Pfc. Arley Hosey

Born: 20 February 1922 - Braxton County, West Virginia Parents: Arch Hosey & Lilly Evans-Hosey Siblings: 2 sisters, 3 brothers Hometown: Holly, West Virginia Enlisted:     - U.S. Army         - 8 January 1941 - Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio Training:     - Ft. Knox, Kentucky         - mechanic Units:     - 19th Ordnance Battalion     - 17th Ordnance Company         - company created from A Company of 19th Ordnance         - trained alongside the 192nd Tank Battalion at Ft. Knox Overseas Duty:     - Philippine Islands         - serviced tanks of Provisional Tank Group Engagements:     - Battle of Luzon         - 8 December 1942 - 6 January 1942     - Battle of Bataan         - 7 January 1942 - 9 April 1942 Prisoner of War     - 9 April 1942         - Death March             - POWs started march at Mariveles on the southern tip of Bataan             - ran past Japanese artillery firing on Corregidor                 - American artillery returned fire             - San Fernando - POWs packed into small wooden boxcars                 - each boxcar could hold eight horses or forty men                 - Japanese packed 100 POWs into each boxcar                 - POWs who died remained standing             - Capas - POWs leave boxcars - dead fall out of cars             - POWs walked last ten miles to Camp O'Donnell POW Camps:     - Philippines:         - Camp O'Donnell             - unfinished Filipino Army training base             - Japanese put it into use as a POW camp             - one water spigot for the entire camp             - as many as fifty POWs died each day         - Cabanatuan     - Japan         - Nagoya #3B             - camp also known as "Funatsu"             - POWs worked in lead and zinc mine Hell Ship:     - Canadian Inventor         - Sailed: Manila - 4 July 1944             - returned - boiler problems             - POWs remained in holds for fifteen days         - Sailed: 16 July 1944             - additional boiler problems             - left behind by convoy         - Arrived: Takao, Formosa - 23 July 1944             - salt loaded into hold         - Sailed: 4 August 1944         - Arrived: Keelung, Formosa - 5 August 1944             - remained in harbor for twelve days for additional boiler repairs         - Sailed: 17 August 1944         - Arrived: Naha, Okinawa             - additional boiler repairs             - stayed six days         - Sailed: Unknown         - Arrived: Moji, Japan - 1 September 1944 Discharged: 6 February 1946 Married: Louella Boggs - 1946 - Braxton County, West Virginia Married: Betty Lou Hall - 31 December 1958 - Summitt County, Ohio Married: Wanda June Cobb - 18 October 1960 - Summitt County, Ohio Died:     - 22 April 1981         - Les Vegas, Nevada

 

 

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