Signal CorpsSignal Hq. & Hq. Company (Air Warning Signal)Signal Corps plaque

Campaigns: Philippine Islands 7 December 1941 to 10 May 1942

1941

Deployed to the Philippines

1942

April 9: Members captured when Bataan surrender

July 6: Death March to Camp O'Donnell.

The following chronology is based on Sgt. Joseph G. Pase's letter to the U.S. Army POW Information Bureau.

October 5: Transferred to port area, Manila.

October 7: Boarded Tattori Maru

About November 9: Arrived Busan, Korea

About November 12: Arrived Muken, Manchuria POW Camp.

1944

May 24: Remaining members of the unit Departed for Japan

May 28: Arrive Kyushu Nagoya POW Camp #1-B, Kamioka. Remained for the rest of the war.

1945

Surviving members released after the surrender of Japan.

Source:

Letter by Sgt. Joseph G. Pase to the U.S. Army POW Information Bureau

Some members of the Signal Company, Aircraft Warning were transferred to Japan at other times.

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Last Major Update: November 21, 2022
Minor Revision:
Posted: November 18, 2022
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Acknowledgements:

Lowell Silverman of Delaware's World War II Fallen contributed research