The above listed War Criminal was hug by the neck until pronounced dean by a US Naval Doctor.
Poss, JD 8 -Family
LTC J. A. Fitzferald Diary while a POW at ASHIO CAMP 9 TOYKO, JAPAN Apr 22, 1943 - Aug 1945. My Uncle Edgar Louis POSS RM 1st CL was a member of the crew USS GRENIDER SS-210. Also in the same POW camp was Major Boyington USMC and LT. Louis Zamperini, of the movie and novel, "Unbroken".
Ashio POW Camp
Tokyo 9-B Detached camp
Ashio Main Home Camp List
Pending locating the actual rescue roster, these men were known to have been at this camp: Additional entries- F. Emory Meeks, Researcher.
Name, Rank, ASN, Service, Unit, Notes
Beggs, Harold R., Pvt, 20500745, INF, !92nd Tank C (noted on Sen-08B-Kosaka rescue roster)
Blackwood, John R.,TSgt,7030736,USAAC,,ex Osaka
Bolinger, Fred J.,Pvt,20949661,USA (AMD),,ex Osaka
Box, Minter,Cpl,20843582,USA (CAC),200th E
Caudell, Glenn P.,Cpl,13034997,USAAC
Chio, Wade, Cpl,20500757,Inf,192nd Tank
Clough, Clarence S.,PFC, 301132,USMC, 4th B More
Collier, Nowlin D.,1st Lt,O&672940,USAAC,462nd BG,ex Ofuna
Connor, John M.,Cpl,33061543,USA (ORD),,ex Osaka
Cooper, Billie M.,QM2c,6401273,USN,USS Sculpin
Crowley, Daniel W.,Sgt,11019779,USAAC
Cruz, Manual A.,Cpl,18057106,USA (CWS),200th CA
Davis, Pierce "Curtis",Cpl,19053012, INF, 31st Inf K Co, ex Osaka
Davis, Thomas L.,PFC,7002674,USAAC,27th BG
Deveny, James A.,Pvt,6539568,USA (INF),,ex Hitachi
Dunsworth, Robert J.,TSgt,20842582,USA (CAC),200th Hq
Duva, Ernest A.,,USN SS-44 Submarine
Endres, Robert J.,Sgt,19056675,USAAC
Eresh, Peter J.,PFC,37055413,USA (CAC), 200th A
Fullerton, Fred M. Jr,PFC,18056999,75th Ord 81st Inf
Gallion, George F. ,Cpl, 32074544, died 30 Jan 1945
Gibson, Don C.,Plt Sgt,248284,USMC,4th L
Gould, Enos C.,PFC,11011122,USA (CAC)
Guiles, John L.,Sgt,18052266,USAAC
Hall, Vanness Frederick, WO, 100705, USS Canopus
Hartley, Edward Lee Jr, Pvt, 19052403, 60th CAC B
Harty, Kevin D.,Lt,97492,USN,USS Grenadier
Henderson, Donald J.,Pvt,32114962,USA (ORD),,ex Hitachi
Huxtable, James T.,MSgt,20842454,USA (CAC),200th Hq
Johnson, John K., Sgt, 19038174, USA (CAC), HD Hq, ex Hitachi
Jones, Jack J.,WOJG,110071,USN
Keller, Ed, USS Sculpin
Knight, Samuel D.,SSgt,14024996,USAAC
Laritte, Witney J.,SSgt,6371189,USA (ORD)
Lopez, Eliseo,Sgt,38012279,USA (CAC), 515th 2 Bn Hq
Mazerole, Leo,Sgt,11013364,USAAC,27th Mat Sqdn
Mc Cartin, Charles L.,Sgt,33005480,USA (CE), 803rd Eng B
Merritt, Henry Hugh Jr.,TM3c,2656969,USN
Moore, Donald A.,PFC,6582793,USA (CAC),59th CA
Nelson, George B.,PFC,279899,USMC
Oakes, Luther A. Jr.,Cpl,34083737,USA (QMC)
Palmer, Robert Wiley,Y1c,3933058,USN
Poss, Edgar Louis,RM1c,3599824,USN
Other Comments:
To honour those who served their country
“In this their finest hour”
Tokyo 9B Detached Camp - Ashio
(1st known as Tokyo 8D)
On Eternal Patrol - USS Grenadier (SS-210)
Presentation
WWII
USS Grenadier (SS-210)
USS Grenadier was forced to scuttle herself after being mortally wounded in an attack by enemy aircraft. The following crew members of USS Grenadier (SS-210) died as Prisoners of War.
Click on a man's name to go to his personal memorial page on this site. Photographs and personal information are needed as indicated in the column at right.
Name Photo
1 Charles Doyle Yes
2 Justiniano Garcia Guico
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3 Charles Freeman Linder
Yes
4 George William Snyder, Jr.
Yes
The following USS Grenadier crew members survived Prisoner of War camp. The following USS Grenadier crew members survived Prisoner of War camp.
The following USS Grenadier crew members survived Prisoner of War camp.
1 Ralph Langley Adkins
2 Norman Arthur Albertsen
3 David J. Andrews
4 Lesley Leroy Barker
5 Clyde Wayne Barrington
6 Lynn Reginald Clark
7 Thomas Robert Courtney
8 Gordon Charles Cox
9 John Nisbet Critchlow, Jr.
10 William Michael Joseph Cunningham
11 Jewell Creston Embry
12 Charles Alexander Erishman
13 Rex Richard Evans
14 Robert Eugene Evans
15 John Allison Fitzgerald
16 Glen Raymond Fourre
17 Ben Harold Fulton
18 Randolph Jefferson Garrison
19 John Henry Gunderson
20 Kevin Denis Harty
21 Carlisle Willis Herbert
22 Richard Judd Hinkson
23 Joe Garza Ingram
24 Charles Eugene "John" Johnson
25 William Harold Keefe
26 Riley Huntsman Keysor
27 Joseph Sheldon Knutson
28 James Dennis Landrum
29 John Leskovsky
30 Raymond Grant Leslie
31 Irving Charles Loftus
32 John Joseph McBeath, Sr.
33 Charles H. "Tim" or "Skeeter" McCoy
34 Dempsey Ernest McGowan
35 Arthur Greenville McIntyre
36 Joseph Ardell Minton
37 Elwood Allen O'Brion
38 Virgil Angers Ouillette*
39 Robert Wiley Palmer
40 John Kazimier Pianka
41 Minor Bryan Pierce
42 Edgar Louis Poss
Poss, Edgar Louis
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Description This campaign was from 23 February to 8 June 1969. From Tet 1969 through the month of June, the enemy again tried to sustain an offensive. His inability to do so can be largely attributed to aggressive allied ground operations. Between 23 February and 8 June 1969, a total of 70 significant named ground operations were terminated resulting in heavy enemy loss of life and materiel. The main operations concluded during this period were:
(1). The 3d Marine Division's Operation KENTUCKY aimed at preventing enemy infiltration through the Demilitarized Zone in central Quang Tri Province. Throughout the early part of January 1969, Viet Cong/North Vietnamese Army forces continued to avoid major contacts with Free World Forces. Their continual movement to avoid friendly forces or to search for food and supplies contributed to a decrease in the enemy-initiated ground attacks and attacks-by-fire in Quang Tri Province.
(2). Operation NEVADA EAGLE, initiated on 17 May 1968 in Thua Thien Province, continued in 1969 as the U.S. 101st Airborne Division continued to defeat enemy personnel, and capture rice caches, material, and installations within its large area of operations, where it undertook offensive sweeps along Route 547 and around Song Bo.
(3). Two battalions of the 4th Marine Regiment were engaged in Operation SCOTLAND II. Initiated on 15 April 1968, this multi-battalion search and clear operation was centered in and around Khe Sanh.
(4). The IV Corps Tactical Zone Dry Weather Campaign began on 1 December 1968 in support of the overall mission to prevent Viet Cong units from interfering with pacification efforts. This operation, "Speedy Express," interdicted lines of enemy communication and denied him the use of base areas. In 1969 the 1st Brigade, 9th U.S. Infantry Division continued the operation in Dinh Tuong Province, using its highly successful night ambush tactics while the 2d Brigade continued its mission with the Mobile Riverine Force. Although engagements in Operation SPEEDY EXPRESS were typically small, the 9th Infantry Division fought several sizeable engagements with impressive results.
On 23 February U.S. Navy units and installations at Da Nang, Tan An, Ben Luc, Go Dan Ha, and Tra Cu came under numerous and widespread attacks associated with a new enemy offensive, but since many units in these areas were poised to meet these attacks they caused only minimal damage. April saw the heaviest cumulative enemy activity in the barrier interdiction camapign to date.
