Prisoner of War
Pvt. Leonard M. Adams
Leonard was held as a Japanese POW for three and one half years.
He was a member of C Company, 192nd Tank Battalion.
He fought on Bataan and took part in the Death March.
His bio can be read at:
http://www.proviso.k12.il.us/bataan%20web/Adams_L.htm
submitted by Jim Opolony
Sgt. Leslie K.
Black
He was with the 303rd BG Bomb Group,
427th BS. 8th Air Force also called
Hells Angels Group. B/TUR.
His plane's name was My Yorkshire Dream.
Marched in the Black Hunger March.
Shot down over Zettweil, Germany on 29th
June 1944, the only survivor of the 9
crewmen.
Prisoner of war. Liberated May 2nd, 1945
by the British.
Standifer,
Ole Owen
Field
Cook, USMC.
Cogar
FOSSEY, WILLIAM
JAMES 'Jm',
U.S. Army Air
Corps,
P,O.W., (22 may 1918 / 08 nov 1999)
enlisted prior to WWII and was stationed
at Clark Field in
the Phillipines as a fighter pilot of
the 20th Pursuit Squadron. He
fought during the war of the Battle of
Bataan and was a Japanese
Prisoner of War from April 1942 until
August 1945. While a prisoner of
war he survived the Bataan Death March
and the infamous 'Hell Ships'
that transported captured American
soldiers from the Phillipines to
Japan. Two thirds of the men who were
captured with him did not survive
their internment due to deprivations
including the harsh conditions and
the extreme cruelty of their captors.
Through it all he maintained his
optimism and cheerfulness. He was known
by his fellow prisoners as a
man who would happily share his rations
with a hungry comrade.
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