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Last
Name:
BRILL |
First
Name Middle Initial:
WHITTON F. |
Nick
Name:
WHIT |
| Street:
P.O. BOX 504 |
City
& State: OOSTBURG, WI |
E-Mail:
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| Zip:
53070 |
Phone: |
Spouse:
AUDREY |
| Conflict:
WW II |
Service
Branch: USN |
Unit:
U.S.S. CANOPUS AS-9 |
| Theater:
Pacific |
Where
Captured: CORREGIDOR |
Date
Captured: 05/05/42 |
| Camps
Held In: BILIBID, CABANATAWAN 1 AND 3, OSAKA CAMP 04D, SAKURAJIMA, RESCUED AT OSAKA #6B-AKENOBE |
How
Long Interned: 1220 days |
| Liberated
/ repatriated: liberated |
Date
Liberated: 09/06/45 |
Age
at Capture: 21 |
| Medals
Received: BRONZE STAR MEDAL |
| Military
Job: SUB TENDER |
Company:
MULLER COLOR PLATE CO. |
| Occupation
after War: LITOGRAPHER |
Bio:
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 Nov. 2nd, 1998 he rejoined his fallen comrades. Whit passed away November 2nd, 1998, his family and his friends will sorely miss him. Whit always referred to Corregidor as “The Rock”, to his friends and family he was there rock. |
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