Taylor

Born: 1916 - Graves County, Kentucky

Hometown: Palmore, Kentucky

Parents: J. S. Taylor & Vayne Taylor

Siblings: 2 brothers, 1 sister

Enlisted:

- U.S. Army

- September 1940 - Kentucky National Guard

Inducted:

- U. S. Army

- 25 November 1940 - Harrodsburg, Kentucky

Training:

- Fort Knox, Kentucky

- Camp Polk, Louisiana

Overseas Duty:

- Philippine Islands

Engagements:

- Battle of Luzon

- 8 December 1941 - 6 January 1942

- Battle of Bataan

- 7 January 1942 - 9 April 1942

Prisoner of War:

- 9 April 1942

- Death March

           - Mariveles - POWs started march at southern tip of Bataan
            - POWs ran past Japanese artillery firing at Corregidor
                - Americans on Corregidor returned fire
            - San Fernando - POWs put into small wooden boxcars
                - each boxcar could hold eight horses or forty men
                - 100 POWs packed into each car
                - POWs who died remained standing
            - Capas - dead fell to floor as living left boxcars
            - POWs walked last ten miles to Camp O'Donnell

POW Camps:

- Philippine Islands:

- Camp O'Donnell

           - unfinished Filipino training base
            - Japanese put camp into use as POW Camp
            - only one water spigot for entire camp
            - as many as 50 POWs died each day
            - Japanese opened new POW camp to lower death rate

- Cabanatuan

- Manila Port Area Detail

- POWs repaired cars and tucks

- not known when he was sent on detail

- remained behind after most POWs had been sent to Japan

- Japan:

- Kamioka POW Camp

Hell Ship:

- Nissyo Maru

- Sailed: Manila - 17 July 1944

- Arrived: Takao, Formosa - 21 July 1944

- Sailed: Unknown

- Arrived: Moji, Japan - 6 August 1944

Liberated: September 1945

Died: 27 August 1947

Buried: Grapevine Cemetery - Mercer County