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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Clarence R. Bess

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Kansas City, Kansas

Honored By

Joe Grasela

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

CAPTAIN, U.S. ARMY INFANTRY. ASSIGNED TO COMPANY F, 31ST INFANTRY REGIMENT IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS; 1940. IN 1941 WAS IN COMMAND OF SERVICE COMPANY, 31ST INFANTRY REGIMENT. FOUGHT IN THE DEFENSE OF THE BATAAN PENINSULA. CAPTURED IN APRIL 1942 AND SURVIVED THE BATAAN DEATH MARCH. PRISONER OF WAR IN JAPAN AT THE ZENTSUJI CAMP, SHIKOKU, OSAKA, JAPAN FROM 1942 UNTIL HIS LIBERATION IN 1945. AWARDED THE SILVER STAR FOR BRAVERY DURING THE SIEGE OF BATAAN, BRONZE STAR WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTER AND COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE.