those wounded in this tragic error. ByJan 45, the war in Europe was coming to a conclusion, and FDR allowed the3 Russians to sing treaties that would enable them to declare war against the Japanese. By May of 45,with the war over, our focus was back in the Pacific. This area abandoned initially by Marshall and FDR was now the last bastion againt fascism. In May, Gen wainright and other senior officers were in the Mukden area camps. Early that month, most of the seniors were sent to the main amp in Mukden and in August, the OSS team Cardinal was assigned to parachute into the camp area and liberate these men. Hours from execution, their lives were saved on the 16th of Aug and on Aug 20, 1945, the men were freed by the Russian Army. Over the next few weeks, the camp survivors were on their way home. Marines like Roy Weaver, Glenn Stewart had survived. tragically on the way home, SGt Wm Frisier 4th Marines was killed when his ship hit a Japanese mine.
These men have never told their story until the narrative Undaunted Valor was published this past Sept 08.
These men although surrendered and captured were never defeated,. Many returned to serve in Korea and a few in Viet Nam. Today, they meet annually as the Mukden Survivors and Edescendants Group. They along with their fellow service men and woman changed the course of the war. They had given our nation the time to keep the enemy from invading Austraila and allowed MacArthur and our country to reinforce Australia. Most importantly halted the Japanese advance. Yes, they had been surrendered by their officers, but had stopped the Japanese in the Philippines. They were invaded hours after Pearl Harbor- but no one celebrates nor commemorates their great courage and sacrifice.
God Bless these great American Heroes-

By: domonique bazemore

domonique bazemore — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:30:36 +0000

how didnt they survuve were they in the way

By: humphrey

humphrey — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:36:38 +0000

Just read ghost soldiers about the US prisoners liberated by the rangers on luzon.
What a shame macarthur vetoed a similar jailbreak for 2400 australian soldiers at sandakan,north borneo.
And shameful that we executed general homma but the man probably most responsible for the death march general tsuji escaped punsihment,later served in the parliament and was unrepentant about his crimes.
Shame macarthur,shame.
But a great book.

By: rsmith68

rsmith68 — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:51:15 +0000

Thank GOD for our “Greatest” generation! My personal belief is that the entire generation was 10 times tougher than the present group of wusses that call themselves Americans. As far as the Mairines losing less men they are just some bad men………

By: Unknown

Unknown — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:08:09 +0000

I want to thank all the amreicans at that time for their hardwork in liberating our
country…

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:32:54 +0000

What more is there to say?
The Few, The Proud, The Marines.
I hope my son grows up to be a Marine.

By: otto11

otto11 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:37:34 +0000

SEMPER FI, BROTHERS .