World War II Honoree

Jose V. Andrada

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Iuisan, Capiz, Philippine Islands

Honored By

Ramon A. Alcaraz

Relationship

Comrade

INDUCTED INTO U.S. ARMY FORCES IN THE FAR EAST IN 1941 AS CHIEF OF OFFSHORE PATROL. TRANSFERRED AS COMMANDER OF FORT WINT, A COAST ARTILLERY FORT THAT SAW GALLANT ACTION IN BATAAN UNTIL ITS SURRENDER. HE BECAME A POW AND JOINED THE DEATH MARCH. CONCENTRATED IN O'DONNELL POW CAMP BUT RELEASED AS SICK POW 5 MONTHS LATER. AFTER RECOVERING HE JOINED THE GUERILLAS FIGHTING THE JAPANESE UP TO THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES IN EARLY 1945.