The remains of World War Soldier U.S. Army Air Forces Cpl. Charles W. Eeds will be interred May 19, at First Christian Church-Norman, Norman, Oklahoma. Eeds was a member of the 48th Materiel Squadron, in the Philippines, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in December 1941. He was among the thousands of U.S. and Filipino service members captured and interned at Prisoner of War camps, and subjected to the 65-mile Bataan Death March, when U.S. forces in Bataan surrendered to the Japanese. Eeds died a prisoner of war July 19, 1942, at age 23.
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Date Posted: | 05.15.2023 10:18 |
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