Pvt. John Henry Read

Parents: Nick R. Read & Floy Haptostall-Read

Siblings: 4 brothers, 2 sisters

Home: Van Zandt County

Inducted: 

    - U. S. Army 

        - 19 March 1941 - Dallas

Training: 

    - Fort Knox, Kentucky

    - Camp Polk, Louisiana

Units: 

    - 753rd Tank Battalion

        - unit was formed in August 1941

    - 192nd Tank Battalion

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

         - Cabanatuan

     - Japan: 

          - Hirohata 12-B

             - Work: Laborer - Seitetsu Steel Mills

Hell Ship:

    - Taga Maru

        - Sailed: Manila - 20 September 1943

        - Arrived: Takao, Formosa - 23 September 1943 

        - Sailed: 26 September 1943 

        - Arrived: Moji, Japan - 5 October 1943

Liberated: September 1945

Promoted: Sergeant

Married:  Sharon Lynn Read - December 13, 1947

Children: 1 daughter, 3 sons\

Residence: Edgewood, Texas

Died:

   - 27 January 2011 - Tyler, Texas

Buried:

    - Haven of Memories - Canton, Texas 

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