Categorie: 1945

Rank and Name, Lieutenant Colonel Herman Reinhold Anderson.

Unit/Placed in, Headquarters Marine Corps, Second Battalion, 4^th Marines.

Camp Cabanatuan

After the Japanese occupation in 1942, the camp was converted by the Imperial Japanese Army into the Cabanatuan POW Camp. At its height, 8,000 prisoners were detained at this location. The prisoners also included some civilians including one British and one Norwegian citizen.  This POW Camp detained prisoners until liberated during the night of January 30, 1945.

The rectangular camp spanned roughly 25 acres and was 800 yards deep by 600 yards wide, divided by a road in the center. The camp consisted of a barracks for Japanese guards, barracks for prisoners, a hospital and water tower enclosed by barbed wire with guard towers.

Brazil Maru

In January it left Takao to Moji, with POW’s from previous attacks onboard, without cleaning the ships from hauling livestock it was loaded the POW and arrived in Moji.

During the voyage a lot of POW died onboard off bad and low food supplies as presumed 930 POW onboard.

The Brazil Maru hit a mine and sunk off the coast off Shikoku on December 5, 1945.

 

Herman is born approx. on Jan. 15, 1892 in Watson, Massachusetts.

Father, Bernhard W. Anderson.

Mother, Emily (Johnson) Anderson.

Parents born in Sweden.

Sister(s), Elma S. Hulda T. Alice B. Esther E. and Beda L. Anderson.

Brother(s), George B. Ralph L. Raymond A. and Leroy W. Anderson.

 

Herman enlisted the service in Massachusetts with service number # 0-000014.

 

Herman was KIA onboard the “Hellship Brazil Maru” on Jan. 27,  1945, he is honored with a Silver Star Medal, Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

Herman is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

 

Thanks to, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56758627/herman-reinhold-anderson

For his large Bio.

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/    Geoffrey Roecker

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org

Website,

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Rank and Name, Corporal Harry R. Anderson.

Unit/Placed in, 777^th Bomber Squadron, 444^th Bomber Group (Very Heavy).

 

Harry is born approx. on Dec. 14, 1921 in Roseau, Minnesota.

Father, Erick B. Anderson.

Mother, Hilma (Peterson) Anderson.

Brother(s), Helmer P. Henry E. Harold T. Herman A. and Herbert B. Anderson.

 

Harry enlisted the service in Minnesota with service number # 19179062.

 

Harry ‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-29 were,

Major           John B. DuBose Jr.            Pilot

2^nd Lt.          Lois F. Beard Jr.                Co Pilot

2^nd Lt.          William C. Powell Jr.          Navigator

F/O.             George R. Howard             Bombardier

Sgt.              Harold W. McWilliams        Engineer

2^nd Lt.          John F. Flynn Jr.               Radar Operator

Sgt.              Alfred B. Nowlin               Radio Operator

Sgt.              Ivan D. Barker                  Top Gunner

Corp.            Curtis L. Meadows             Right Waist Gunner

Corp.            Harry R. Anderson            Left Waist Gunner

Corp.            Leon R. Weber                  Tail Gunner

 

Harry died on a mission to Tokyo reason Unknown- no message received on May 25, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Air Medal, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

Harry is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.

Courts of the missing.

He also has a Memorial Grave at Dayton Memorial Park Cemetery,

Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA.

 

Thanks to, https://www.444thbg.org/

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/    Geoffrey Roecker

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org

Website,

Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com