POWs Remember Prisons In China

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Reuters: American POWs remember life in Japanese prison camp
They survived the Bataan Death March and the Japanese Hell Ships, they shivered in the bitter cold and staved off starvation by eating stray dogs. Now, nine American veterans have returned to the site of the prisoner-of-war camp where they were held by Japanese forces during World War Two, to commemorate China's decision to turn the cluster of brick buildings into a museum. "Well, you know, it's nice to come back and see where you have been but the sad part about it is you don't like to remember," said Ralph Griffith. For three years, Griffith, who can still recite his roll call in Japanese, spent three years better known by his camp number, 552...more...

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Death March survivor Thomas Craigg Jr. dies

http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/564/story/370816.html

Thomas A. Craigg Jr., a survivor of the Bataan Death March who was also a prisoner of war for three years, has died. He was 90.

Craigg, who died Sunday, served 23 years in the Marine Corps, earning three Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star and a Silver Star, which he received in a 2002 ceremony - 60 years after he was taken prisoner by the Japanese.

The Daily News of Jacksonville reports that Craigg and two fellow Marines escaped the march by boat to the nearby U.S.-held island of Corregidor and rejoined the fight, but the troops there were forced to surrender nearly a month later.

Craigg was taken to a Japanese prison camp, where he and other captives hid a shredded U.S. flag that flew over Corregidor and was taken down by the Marines before the island fell. He presented the flag to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego.