World War II Honoree

Arthur J. Chandler

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Savannah, Georgia

Honored By

Jack Downs

Relationship

Friend

ENTERED SERVICE MID-1941. SERVED BASIC TRAINING STATE-SIDE AND WAS REASSIGNED TO HAWAII AT SCHOFIELD BARRACKS. REASSIGNED TO PHILIPPINES ISLANDS LATER THE JAPANESE ARMY TOOK THE ISLAND AND ALL MILITARY WERE TAKEN TO JAPAN VIA THE BATAAN MARCH. WHEN IN JAPAN MOST WERE POW ASSIGNED TO WORK IN THE COAL MINES, IN 1945 THESE MEN WERE RELEASED AFTER THE WARS END AND WERE RETURNED HOME AND DISCHARGED.