| Wake Island Massacre |
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Below
list is based
upon monument names and cross-referenced with CPNAB Missing List. Other
civilian men had perished earlier but rosters not available. Note
from NARA re CPNAB: "Contractors, Pacific Naval Air Bases, was a
consortium of eight construction firms contracted by the U.S. Navy in
1940 to fortify the Pacific islands and to build such facilities as
barracks and offices. When the Japanese conquered these islands during
the war, they captured many CPNAB employees and held them as prisoners
until the end of the war."
History of Wake Island capture; see here and here for further information. FOR COMPREHENSIVE DATA: Be sure to visit Bonnie Gilbert's excellent website on Wake Island. Also see check out this Facebook page, Wake Island Spirit. Collection of news articles from the Wahoo Wasp in Nebraska re Wake Island civilians. These men were taken from Wake to Shanghai (Kiangwan camp), and some on to mainland Japan: John Polak, Leo Fraley, John Hanson (Hansen? executed on Wake, see below), John Dolezal (liberated at Kiangwan), and Floyd Snyder, Jr. (liberated at Sendai #11). (Clippings courtesy of Kathryn Kucera) NAME,HOME TOWN Abbott, Cyrus W. Jr.,Oakland CA Allen, Horace Lester,Sacramento CA Anderson, Norman Alfred,Portland OR Andre, Roland Albert,Pendleton OR Anvick, Allen Elmer,Eureka CA Baasch, Carl Alfred,Walkerton IN Bellanger, George,San Francisco CA Bowcutt, Don R.,Logan UT Boyce, David M.,Grand Island NB Cantry, Charles Arthur,San Francisco CA Carlson, Stanley A.,Portland OR Cavanagh, Allen Alonzo,San Francisco CA Chambers, David Samuel,Grants Pass OR Chard, Donley Dean,Wake Island Church, Carlton Graves,Robles Del Rio, CA Cormier, Louis Marcel,Ozone Park NY Cox, Karl Leslie,Asotin WA Cummings, David Edgar,San Jose CA Cunha, James Alexander,San Francisco CA Davis, Joseph Royal,Mullan ID Dean, George W.,Emmett ID Dobyns, Harold Leonard,Vallejo CA Dogger, Martin, Dreyer, Henry Milton,Aplington IA Dunn, Joseph Morris,Boise ID Fenex, Jack Anderson,Cody WY Flint, Howard Allen,Idaho Falls ID Fontes, Glen B.,Emmett ID Forsberg, Floyd Frederick,Hollywood CA Francis, Dale Gale,Bell CA French, Albert Peter,San Francisco CA Froberger, Lawrence George,Brooklyn NY Gerdin, William Paul,Little Falls NY Gibbs, Charles Arthur,St Petersburg FL Goembel, Clarence Robert,Los Angeles CA Haight, Ralph Edgar,Winfield IA Haines, William Henry,Boise ID Hansen, John Vernon Leroy,Wahoo NB Harris, George,Redwood City CA Harvey, Wilbur C.,Kittery ME Hastie, Frank,Charleston WV Hettick, Howard LeRoy,Rome NY Hochstein, Ernest August,Newberg OR Jensen, George A.,Parlier CA Jones, Alfred Alyane Keeler, Ora Kenneth,Waterloo IA Kelly, Martin T.,Roseburg OR Kennedy, Thomas Francis,San Francisco CA Kidwell, Charles Allen,Alton IL Kroeger, Woodrow,not on CPNAB list Light, Rolland Edwin,Noonan ND Ling, Henry,not on CPNAB list Lythgoe, Gene,Vancouver WA Marshall, Irving Earl,Lowville NY Martin, John,Spokane WA McDaniel, James Benjamin,Los Angeles CA McInnes, Thomas Laertos,Long Beach CA Migacz, Frank,Milwaukee WI Migacz, Melvin,Milwaukee WI Miller, Irvin Mitchell, Howard H.,Duchesne UT Mitchell, Wayne Elmo,Duchesne UT Mittendorf, Joseph F.,Mayer AZ Mueller, Carl W.,Patchogue NY Myers, Richard Beverly,Clarkston WA Olmstead, Cliff Anicel,Gridley CA Pease, Gordon Henry,Lander WY Pratt, Archie Hayes,Los Angeles CA Preston, Donald William,Lewiston ID Rankin, Morton Banning,Seattle WA Ray, William Henry Jr.,Downer Grove IL Reynolds, William Harrison,Cherryville OR Robbins, Sheldon Grant,Los Angeles CA Schemel, Charles Martin,Uniontown WA Schottler, Herman,Redwood City CA Shank, Lawton Ely [MD],Brook IN Shepherd, Orbin Randall,Portland OR Sherman, Glenwood Harold,Rockford IL Shriner Sigman, Russell James,Idaho Falls ID Simpers, William Thomas,Wapati WY Smith, Charles Elmer,Grant FL St John, Francis Carl,Pacagoula MS Stone, Willis Charles,San Francisco CA Streblow, Alvin Louis,Wisconsin Rapid WI Stringer, Wesley Wayne,Lakeview OR Susee, Arthur Joseph,Hillsboro OR Tart, Lacy Thompson, Glenn Harold,Cadiz OH Tucker, Earl Edward,Macdoel CA Vancil, Vernon,Snyder CO Van Valkenburg, Ralph William,Tacoma WA Vent, Glen,Modesto CA Villines, Charles Mahona,Salt Lake City UT Williamson, Frank E.,Tacoma WA Wilper, Redmond James,Boise ID Woods, Charles,National City CA Yuen, Harry T.K.,Honolulu HI |