- father died during 1920s

    - moved to Center, Wisconsin

    - living in Pontage, Illinois - when he was inducted

Parents: Conrad & Emma Kubly

Siblings: 4 sisters

Hometown: Evansville, Wisconsin

Occupation: farm hand

Enlisted: Wisconsin National Guard

Inducted: 

    - U. S. Army 

        - 25 November 1940 - Janesville, Wisconsin

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

          - Scrap Metal Detail - Pampanga Province

            - POWs tied together vehicles and drove them to San Fernando

            - from San Fernando, the vehicles were taken to Manila to be sent to Japan

            - spent time in Pampanga Provincial Hospital suffering from dysentery & malaria

            - discharged:  He was taken by Japanese on 10 October 1942

          - Cabanatuan #1

          - Bilibid Prison

    - Japan:

          -  Sakurajima

              - Work: Osaka Iron Works

              - camp was destroyed in air raid

          - Nagoya #9

              - 29 May 1945 - 5 September 1945

              - Work: Stevedores Iwase docks

Hell Ship: 

    - Taga Maru

        - Sailed: Manila - 20 September 1943

        - Arrived: Takao, Formosa - Unknown

        - Sailed: Takao - Unknown

        - Arrived: Moji, Japan - 5 October 1943

Liberated: September 1945

Discharged: 14 May 1946

Married: Josephine Soderstrom

    - 27 November 1945 - Rockford, Illinois

Children:

    - 1 daughter

        - born 1947

        - died 1948

    - 1 son

Residence:

    - moved to California in 1948

Died: 7 December 2004 - Ontario, California

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