World War II Honoree

Elvin J. Myers

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Fullerton, Nebraska

Honored By

Gloria Myers

Relationship

Niece

STATIONED IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AT CLARK FIELD, FOLLOWING HIS ENLISTMENT IN 1940. HE WAS A RADIO OPERATOR AND WAS MOVED TO THE BATAAN PENINSULA, WHERE CAPTURED AT LITTLE BAGUIO IN APRIL 1942 BY THE JAPANESE. SURVIVOR OF THE BATAAN DEATH MARCH. HE, ALONG WITH HIS BROTHER, WERE HELD IN POW CAMPS IN THE PHILIPPINES AND MUKDEN, MANCHURIA. IN MUKDEN, WAS ASSIGNED TO WORK IN THE MOTOR POOL FOR THE JAPANESE. HE WAS LIBERATED IN 1945 BY THE RUSSIANS FROM THE MUKDEN, MANCHURIA CAMP. HE RETURNED TO THE U.S. IN SEPTEMBER 1945.