Pfc. Albert E. DeCurtins was one of the twin sons born to Frederic & Margaret DeCurtins. He was inducted into the U.S. Army on February 2, 1941, and sent to Fort Knox, Kentucky, and assigned to Hq Company, 192nd Tank Battalion. He arrived in the Philippine Islands seventeen days before the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. On December 8, 1941, ten hours after Pearl Harbor, he lived through the Japanese attack on Clark Airfield.
He became a Prisoner of War when Bataan was surrendered to the Japanese and took part in the death march. He was held at Camp O'Donnell and Cabanatuan where he died from disease. He was buried in a mass grave at the camp with other POWs who died on the same day. After the war, since his remains could not be identified, he was reburied in a mass grave with six other POWs at Ft. McPherson National Cemetery.
The photo of the 192nd half-track was taken on Bataan, in 1942, and has appeared in many WWII books. The first soldier sitting on the hood, holding the Tommy-gun, his Albert DeCurtins.
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Proviso East High School Bataan Commemorative Research Project
He became a Prisoner of War when Bataan was surrendered to the Japanese and took part in the death march. He was held at Camp O'Donnell and Cabanatuan where he died from disease. He was buried in a mass grave at the camp with other POWs who died on the same day. After the war, since his remains could not be identified, he was reburied in a mass grave with six other POWs at Ft. McPherson National Cemetery.
The photo of the 192nd half-track was taken on Bataan, in 1942, and has appeared in many WWII books. The first soldier sitting on the hood, holding the Tommy-gun, his Albert DeCurtins.
For more information, go to:
Proviso East High School Bataan Commemorative Research Project
Pfc. Albert E. DeCurtins was one of the twin sons born to Frederic & Margaret DeCurtins. He was inducted into the U.S. Army on February 2, 1941, and sent to Fort Knox, Kentucky, and assigned to Hq Company, 192nd Tank Battalion. He arrived in the Philippine Islands seventeen days before the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. On December 8, 1941, ten hours after Pearl Harbor, he lived through the Japanese attack on Clark Airfield.
He became a Prisoner of War when Bataan was surrendered to the Japanese and took part in the death march. He was held at Camp O'Donnell and Cabanatuan where he died from disease. He was buried in a mass grave at the camp with other POWs who died on the same day. After the war, since his remains could not be identified, he was reburied in a mass grave with six other POWs at Ft. McPherson National Cemetery.
The photo of the 192nd half-track was taken on Bataan, in 1942, and has appeared in many WWII books. The first soldier sitting on the hood, holding the Tommy-gun, his Albert DeCurtins.
For more information, go to:
Proviso East High School Bataan Commemorative Research Project
He became a Prisoner of War when Bataan was surrendered to the Japanese and took part in the death march. He was held at Camp O'Donnell and Cabanatuan where he died from disease. He was buried in a mass grave at the camp with other POWs who died on the same day. After the war, since his remains could not be identified, he was reburied in a mass grave with six other POWs at Ft. McPherson National Cemetery.
The photo of the 192nd half-track was taken on Bataan, in 1942, and has appeared in many WWII books. The first soldier sitting on the hood, holding the Tommy-gun, his Albert DeCurtins.
For more information, go to:
Proviso East High School Bataan Commemorative Research Project
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