Sgt. Charles Chaffin was a member C Company, 192nd Tank Battalion. He was stationed in the Philippine Islands when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Ten hours later, he lived through the bombing of Clark Airfield. For four months, he fought, with the other soldiers on Bataan, to slow Japan’s conquest of the Philippines. Without food, without adequate supplies, and no hope of being relieved, he became a Prisoner of War on April 9, 1942, when Bataan was surrendered to the Japanese.
As a POW, he was held at Camp O’Donnell and Cabanatuan in the Philippines. He was later transported to Japan and sent to Kamiaka Camp. He remained in the camp until liberated at the end of the war.
Charles never recovered from the treatment he received as a POW and died slightly over two years after being liberated.
As a POW, he was held at Camp O’Donnell and Cabanatuan in the Philippines. He was later transported to Japan and sent to Kamiaka Camp. He remained in the camp until liberated at the end of the war.
Charles never recovered from the treatment he received as a POW and died slightly over two years after being liberated.
Sgt. Charles Chaffin was a member C Company, 192nd Tank Battalion. He was stationed in the Philippine Islands when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Ten hours later, he lived through the bombing of Clark Airfield. For four months, he fought, with the other soldiers on Bataan, to slow Japan’s conquest of the Philippines. Without food, without adequate supplies, and no hope of being relieved, he became a Prisoner of War on April 9, 1942, when Bataan was surrendered to the Japanese.
As a POW, he was held at Camp O’Donnell and Cabanatuan in the Philippines. He was later transported to Japan and sent to Kamiaka Camp. He remained in the camp until liberated at the end of the war.
Charles never recovered from the treatment he received as a POW and died slightly over two years after being liberated.
As a POW, he was held at Camp O’Donnell and Cabanatuan in the Philippines. He was later transported to Japan and sent to Kamiaka Camp. He remained in the camp until liberated at the end of the war.
Charles never recovered from the treatment he received as a POW and died slightly over two years after being liberated.
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