Tec 5 Thomas P. Hickey

Parents: Thomas & Theresa Hickey

Siblings: 3 brothers

Home: Jefferson County, Kentucky

Inducted:

    U. S. Army - 22 January 1941

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

            - Mariveles - POWs started march at southern tip of Bataan
            - POWs ran past Japanesee 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 spiget for entire camp
            - as many as 50 POWs died each day
            - Japanese opened new POW camp to lower death rate 

Died:

    - 12 May 1942 - malaria

        - Approximate time of death - 4:00 P.M.

Memorial: American Military Cemetery - Manila

Note:  T/5 Thomas P. Hickey's cross indicates that he was a member of the

            194th Tank Battalion.  This was because D Company was attached to the 194th, but

            the company was never transferred to the battalion.  The company is listed on the

            Presidential Unit Citations awarded to the 192nd Tank Battalion.

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