IN A MISTY RAIN THE "HONDA KNOT" RETURNS 3,012 PACIFIC WAR DEAD TO SAN FRANCISCO OCT. 11, 1947 Among the first war dead to return to the states on the Army Transport Honda Knot were New Mexicans who died at Hoten POW Camp in Mukden Manchuria: Cpl. Hershel A. Grooms, son of Mrs. Pearl Grooms, Albuquerque; Sgt. John J. Wilcoxson, son of Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Wilcoxson, Albuquerque; Sgt. Robert E. Mitchell, Bernalillo; Pfc. Ignacio Baca, son of Serito Baca, Socorro; and Sgt. Elbert L. Ruebush, Mrs. H. H. Ruebush, Deming. Bataan-Corregidor Memorial Foundation of New Mexico, Inc. [ LIST ]   [ CLOSE ]