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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Charles M. Hilton

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Delight, Arkansas

Honored By

Walton R. Haddix

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SERVED IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND TAKEN PRISONER ON THE BATAAN PENINSULA IN JANUARY 1942. SURVIVED THE BATAAN DEATH MARCH TO PRISON CAMP ON LUZON. SHIPPED TO A PRISON CAMP IN JAPAN AND WORKED UNDERGROUND IN LEAD MINES RECEIVING LITTLE FOOD AND NO MEDICAL CARE WHILE ENDURING DAILY BRUTALITY. LIBERATED AFTER THE WAR WAS OVER.