Source: NARA RG 331 Box
942, Mansell NARA 8
Additions for clarity or facts by Center For Research in [red]
United States Pacific Fleet
Third Fleet
Taken aboard USS Rescue (Hospital ship) AH18
Liberation Form "Able"
Summary as follows:
Walker, Uzelle Derwood, Staff Sergeant, 270767, rescued at Nagoya
#10
Home: 912 Magoffin Ave, El Paso, Texas
Next of Kin: Mrs. Clara Bell Walker, Mother, same address
Captured: Corregidor, 6 May 1942.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 4th Marines
Abuse subjected to by self:
Hiked from Manila to Cabanatuan concentration Camp #3 with
left leg broken. Penalty for falling out was bayoneting.
Abuse etc to others: ‘usual'
Deaths of other POWs: give specifics:
Roy S. Best, Staff Sergeant, 26-36 College, Kansas City, Missouri.
Death due to dysentery, April 10, 1943 at Tanagawa sub-camp.
[Conflicting information as to date
of death for SSgt Best. Camp death roster states 25 March 1943.]
Your physical condition: Paralysis left common personal
(?) nerve; ambulatory.
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