Major William Horrigan USAAF Java PoW 1942

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Not the loss account you seek but a little more about Major Horrigan (later Col. retired). Captured date is recorded as 24 Feb 1942.

Full name William Kienle Horrigan. He has passed 16 Oct 1992 (aged 79):
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/...ienle-horrigan

Noted here departing Bandoeng Java (as a passenger) 7 Feb 1942 (rank Capt.)
http://www.lanbob.com/lanbob/FP-19BG...2-02JA-Feb.htm

POW Citation with limited personal data:
https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/98622

Initial PoW internment: Kyushu Island. Fukuoka POW Camp #2, Nagasaki. He was camp commander.
http://mansell.com/pow_resources/cam...01/Reports.htm

Major Horrigan, Fukuoka POW Camp #2; minor notation here; search Horrigan
http://www.axpow.org/bulletins/feb2008.pdf

There are two NARA POW records for Major Horrigan. Final POW internment at Hoten POW Camp (Mukden) Manchuria.

1) https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-...pg=1&rid=12857

2) https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-...g=1&rid=132436

Liberated:
On August 16, 1945, a six-man American OSS (Office of Strategic Services) team parachuted into Mukden to liberate the camp. Soviet troops entered Mukden a few days later and helped the evacuation of POWs. Two members of the OSS team also rescued high ranking Allied officers, including General Wainwright, held in Hsian about 150 miles northeast of Mukden.
Source http://www.us-japandialogueonpows.org/MukdenPOWcamp.htm

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