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1 | searched 8/4/2025 | Last updated: 8/18/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4 | This list has been created and is maintained using information from a google alert for "Bataan Death March Survivor". If you can help make it more accurate, please email me! For more information or how to help keep the memory of the POWs alive, please visit the link below: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | https://www.adbcmemorialsociety.org/ | http://www.bcmfofnm.org/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Please read about/participate in the annual Bataan Memorial Death March here: | http://bataanmarch.com/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | First Name | Last Name | Resides in or near | State | Birth Year | Notes | Known to be alive on this date | Links | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | x | 1 | James J. | Bollich | Lafayette, LA | LA | 8/15/1921 | Bataan Death March, Army Air Corp Cpl., 16th Bomb Sqdn, 27th Bomb Group, Mukden, Manchuria #1439, wrote "The Bataan Death March - A Soldier's Story", ship taking him from Manchuria hit a mine, 2 brothers died in Europe, Wrote book Luck or Miracle | 8/18/2025 | http://www.afgsc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123317849 | http://www.theadvertiser.com/story/life/people/2015/05/23/freedom-free-lest-forget/27783829/ | emailed me 3/2/17 with an update | http://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/2017/03/19/bataan-memorial-death-march-2017/99328514/ | Attended 2017 Bataan Memorial Death March | http://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/2017/11/17/greatest-generation-shares-hot-meals-old-memories/874132001/ | Attended 2018 Bataan Memorial Death March | https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/2018/03/25/bataan-memorial-death-march-survivor-ben-skardon-100-years-old/449457002/ | http://vtemp3.live/mp3/jim-bollich-bataan-death-march-survivor-1-of-2.html | https://www.theadvertiser.com/videos/news/2018/05/23/james-bollich-explains-his-survival-bataan-death-march/35268369/ | http://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/article_b9dfd34e-605e-11e8-aecf-2324cfc10965.html | https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/2018/05/23/bataan-death-march-survivor-receive-medal-honor-memorial-day/629170002/ | https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/2018/05/23/bataan-death-march-survivor-receive-medal-honor-memorial-day/629170002/ | http://www.kplctv.com/story/38282085/local-world-war-ii-veteran-gets-congressional-gold-medal | https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/2019/03/17/thousands-attend-30th-bataan-memorial-death-march-white-sands-missile-range/3195633002/ | Attended 2019 Bataan Memorial Death March | https://katc.com/news/2019/05/21/memorial-day-events-in-acadiana/ | https://www.dailyworld.com/picture-gallery/news/2019/11/06/veterans-luncheon/2512145001/ | https://fb.watch/4Vpmi5C8D9/ | EMAIL FROM TIM FROST WHO SPOKE TO HIM TODAY 4/6/22 | https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/our_views/article_9665d6d2-1f47-11ed-a83f-cf70752355b1.html | https://theparadise.ng/survivor-of-the-bataan-death-march-101-year-old-relishes-his-time-spent-since/ | https://www.katc.com/news/around-acadiana/world-war-ii-veteran-honored-on-101-birthday | https://geos.louisiana.edu/news-events/news/20220914/interview-jim-bollich-101-years-old-alumn | https://www.fastpeoplesearch.com/name/james-bollich_lafayette-la | https://newsblaze.com/entertainment/books/luck-or-miracle-102-year-old-ww-ii-veteran-shares-survival-story_194285/ | https://oilmanmagazine.com/article/military-veteran-and-geologist-james-bollich-from-the-service-to-the-subsurface/ | https://lufkindailynews.com/news/community/world-war-ii-veteran-ready-for-104th-birthday/article_307cb383-7325-596f-ab47-1106eea80fa2.html | theadvocate.com/acadiana/multimedia/photos/photos-wwii-veteran-celebrates-104th-birthday/collection_aea3a3f0-838a-435e-a940-7c1e9c7cc300.html?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawMQKhdleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFCdmJjaUtrU0Q0WEFsZEk0AR69M5HkoPVqhVNYgOjrUoPkJqs_LT43IyoA2uDFcqLOEDUPzFEac0sXb1IgOQ_aem__UpeodU4n739fNBEp77kbA | ||||||||||||
9 | x | 2 | Leland | Chandler | Galesburg, IL | IL | 1/3/1923 | Corregidor, 60th CAAA, Cabanatuan, Nagata Maru, Yodogawa Steel Mill Osaka, Oeyama at Miyaza Harbor, Yokohama | 12/8/2023 | http://www.wtol.com/story/30264400/american-pows-try-to-reconcile-with-japan | https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/85573/dialogue-former-us-prisoners-war-japan-2015 | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0FzSK4JQBd1M0Q5WE9PMV9xcms/view | Attended 2018 ADBCMS Convention | https://www.galesburg.com/news/20191110/wwii-pow-leland-chandler-tells-his-story | https://www.wqad.com/article/news/local/world-war-two-veteran-prisoner-of-war-celebrates-100th-birthday/526-95e11b90-1f1f-4d03-80c3-b73079bb6822 | https://www.fastpeoplesearch.com/name/leland-chandler_galesburg-il | https://www.wgil.com/2023/01/09/ww2-vet-and-japanese-pow-talks-to-wgil-about-living-through-history/ | LISTED AS SURVIVOR IN WIFE'S OBIT https://www.galesburg.com/obituaries/pils0653185 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | x | 3 | Harry | Corre | Los Angeles, CA | CA | 5/1/1923 | Bataan Death March, Escaped the March after 3 days, but captured later, 59th Coast Artillery, currently (at age 90) works as a patient advocate 4 days/week at local VA hospital, hellship, coal mines of Japan | 9/26/2024 | https://www.army.mil/article/143124/former_pow_details_inspiring_survival_story | http://abc7.com/society/former-pow-uses-experience-to-counsel-others-at-va-in-la/2702868/ | https://www.kcet.org/local-heroes/local-hero-harry-corre-0 | https://www.facebook.com/picturesforheroes/posts/please-share-wwii-hero-harry-corre-served-with-the-59th-coast-artillery-battalio/1475031695975124/ | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/see-twelve-stunning-portraits-world-war-ii-veterans-180975638/ | https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-california-veterans/us-world-war-two-veterans-roll-up-sleeves-for-vaccination-in-los-angeles-idUSL1N2JK031 | Changed his fb profile pic 7/10/2021 | Posted about retiring from the VA on LinkedIn 05/2022 | https://www.fastpeoplesearch.com/name/harry-corre_las-angeles-ca | https://beverlypress.com/2024/05/world-war-ii-veteran-reflects-on-meaning-of-memorial-day/ | https://beverlypress.com/2024/09/the-wwii-hero-of-hancock-park-veteran-harry-corre-looks-back/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | x | 4 | Watson | LeBlanc | Hendersonville, NC (Bridge at Lake Point Landing 8286937800) | NC | 1922 | Corregidor, Cabanatuan, Yokkaichi, hellship, Japan | 6/17/2021 | https://www.blueridgenow.com/story/news/2021/06/16/guest-column-survivor-story-cpl-watson-joseph-leblanc/4926749001/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | x | 5 | James T | Murphy | Santa Maria, CA | CA | 9/30/1920 | hellships, Japan, Mitsubishi | 12/11/2024 | http://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/70-years-on-japanese-firm-to-apologize-to-us-wwii-veterans-1.357961 | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/04/08/commentary/japan-commentary/apology-forgiveness-reconciliation/#.VwfkAfkrJhE | http://philippine-defenders.lib.wv.us/html/murphy_james_bio.html | https://www.npr.org/transcripts/619207707 | https://www.fastpeoplesearch.com/name/james-murphy_santa-maria-ca | https://www.ksby.com/news/local-news/welcome-home-military-heroes-helps-two-centenarian-world-war-ii-veterans-celebrate-birthdays | https://www.amazon.com/When-Men-Must-Live-Inspirational-ebook/dp/B00MPUHMM2 | LISTED AS SURVIVOR IN WIFES OBIT https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/santamariatimes/name/nancy-murphy-obituary?id=10063648 | HOLIDAY 2024 EDITION OF THE QUAN ADBC-MS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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