Dover-Foxcroft soldier who died in Japanese prison camp is coming home

Dover-Foxcroft soldier who died in Japanese prison camp is coming home

A Dover-Foxcroft soldier who died during World War II after the Imperial Japanese Army captured the Philippines is finally coming home. U.S. Army Pvt. Willard D. Merrill, 21, was serving in the 2nd Observation Squadron in late 1941 when the Japanese army invaded the Philippines, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Merrill was among the U.S. and Filipino soldiers captured after the surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on April 9, 194…

82 years later, airman R.L. Tyler coming home to rest in peace, having survived the Bataan Death March but not malaria - Lubbock Lights

Sgt. R.L. Tyler, original image from DPAA press release. Photo restoration filter applied by LubbockLights.com An American hero from West Texas was not destined to rest forever in “common grave […]