COLORADO > MILITARY > WW2 > SHIP ROSTER > ARISAN MARU October 24,1944 an unmarked Japanese freighter name the Arisan Maru was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea by a Amenrican submarine.the the "Hell Ship" carried a cargo of 1800 POWs crammed shoulder to shoulder in the holds, on their way to slave labor in Japan. They had survived the Bataan Death March and been held captive for two and a half years in the Philippines. The conditions were inhumane, only 9 survivors. This list of men were extracted from Bill Bowen’s Arisan Maru Roster http://www.west-point.org/family/japanese-pow/Bowen_AM.htm. Some additional information was added. This was the ship my uncle Arthur F.(Frederick) Lambert died on. Submitted by Kathy July 2005 LAST FIRST RANK SERVICE COMPANY UNIT MAIN UNIT HOMETOWN SERVICE NUM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Baldwin George Wm. PFC Mar. K Co 3rd Bn 4th Marines La Junta 0280555 Bedwell Alan W. Pvt Army C Btry 59th CAC Denver Co 18046454 Brown Jack R.. Pvt Army 59th CAC El Paso Co 18001754 Brown Jr.Lyle J. PFC Mar. K Co 3rd Bn 4th Marines Colorado 00282140 Davies James Edward PFC Mar. D Co 1st Bn 4th Marines Denver 00291933 De BackerWilliam 1LT Army Medical Corp 1st Gen Hospital Colorado 0-423653 Fisher Frank V. Pvt Army K Btry 59th CAC Poncha Springs 18001762 Fowler Harry Park CPL Mar. L Co 3rd Bn 4th Marines Colorado 00271741 Died: Oct 24 1944 Gaines Gaylord V. Sgt AAF 28th Mat Sqdn 20th Air Base Grp Boulder Co 6961531 Gammon Eugene A. BOSN Navy USS Canopus Livermore, El Paso 00196600 Garrett Donald J. PFC Mar. I Co 3rd Bn 4th Marines Mosca, Alamosa,Co 00279265 Hucke Lewis R Pvt Army Ordnanace Dept Montezuma, Co 06293784 Johanson Willie PFC Mar. Hqtrs 1st Bn 4th Marines Colorado 00265680 Jones Robert D. Pvt Army G Btry 59th CAC Colorado 18001774 KapplingerJarvis Max CPL Mar. F Co 2nd Bn 4th Marines Colorado 00270487 Died: Oct 24 1944 Klumker George G. PhM2c Navy Medic Canacao Hosp. Arvada, Co 03720592 Lambert Arthur F. Pvt AAF 2nd Q.M. Co Aviation Archuleta Co 38007264 Martinez Edward A. Pvt Army A Btry 59th CAC Colorado 18001738 Martinez Joe C. Pvt Army 60th CAC Montrose Co 18001729 McSorley Raymond A. 2LT Army 21st Inf Reg 21st Philippine Div Larimer Co. 0-890262 Neubauer David Pvt Army 60th CAC Colorado 18001775 Nollette David D. GM1c Navy USS Tanager Peetz 3720728 Owens Westley H. M SGT AAF 28th Bomb Sqdn 19th Bomb Grp Colorado R-303680 Pickering Ray Wood 2LT Mar. B Co 1st Bn 4th Marines Broomfield 0-010491 Died: Oct 24 1944 Ranson Joseph C. CPL Army Denver Co 6953584 Smith Clarence Harwood LT Col. Army 45th Inf Reg, (PS) Golden 0-016230 Smith Frank B. Pvt Army D Btry 60th CAC Colorado 18001759 Smith Willie M. Pvt Army Q.M.C. Colorado 19060847 Terrell Harry W. Sgt AAF 3rd Pursuit Sqdn 24th Pursuit Grp Colorado 06276345 Yakovich Anthony PFC Mar. D Co 1st Bn 4th Marines Tioga 00277075 =================================================== Contributed for use by the USGenWeb Archive Project (http://www.usgenweb.org) and by the COGenWeb Archive Project USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.