Pvt. Albert James Graf

Parents: Barbara & John Graf

Hometown: South St. Paul, Minnesota

Siblings: 4 brothers, 3 sisters

Home: Shell Lake, Wisconsin

Inducted:

    - U. S. Army

        - 7 April 1941 - Milwaukee

Training: 

    - Fort Knox, Kentucky

    - Camp Polk, Louisiana

Overseas Duty: 

    - Philippine Islands

Engagements:

    - Battle of Luzon 

    - Battle of Bataan

Prisoner of War: 

    - 9 April 1942

       - Death March

POW Camps: 

    - Philippine Islands: 

        - Camp O'Donnell

        - Cabanatuan

Manchuria:

    - Hoten Camp

        - Work: factory

Hell Ship: 

    - Tottori Maru

        - 1961 POWs put on ship

            - 500 in front hold and 1461 in rear hold

        - 5 October 1942 – POWs left Cabanatuan for Manila

           -  housed in warehouse on Pier 7

        - 7 October 1942 – POWs boarded onto Tottori Maru

        - Sailed: Manila – 8 October 1942

            - Note:  9 October 1942 - American submarine fired two torpedoes at ship

                         - ship passes a mine laid by an American submarine

        - Arrived: Takao, Formosa - 12 October 1942

        - Sailed: 16 October 1942

                        -  returned to Takao

        - Sailed: 18 October 1942

        - Arrived: Pescadores Islands

            - anchored off the Pescadores Islands – same day

                        -  remained anchored for several days

            - two POWs died – buried at sea

        - Sailed: 27 October 1942

        - Arrived: Takao - 27 October 1942

            - 28 October 1942 – POWs taken ashore and bathed

        - Sailed: 30 October 1942

        - Arrived: 30 October 1942 - Makou, Pescadores Islands

        - Sailed:  31 October 1942

        - Arrived: Fusan, Korea - 7 November 1942

            - 8 November 1942 – POWs disembarked ship

            - sick POWs left behind at Fusan

            - those who recovered came to Mukden at later date

            - white boxes contained the ashes of POWs who died

        - 11 November 1942 – arrived Mukden

              - Note: POWs took a two day train trip to Mukden, Manchuria

Liberated: 18 August 1945 - Russian Army

    - 29 August 1945 - American Recovery Team enters camp

    - POWs taken by train to Darien, China

    - taken by ship to Okinawa

Discharged: 5 July 1946

Married: Delores Robinette

Children: 2 sons

Died: 16 March 1997 - Tuscon, Arizona

Buried:

    - Fort Snelling National Cemetery - Minneapolis, Minnesota

        - Plot:  R   Section: O   Grave 926 

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