Cpl. Clelan A. Dewey

Born: 8 December 1919 - Lawson, Missouri Nickname: "Klee" Parents: Alfred & Beatrice Dewey Siblings: 1 sister, 4 brothers Education:     - Pershing School     - LaFayette High School Hometown: St. Joseph, Missouri Enlisted:     - Missouri National Guard Inducted:     - U.S. Army         - 10 February 1941 Training:     - Fort Lewis, Washington         - transferred from B Company to Hq Company Overseas Duty:     - Philippine Islands Engagements:     - Battle of Luzon     - Battle of Bataan Prisoner of War:     - 9 April 1942         - Death March             - started march at Mariveles on southern tip of Bataan             - POWs ran past Japanese artillery firing at Corregidor             - San Fernando - POWs put into small wooden boxcars                 - 100 POWs packed into each boxcar                     - those who died remain standing             - Capas - living left cars - dead fell out of boxcars             - POWs walked last ten miles to Camp O'Donnell POW Camps:     - Camp O'Donnell         - unfinished Filipino training base         - Japanese put base into use as POW Camp         - one water spigot for the entire camp         - as many as 50 POWs died each day     - Cabanatuan     - Las Pinas Detail         - POWs built runways with picks and shovels at airfield     - Bilibid Prison Liberated:     - 4 February 1945 Married: Maxine Children: 1 daughter, 3 sons Residence: Reeds Spring, Missouri Died: 4 October 2011 - St. Joseph, Missouri

 

 

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