Aaron served our country for over 20 years in the United States Marine Corps. He was captured during WWII by the Japanees and remained a Japanees POW for several years until the end of WWII. Clemons fought during the Korean conflict. Upon his return to the States, Clemons was stationed at many Marine Corp bases throughout the world. His last assignment before retirment in June 1960 was Camp LeJeune North Carolina.
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Burial: Oaklawn Cemetery
Wynnewood
Garvin County
Oklahoma, USA
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Philippine Islands Campaign (1941-42)/Battle of Bataan
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December / 1941
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May / 1942
Description The Battle of Bataan represented the most intense phase of Imperial Japan's invasion of the Philippines during World War II. The capture of the Philippine Islands was crucial to Japan's effort to control the Southwest Pacific, seize the resource-rich Dutch East Indies, and protect its Southeast Asia flank. It was the largest surrender in American and Filipino military history, and was the largest United States surrender since the Civil War's Battle of Harper's Ferry. Ultimately, more than 60,000 Filipino and 15,000 American prisoners of war were forced into the infamous Bataan Death March.
After more than two years of fighting in the Pacific, General Douglas MacArthur fulfilled a promise to return to overseeing the The Campaign for the Liberation of the Philippines. As part of the campaign, the Battle for the Recapture of Bataan (31 January to 21 February 1945) by US Forces and Philippine guerillas avenged the surrender of the defunct United States Armed Forces in the Far East (USAFFE) to invading Japanese forces.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
December / 1941
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May / 1942
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
Memories POW Captured on Corregidor May 6, 1942. Rescued Japan 1945.
