Whitton F. Brill, born Nov. 15, 1921, joined the United States Navy and became a GM3 and served on the U.S.S. Canopus AS-9 in the Philippine Islands. Whitton was on the Naval Shore Battalion and became a veteran of Bataan and Corregidor. Whit became a POW on May 5, 1942 when he was captured in Corregidor. He spent time in camps Bilibid, Cabanatawan 1 and 3 in the Philippine Islands. He also survived the "Hell Ships" and was interned at Osaka and Sakurajima camps in Japan. He was liberated on September 6th, 1945 and on November 2, 1998 he rejoined his fallen comrades. His family and his friends will sorely miss him. Whit always referred to Corregidor as "The Rock"; to his friends and family he was the rock.