7/5/1926 – 9/12/2010
Service Dates: – Wiley enlisted in the United States Navy in June, 1944 during WWII. He served at the Amphibious Training Center in Coronado, Calif. The balance of the war, he was assigned to the USS Carlisle A.P.A. 69 in the South Pacific. He was discharged in June, 1946 at Lambert Field in St. Louis, Mo.
Story uploaded 2006 / updated Sunday September 20, 2026
Residence Place: Kansas City, Missouri, USA where Jim joined the United States Marine Corps at the age of 18. He served in the Pacific campaign during WW II where his unit scored the first US victory of the war. However, after weeks of battle, they were invaded and captured on Wake Island and he was a prisoner of war for almost four years.
WWII Service Dates: -U.S., World War II American and Allied Prisoners of War, 1941-1946
Captured Report Date: 23 Dec 1941
Liberated Report Date: Sep 1945
Grade: Corporal
Branch Of Service: United States Marine Corps
Area Served: Pacific Theater: Guam: Wake Island
Detaining Country: Japan
Camp: Fukuoka POW Camp #1 – Kashii (Pine Tree Camp) Kyushu Island 33-130
Status: Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated
Post WWII, he was stationed in Poland, during the Cold War, where he met his loving wife. After returning to the United States he retired from the USMC after 21 years of service
12/23/1921 – 1/15/2014
Service Dates: 1939 – 1946 Initially in the 138th MO National Guard as a PFC, upon Americas entry into WWII he enlisted in the USMC. He was a member of the Marine Detachment, First Defense Battalion, Fleet Marine Force. In WWII he was stationed at and Defended Wake Island when the then Cpl became a POW on 12/23/1941 (quite the birthday present). After 40 months he was released from Japanese POW Camp – Kiawgwan Shanghi 31-121 on 9/12/1945.
Story uploaded: 2007 / updated: 8/25/2025
6/11/1917 – 2/17/2007
Service Dates: 7/2/1941 – 10/31/1045 E Company 63rd Infantry 6th Division. New Guinea, Philippines
Story uploaded: 2007 / updated: Monday May 5, 2025
8/3/1926 – 6/7/2017
Branch: Navy
Outfit: 3rd class Amphibious Forces WWII and Korean War
Service Dates: 1944 – 1956
Conflicts/Significant Events: WW II Highlight, Surrender at Tokyo Bay, Korean War.
Story uploaded: 2007 / updated: Monday April 28, 2025
2/25/1923 – 1/27/2007
Service Dates: 1941 – 1946 Marine Detachment, First Defense Battalion, Fleet Marine Force, fall of Wake Island. POW 12/23/1941 -6/1945 at POW Camp Shanghi War Prisoners Camp Kiawgwan, Shanghai.
Story uploaded: 2006 / updated: Monday April 21, 2025
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