Uzelle D. Walker
Rescue interview summary

Nag-10 Main

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.