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Late Medal for Bataan
APR. 10, 1999 —
Albuquerquean Charles Iskra receives a
long-overdue medal Friday from N.M. National
Guard Gen. Melvyn Montaño. Iskra, with the
200th Coast Artillery in World War II, was
taken prisoner in the Philippines in 1942
and survived the Bataan Death March, which
began 57 years ago today. The military
thought Iskra had died. Not until he saw his
name listed among the dead at the Bataan
Memorial Museum in Santa Fe was the error
discovered.
— Albuquerque Journal
Charles Iskra passed
away on December 4, 2003. |
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Charlie James
“When we surrendered ...
a Japanese soldier came to me, he was ready
to rip my dog tags off my neck until he saw
a small medal with the Blessed Virgin
attached to the dog tag chain. He asked if I
was a Christian. I told him that I was. For
some reason he let me keep my tags and
medal.”
Photo Courtesy of
Charlie James
To read more,
click here. |
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Toney James
Veterans Memorial
Ceremony
Window Rock, Arizona
Courtesy of Morris
Bitsie |
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Buren Johnston
Fukuoka POW Camp 23
Santa Fe, New Mexico
April 9, 2010 |
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“If somebody asks
questions, I talk about it. I have a hard
time getting my breath when some of these
things come up. I’m not a hero. I’m just a
survivor. I think that's what most of us
feel.”
— Morgan Jones
April 9, 2002 |
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Lucy Wilson first met
Dan Jopling
when the Regiment was
training at Fort Bliss in the summer of
1941. They were meet to again in the
Philippines.
One of the first Red
Cross nurses called to active duty in the
Army, Lucy Wilson escaped Bataan one day
before the surrender and was evacuated on
the last submarine out of Corregidor on May
3, 1942. She returned to the Philippines as
a Flight Nurse in 1944.
Lucy and Daniel Jopling
were married on December 5, 1945.
Major Daniel Jopling,
also a veteran of the Korean War, retired
with the Reserve rank of Lieutenant Colonel
at Fort Sam Houston, Texas in May 1961. He
began his service with the New Mexico
National Guard as an enlisted man at Fort
Sumner, New Mexico. He died in 1985. |
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THE NAMES PROJECT |
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NAME
W = West Side of Park
E = East Side of Park
UNIT & BATTERY
EXAMPLE:
Carl Ireton was attached to
Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 200th Coast
Artillery (Anti-aircraft). The column bearing the names
of the men of Hq Btry, 2BN, 200th CA(AA) is located on
the West side of Bataan Memorial Park.
An (*) designates those men known to
have died overseas.
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ARE YOU SEEING THE PICTURES & STORIES
ON THE RIGHT? FOLLOWING THE LINKS WITHIN THE LIST OF
NAMES? |
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Ireton |
Carl |
V. |
W-200Hq2Bn |
* |
Irish |
Clayton |
E. |
W-Officer |
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Iskra |
Charles |
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W-200C |
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Jackson |
Elvin |
E. |
W-200A |
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Jackson |
Robert |
C. (Jr.) |
W-200C |
* |
Jackson |
Wendell |
R. |
W-200E |
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James |
Benjamin |
L. |
E-515H |
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James |
Charles |
F. |
W-200F |
* |
James |
John |
A. |
W-200G |
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James |
Toney |
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W-200E |
* |
James |
Vernie |
L. |
W-200C |
* |
Jaramillo |
Terecino |
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E-515H |
* |
Jaramillo |
Tranquilino |
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W-200B |
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Jarnagin |
Willie |
C. |
W-200Hq1Bn |
* |
Jauriqui |
Jose |
G. |
W-200E |
* |
Jeffus |
Hubert |
P. |
W-Officer |
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Jensen |
William |
E. |
E-515G |
* |
Jezek |
Joseph |
E. (Jr.) |
W-Band |
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Jim |
Glenn |
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W-200C |
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Johns |
David |
(Jr.) |
E-515G |
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Johns |
Robert |
G. |
W-200RegHq |
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Johns |
Robert |
L. |
E-515Hq1Bn |
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Johnson |
Floyd |
J. |
E-515A |
* |
Johnson |
Howard |
W. |
W-200F |
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Johnson |
John |
L. |
E-515B |
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Johnson |
Olin |
W. |
W-200Hq2Bn |
* |
Johnson |
Walter |
R. |
E-515F |
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Johnston |
Buren |
D. |
W-200E |
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Jones |
Alton |
R. |
W-200B |
* |
Jones |
Carl |
W. |
E-515H |
* |
Jones |
Curtis |
C. |
E-515G |
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Jones |
Everett |
M. |
W-200A |
* |
Jones |
Frank |
G. (Jr.) |
E-515D |
* |
Jones |
George |
M. |
E-515RegHq |
* |
Jones |
Gerald |
L. |
E-515G |
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Jones |
James |
B. (Jr.) |
W-200H |
* |
Jones |
James |
J. |
W-200A |
* |
Jones |
Melvin |
E. |
W-200E |
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Jones |
Morgan |
T. (Jr.) |
E-515Hq2Bn |
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Jones |
Wilson |
W. |
E-515RegHq |
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Jopling |
Daniel |
W. |
W-Officer |
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Jordan |
Alvin |
A. |
W-200E |
* |
Jordan |
Fred |
H. |
W-Officer |
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Junker |
Edward |
K. (Jr.) |
W-Officer |
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