We invite you to explore the list of the Allied POWs carried on the Japanese "hellship" Arisan Maru. Each man has a family, a history, a story.
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CLICK HERE to open an interactive page where you can add details about a particular soldier! This is a community history project. Please help us learn more about these men!
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CLICK HERE to download an Excel file with Arisan Maru POW passengers listed ALPHABETICALLY, by LAST NAME
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CLICK HERE to download an Excel file containing the list of Arisan Maru POW passengers, sorted by STATE.
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BONUS MATERIAL: USS Shark II Crew Photo & List
Please see below for a photo and crew list from the USS Shark II submarine (SS-314), which plays a key role in the true story behind Hold Strong.
NOTE: If you have a family connection to one of these men, then
we'd love to hear from you!
NOTE: If you have a family connection to one of these men, then
we'd love to hear from you!
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USS Shark II Crew List: 1 Steven Douglas Adams 2 James Marshall Adamson 3 Joseph William Babig 4 Donald Eugene Bailey 5 Charles Marvin Baker 6 James Joseph Barrett 7 Claude Anthony Barton, Jr. 8 Henry Roy Black, Jr. 9 Edward Noe Blakely 10 Walter Eugene Borusiewicz 11 Charles Richard Brown 12 Leon Maurice Brown 13 William Emmett Buckey, Jr. 14 John Edward Burns 15 Rolland T. Burns 16 Ralph Michael Cerruti 17 Orville Gross Chilcote 18 Robert Ford Click 19 William Anthony Constantinos 20 Herbert Andrew Cupper 21 Jesse Andrew Davis, Jr. 22 John Scott Davis 23 Mark Arthur Delehanty 24 Leslie Garbutt Dobson 25 Louis Jackson Doyen 26 Franklin Charles Drury 27 Perry Leo Dryer 28 Hal Hunter Dupuy 29 Andrew Elko 30 Lawrence Howard Ferguson 31 Arthur Louis Giles 32 John Dott Harper, Jr. 33 Willie Edwin Hawthorn 34 Ross Charles Hoffman, Jr. 35 Richard Edward Hooker 36 Sam Houston 37 Bunyan Cleveland Hudgins, Jr. 38 James Roy Huffman 39 Eugene Nathan Hunting, Jr 40 Arthur Thomas Josephs 41 Steven Jurovaty 42 Clarence Vernon Kibbons 43 Alvin Ewald Kirstein |
44 Thomas Francis Kneib 45 Sterling Schlichter Krecker 46 Kenneth Eugene Lawson 47 Raymond Arthur Leecy 48 Charles Upham Leonard 49 William Theodore Lewis 50 Frederick Luedemann 51 Daniel Benjamin Lyon 52 Robert Scrymser MacDonald 53 James Clyde MacIntyre 54 Byron Tucker Masincupp 55 Robert William Muntz 56 Walter Everett Olson 57 William Ralph Ongerth 58 Marvin Dewayne Oothoudt 59 William Oniel Paulsen 60 Royalston Elijah Perkins, Jr. 61 Irby Carl Perrin 62 John Michael Perry 63 George Washington Pittman 64 Michael Polikowski 65 Willis Woodrow Porter 66 Floyd Earnest Reed 67 Kenneth Anthony Reich 68 Francis Stephen Reilly 69 Rudolph Henry Reinthaler 70 Arlin Lee Ridgeway 71 Herbert Austin Satterfield 72 Lloyd Bernhard Schuermann 73 Anthony Edward Scutiero 74 Jesse Lee Selig 75 Donald Eugene Shaffer 76 Bernon Foche Shaw 77 Henry Shefchek, Jr. 78 William Anthony Simko 79 Harvey Hubbell Thommen 80 Kenneth Raymond Tien 81 Forrest Sterling Tiller 82 William Harlan Turner 83 William Riefler Wall 84 Richard Warren Wansky 85 Richard Warren Wells 86 Martin Luther "Bud" Williams 87 John Joseph Zidziunas |