World War II Honoree

Neville Leo Grow

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Huntsville, Utah

Honored By

The Family of James M. Udall

Relationship

Grandson & Great Grandchildren

CAPTAIN OF THE 92ND COAST ARTILLERY STATIONED ON CORREGIDOR ISLAND, PHILIPPINES UNDER U.S. ARMY FORCES IN THE FAR EAST UNDER GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR. CAPTURED BY JAPANESE AFTER THEIR INVASION OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND BECAME A PRISONER OF WAR ON MAY 6, 1942 AFTER THE FALL OF THE ISLAND FORTRESS, CORREGIDOR. SURVIVED MORE THAN THREE YEARS AS A POW IN HELLISH CONDITIONS. TRANSFERRED TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT CAMPS BUT ULTIMATELY ENDED UP IN CAMP HOTEN, MANCHUKUO (JAPANESE OCCUPIED CHINA) IN JULY 1943, WHERE HE SPENT THE REMAINDER OF THE WAR UNTIL HE WAS LIBERATED BY THE RUSSIAN ARMY IN SEPTEMBER 1945. RETIRED FROM THE ARMY AS A FULL BIRD COLONEL.