Pvt. Harold J. Ferguson


Born: 25 November 1918 - New York

Inducted: 28 March 1941 - Jamaica, New York

Home: Brooklyn, New York

Training: 

    - Fort Knox, Kentucky

    - Camp Polk, Louisiana

Units: 

    - 753rd Tank Battalion

    - 192nd Tank Battalion

Overseas Duty: Philippine Islands

Engagements:

    - Battle of Luzon 

    - Battle of Bataan

POW: 

    - 9 April 1942

       - Death March

Camps:

    Philippine Islands: 

       - Camp O'Donnell

       - Cabanatuan #1

       - Port Area Detail - Manila

           - Work: Stevedore - Pier 7

              - 13 June 1942 - 14 July 1944

Japan: 

        - Kamioka POW Camp

            - Work: lead & zinc mining

Hell Ship: 

    Nissyo Maru  

        - Sailed: Manila - 17 July 1944

        - Arrived: Takao, Formosa - 27 July 1944

        - Sailed: Takao - 28 July 1944

        - Arrived: Moji - 3 August 1944

Liberated: September 1945

Died:

    - 11 February 1990


 

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