World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Edward Joseph Paul
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Bridgeport, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Grateful Vietnam Veteran
He served with the Army Signal Corps 1st Aircraft Warning Company, Philippine Islands. After the Philippine surrender in May 1942, He was imprisoned by the Japanese. As a Prisoner of War he endured three and a half years of imprisonment beginning with the Bataan Death March. After surviving 30 days on the Tottori Maru Hell Ship, he was forced to work at the following camps: Cabanatuan Camp #3, Hoten Prisoner of War Camp in Manchuria,and Mukden Prisoner of War Camp. He was liberated by Russian and other Allied Soldiers in August 1945.