Garratt Royalty was a member D 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 rescued by U.S. Army Rangers at Cabanatuan on January 30, 1945.
Garratt returned home, married, and was the father of eight children.
Garratt Royalty was a member D 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 rescued by U.S. Army Rangers at Cabanatuan on January 30, 1945.
Garratt returned home, married, and was the father of eight children.
Family Members
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Ralph Royalty
1887–1953
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Ella N. Godfrey Royalty
1894–1966
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Cecil E. Royalty
1912–1953
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Hazel Royalty Davenport
1914–2012
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Ernest Royalty
1920–1926
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Viola Royalty Divine
1924–1995
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Herman Marshall Royalty
1928–2001
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Alvin Milton Royalty
1934–1992
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