As a second lieutenant, Tom Colbert Cox was held as a POW in the Philippine Islands. In December 1944, he was boarded onto the Oryoku Maru for transport to Japan. The ship was sunk by American planes at Subic Bay, Philippine Islands, on December 15, 1944. The surviving POWs were boarded onto the Enoura Maru which reached Takao, Formosa. While docked it was bombed by American planes on January 9, 1945, killing many of the POWs. The surviving POWs were boarded onto the Brazil Maru and reached Japan on January 29, 1945. He was held at Fukuoka #1 and then sent to Jinsen, Korea. He was liberated from the camp at the end of the war.
As a second lieutenant, Tom Colbert Cox was held as a POW in the Philippine Islands. In December 1944, he was boarded onto the Oryoku Maru for transport to Japan. The ship was sunk by American planes at Subic Bay, Philippine Islands, on December 15, 1944. The surviving POWs were boarded onto the Enoura Maru which reached Takao, Formosa. While docked it was bombed by American planes on January 9, 1945, killing many of the POWs. The surviving POWs were boarded onto the Brazil Maru and reached Japan on January 29, 1945. He was held at Fukuoka #1 and then sent to Jinsen, Korea. He was liberated from the camp at the end of the war.
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Tom Colbert Cox
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
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Tom Colbert Cox
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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Tom Colbert Cox
U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current
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Tom Colbert Cox
1930 United States Federal Census
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Tom Colbert Cox
U.S., Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-2020
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