Manion

Born: 4 August 1915 - Minnesota

Parents: James T Manion & Catherine Buda-Manion

Siblings: 1 sister, 3 brothers

Hometown: Saint Paul, Minnesota

Residence: 3807 Effie Street, Hollywood, California

Inducted:

- U.S. Army

- 4 February 1941 - Los Angeles, California

Training:

- Fort Lewis, Washington

Units:

- 194th Tank Battalion

Overseas Duty:

- Philippine Islands

Engagements:

- Battle of Luzon

- Battle of Bataan

Prisoner of War:

- 9 April 1942

- Death March

           - Mariveles - POWs start 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 spigot for entire camp
            - as many as 50 POWs died each day
            - Japanese opened new POW camp to lower death rate

- Cabanatuan #1

Japan:

- Fukuoka #7

Hell Ship:

- Nissyu Maru

- Sailed: 17 July 1944 - Manila

- Arrived: Date 20 July 1944 - Takao, Formosa

- Sailed: Date Unknown

- Arrived: 3 August 1944 - Moji, Japan

Liberated:

- 16 September 1945

Married: Mary Alice Dade

Children: 2 daughters, 1 son

Died:

- 2 August 2006 - Simi Valley, California