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World War II Honoree

Served Their Country

Boniface Axtman

Hometown

Rugby, North Dakota

Honored By

Judith & Marie Axtman

Relationship

Niece & Sister-in-law

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Activity During WWII

Spent over two years in an internment camp when the Japanese took over the Philippines in 1945. He was in the Los Banos internment camp which was located near Laguna de Bay. On February 23, 1945, the 11th Airborne Paratroopers and a ragtag band of guerillas struck the heavily guarded POW camp at Los Banos; all the civilian internees were rescued without a single casualty.