James W Thickpenny (I48393)
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Persönliche Fakten und Details
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| Geburt | 20. Mai 1920  36 36 Brooklyn, Green, Wisconsin |
| Tod | reported dead 22. November 1942 (Alter 22) Mukden Pow Camp, now Shenyang, Manchuria, China |
| Beerdigung | 21. Januar 1949 Friedhof: Section C Site 44-G ,Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Francisco, California |
| Universelle Identifikationsnummer (UID) | 05522A07703D39442D9DC3B114E46DDBB4B6 |
| Letzte Änderung | 30. September 2011 - 14:49:01 Zuletzt geändert von: dcoplien |
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Pvt CAC (Coast Artillery Corps) 60th CA G, Calvary Prisoner Of War - Mukden POW Camp via the ship Tottori Marau (Hell Ship). Cause of death: beri beri dysentery POW ID 1512 (en route at Pusanm Korea) -- Brooklyn Man Dies in Jap Prison Camp BROOKLYN — Pvt. James Thickpenny, son of Mr, and Mrs. William Thickpenny, Brooklyn farmers, has died in a Japanese prison camp in Japan or China, his parents were informed in a war department telegram received Saturday. Pvt. Thickpenny enlisted in the army. Feb. 3, 1941, at the age of 20, and went first to Ft. McDowell, Calif. On Apr. 14 he was sent to the Philippines and was stationed at Ft. Mills in Corrigedor island when it surrendered. He was last heard from Dec. 18, 1941. In February, 1943, his parents were informed that he was a Japanese prisoner. December 20, 1943, Wisconsin State Journal, p. 2, col. 3, Madison, Wisconsin -- -- POW Status Report-- Name: James W Thickpenny Race: White Residence State: Wisconsin Report Date: 7 May 1942 Latest Report Date: 22 Nov 1942 Grade: Private Grade Notes: Cadet, USMA or Chief Warrant Officer or Private or Apprentice, Seaman Service Branch: Army Arm or Service: Cavalry Arm or Service Code: Cavalry Area Served: Southwest Pacific Theatre: Philippine Islands Detaining Country: Japan Camp: Hoten POW Camp (Mukden) Manchuria 42-123 Status: Died as Prisoner of War, Not Above Cases Report Source: Individual has been reported through sources considered official. -- body returned home in 1949 - unclear from the record if he died in the camp (which opened the month/year he died) or en route to the camp from Pusen. Since his body was recovered, I am taking a guess it was at the camp. PROSECUTION VERSION OF MUKDEN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP (Prosecutor, International Military Tribunal for the Far East, 3 January 1947). “These two affidavits describe the conditions under which prisoners lived at Hoten Camp near Mukden. Over two hundred inmates died of malnutrition, lack of medical care, and lack of fuel. The buildings were inadequately heated although plenty of coal was available for issue. During the first month and a half the prisoners received maize and Chinese cabbage soup and two sour buns a day. The food was frequently so contaminated that the prisoners could not eat it. All requests for additional food, fuel and medical supplies were refused...” (pp. 14,188). “Deponent states that during the first few months he was at Mukden Camp about 250 American prisoners died either from starvation or dysentery. No medical care supplies were available. The food consisted of maize and soy beans. “The prisoners worked in nearby factories making steel helmets for the Japanese army, airplane parts and gears for large calibre guns. Deponent worked in a steel mill sixteen hours a day. During his stay in Mukden Camp as a result of the hard work and poor food, he lost over sixty pounds in weight” (pp. 14,194-5). |
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