World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
James Baldassarre
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
New York, New York
Honored By
Federico Baldassarre
Relationship
Son
QUARTERMASTER CORPS, PHILIPPINE DEPARTMENT. SERVED IN THE DEFENSE OF BATAAN. SURVIVED THE BATAAN DEATH MARCH. POW IN CAMP O'DONNELL, CABANATUAN AND HOTEN CAMP IN MUKDEN, MANCHURIA. HIS HELL SHIP WAS THE TOTTORI MARU. TESTIFIED IN THE WAR CRIMES TRIAL OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASAHARU HOMMA IN THE MANILA WAR CRIMES TRIAL.