Pvt. Leonard Marvin Hart


Born: 13 July 1915 - Mayes County, Oklahoma
Inducted: U. S. Army - 17 March 194, Oklahoma City
Training: Fort Knox, Kentucky, Camp Polk, Louisiana
Units: 753rd Tank Battalion,  192nd Tank Battalion
Overseas Duty: Philippine Islands - Engagements: Battle of Luzon, Battle of Bataan
Prisoner of War:  9 April 1942,  Death March
POW Camps: Philippine Islands: Camp O'Donnell & Cabanatuan
Japan:  Fukuoka Camp 17 - coal mining
Hell Ship:  Clyde Maru, Sailed: Manila - 23 July 1943, Arrived: Moji - 7 August 1943
Liberated: September 1945
Died: 1 March 1983 - Levarne, Oklahoma



 

Credit: Jim Opolony: 192nd & 194th Tank Battalion

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