World War II Honoree

Arthur Joseph Feher

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Cleveland, Ohio

Honored By

Braley Ann Feher

Relationship

Daughter

LCDR ARTHUR JOSEPH FEHER SERVED ON THE USS MARBLEHEADAND THE USS LUZON DURING THE WAR. THE USS LUZON WAS CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE, AND LCDR FEHER WAS TAKEN AS A JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR, WHERE HE WAS A VICTIM OF THE BATTAAN DEATH MARCH. HE SURVIVED THREE AND A HALF YEARS IN SEVERAL JAPANESE PRISON CAMPS AND WAS AMONG THOSE LIBERATED AT THE END OF THE WAR. LCDR FEHER CONTINUED HIS SERVICE IN THE NAVY FOR THIRTY ONE YEARS.