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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.

   -  Do you share a last name with any of them? Are you a distant relative, perhaps? If yes, then we'd love to hear from you!

   -  Which ones are from your home state? Are any from your home town or city?

   -  Can you help honor these men and keep their spirit alive by tracking down missing details about them? Help us find their descendants?

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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!


CLICK HERE to download an Excel file with Arisan Maru POW passengers listed ALPHABETICALLY, by LAST NAME
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!

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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


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