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NOTE: This page will be undergoing extensive
additions in the near future. We are especially thankful for
the assistance and generosity of the time and expense of Mr.
Ken Cargil of Whitefield Oklahoma and Mrs June Faubion of Boise
Idaho who have compiled an extensive accounting of the Civilians
captured on Wake. We have
the complete (constantly updated) military roster as a data base-
Ask for
a copy.
Source:The USMC Historical Archives, File 1L,
Total Listing of Casualties and Disposition of Wake Island
Personnel, 1941-1945:
States the actual number of men transferred to Zentsuji from
the Nitta Maru [departed Wake Island on 12 Jan 42] was
seven officers and 13 enlisted men. The USMC states they arrived
on 29 Jan 42 and 18 Feb 42. The wounded from Wake Island arrived
later, date unknown. The second group consisted of two officers
and 17 enlisted men. The USMC state that before [actually after
as they departed for China] arrival in Japan on the Nitta
Maru, five enlisted men were taken from the hold and beheaded.[As you see from the
Wallace diary below, the USMC records are very inaccurate.]
This notation
by Roger Mansell
Source: The following dates are from the contemporaneous
diary of Sydney
Wallace (NZ Coast Watch)
while in Zentsuji. Copy of diary is in the possession of R. Mansell.
Wallace kept a list of numbers of men arriving and leaving. Errors
have been noted within the diary so these numbers, although matching
Urwin's list, may still be in error:
29 Jan 42- 13 men from Wake
28 Feb 42- 4 men from Wake
18 May 42- 14 men from Wake [most likely the wounded]
30 May 42- 6 men from Wake [most likely the wounded]
Total: 37 men from Wake Island arrived at Zentsuji
Source:
Research
and citations courtesy of Professor Gregory J. W. Urwin,
Associate Professor of History, Temple University. Roster used
with permission.
The following men were sent
to Japan from Wake Island. The first transfer was on the Nitta
Maru, departing Wake Island 12 January 1942 and arriving
Yokahama about 20 January 1942. After their departure from Yokohama,
the Japanese took five men topside, and to "honor their
bravery," tortured and beheaded the men. The bodies were
mutilated with bayonets then tossed overboard. 37 additional
men, men listed below, were sent to Zentsuji.
Executed
were the following five men: [All from the Naval Air Station,
Wake Island] May
their memory never be forgotten
- From Patrol Wing 2
Franklin, Theodore, Seamen 2/C, USN
Lambert, John W., Seamen 2/C, USN
Gonzales, Roy H., Seamen 2/C USN
From VMF-211
Earl R. Hannum, Master Technical Sergeant, USMC
Vincent W. Bailey,
Technical Sergeant, USMC
Men arriving
about 20 January 1942 at Zentsuji: [20 men]
WAKE ISLAND DETACHMENT, 1ST
DEFENSE BATTALION, USMC
Major George H. Potter
Marine Gunner Harold C. Borth
Platoon Sergeant James F. Boscarino
VMF-211, USMC
Major Paul A. Putnam
Second Lieutenant David D. Kliewer
Technical Sergeant William J. Hamilton (enlisted pilot-NAP)
Staff Sergeant Robert G. Arthur (enlisted pilot)
Corporal Walter J. Gruber
NAVAL AIR STATION, WAKE
ISLAND, USN
Commander Campbell Keene
Ensign Chester W. Olcott
Ensign George H. Henshaw
Ensign Benjamin J. Lauff
Aerographer 1/C Walter John Cook
Radioman 1/C Charles Alfred Sargent
Radioman 3/C Franklin Benjamin Kidd [NORPL] reported deceased
22 Oct 1944, Shijuku Camp, Tokyo
Radioman 3/C Oliver L. Gerberding
Radioman 3/C Darius Cartier Kreuger
Radioman 3/C Victor Besancon
Radioman 3/C Marvin C. Balhorn
U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES
Staff Sergeant Ernest
J. Rogers (Known as "Soldier")
PFC Paul F. Futtrup (detached from Philippines) - rescued at
Tok-05B-Kawasaki
Wounded
and injured men not moved until later [Date uncertain]
[24 men]
WAKE ISLAND DET., 1st DEFENSE BATTALION, USMC
Platoon
Sergeant Alvin A. Bumgarner
MarGun Harold C. Borth
Corporal Ralph J. Holewinski
Corporal Lillard L. Johnson
Corporal Franklin D. Gross
Pfc. Wiley W. Sloman
Pfc. Warren D. Conner
Pfc. Arvel N. Hartung
Pfc. Dick L. Reed
Pfc. Charles E. Tramposh
Pvt. Berdyne Boyd
Pvt. E.O. Stephen Adams
VMF-211,
USMC
Second
Lieutenant Henry Webb
Master Sergeant Andrew J. Paszkiewitz
Technical Sergeant Jessie Lean Stewart
Technical Sergeant Ellis J. Johnson
Staff Sergeant Walter Thomas "Tom" Kennedy
Sergeant Edwin M. Ackley
Sergeant Glen G. Gardner
NAVAL
AIR STATION, WAKE ISLAND, USN
AMM 1/C
James Frank Hesson
Seaman 1/C Ivan Sydney Wood
Seaman 1/C James B. Darden
Seaman 1/C William H. McCoy
U.S. ARMY
SIGNAL CORPS (WAKE ISLAND)
Captain
Henry Stanley Wilson
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