From the BARTLESVILLE MORNING EXAMINER, Tues 20 Nov 1945, p.5
DIED AS JAP PRISONER
Cpl. John C. Cotten, son of Mrs. O. B. Cotten of 708 Osage, died of "heat exhaustion" October 19*, 1944, according to a telegram received from the War Department by the mother Sunday. He had been a prisoner of the Japs since before the fall of Corregidor in the Philippines and was listed by the War Department as Missing In Action as of April, 1942.
According to information brought home by other Bartians who were prisoners of the Japs, Cotten had been held a prisoner in the Philippines until in August last year when the Nips started transferring Americans to the home islands. Some of the men died when Jap prison ships were sunk, but it is presumed that the Bartian probably died in the hold of a Jap ship of suffocation, although the War Department telegram used the words "heat exhaustion."
The dead Corporal enlisted in the Army in March, 1941, at Beaumont, Tex., and arrived in the Philippines in September the same year, and was stationed with the 200th** Coast Artillery, anti-aircraft.
Graduating from Bartlesville high school in 1932, he worked for the Berryman brothers when they operated the motion picture houses here and went with them to Texas when they sold their interests and moved.
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*This is a typographical error made by the Examiner. The actual death date is October 9, 1944.
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**The 515th CA was split off from the 200th CA. "The parent 200th assumed the mission of covering the retreat of the Northern Luzon Force into Bataan while the newly formed 515th assumed a similar mission for the South Luzon Force."
(The quotes are taken courtesy of the Bataan Memorial Military Museum and Library).
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An end note: In the 21st Century, it is politically incorrect to use the derogatory terms "Japs" and "Nips." "Japs" refers to the Japanese, and "Nips" refers to the Nipponese (another word for Japanese)- try to remember that it was World War II.
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Service ID: 38054439.
DIED AS JAP PRISONER
Cpl. John C. Cotten, son of Mrs. O. B. Cotten of 708 Osage, died of "heat exhaustion" October 19*, 1944, according to a telegram received from the War Department by the mother Sunday. He had been a prisoner of the Japs since before the fall of Corregidor in the Philippines and was listed by the War Department as Missing In Action as of April, 1942.
According to information brought home by other Bartians who were prisoners of the Japs, Cotten had been held a prisoner in the Philippines until in August last year when the Nips started transferring Americans to the home islands. Some of the men died when Jap prison ships were sunk, but it is presumed that the Bartian probably died in the hold of a Jap ship of suffocation, although the War Department telegram used the words "heat exhaustion."
The dead Corporal enlisted in the Army in March, 1941, at Beaumont, Tex., and arrived in the Philippines in September the same year, and was stationed with the 200th** Coast Artillery, anti-aircraft.
Graduating from Bartlesville high school in 1932, he worked for the Berryman brothers when they operated the motion picture houses here and went with them to Texas when they sold their interests and moved.
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*This is a typographical error made by the Examiner. The actual death date is October 9, 1944.
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**The 515th CA was split off from the 200th CA. "The parent 200th assumed the mission of covering the retreat of the Northern Luzon Force into Bataan while the newly formed 515th assumed a similar mission for the South Luzon Force."
(The quotes are taken courtesy of the Bataan Memorial Military Museum and Library).
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An end note: In the 21st Century, it is politically incorrect to use the derogatory terms "Japs" and "Nips." "Japs" refers to the Japanese, and "Nips" refers to the Nipponese (another word for Japanese)- try to remember that it was World War II.
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Service ID: 38054439.
From the BARTLESVILLE MORNING EXAMINER, Tues 20 Nov 1945, p.5
DIED AS JAP PRISONER
Cpl. John C. Cotten, son of Mrs. O. B. Cotten of 708 Osage, died of "heat exhaustion" October 19*, 1944, according to a telegram received from the War Department by the mother Sunday. He had been a prisoner of the Japs since before the fall of Corregidor in the Philippines and was listed by the War Department as Missing In Action as of April, 1942.
According to information brought home by other Bartians who were prisoners of the Japs, Cotten had been held a prisoner in the Philippines until in August last year when the Nips started transferring Americans to the home islands. Some of the men died when Jap prison ships were sunk, but it is presumed that the Bartian probably died in the hold of a Jap ship of suffocation, although the War Department telegram used the words "heat exhaustion."
The dead Corporal enlisted in the Army in March, 1941, at Beaumont, Tex., and arrived in the Philippines in September the same year, and was stationed with the 200th** Coast Artillery, anti-aircraft.
Graduating from Bartlesville high school in 1932, he worked for the Berryman brothers when they operated the motion picture houses here and went with them to Texas when they sold their interests and moved.
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*This is a typographical error made by the Examiner. The actual death date is October 9, 1944.
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**The 515th CA was split off from the 200th CA. "The parent 200th assumed the mission of covering the retreat of the Northern Luzon Force into Bataan while the newly formed 515th assumed a similar mission for the South Luzon Force."
(The quotes are taken courtesy of the Bataan Memorial Military Museum and Library).
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An end note: In the 21st Century, it is politically incorrect to use the derogatory terms "Japs" and "Nips." "Japs" refers to the Japanese, and "Nips" refers to the Nipponese (another word for Japanese)- try to remember that it was World War II.
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Service ID: 38054439.
DIED AS JAP PRISONER
Cpl. John C. Cotten, son of Mrs. O. B. Cotten of 708 Osage, died of "heat exhaustion" October 19*, 1944, according to a telegram received from the War Department by the mother Sunday. He had been a prisoner of the Japs since before the fall of Corregidor in the Philippines and was listed by the War Department as Missing In Action as of April, 1942.
According to information brought home by other Bartians who were prisoners of the Japs, Cotten had been held a prisoner in the Philippines until in August last year when the Nips started transferring Americans to the home islands. Some of the men died when Jap prison ships were sunk, but it is presumed that the Bartian probably died in the hold of a Jap ship of suffocation, although the War Department telegram used the words "heat exhaustion."
The dead Corporal enlisted in the Army in March, 1941, at Beaumont, Tex., and arrived in the Philippines in September the same year, and was stationed with the 200th** Coast Artillery, anti-aircraft.
Graduating from Bartlesville high school in 1932, he worked for the Berryman brothers when they operated the motion picture houses here and went with them to Texas when they sold their interests and moved.
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*This is a typographical error made by the Examiner. The actual death date is October 9, 1944.
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**The 515th CA was split off from the 200th CA. "The parent 200th assumed the mission of covering the retreat of the Northern Luzon Force into Bataan while the newly formed 515th assumed a similar mission for the South Luzon Force."
(The quotes are taken courtesy of the Bataan Memorial Military Museum and Library).
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An end note: In the 21st Century, it is politically incorrect to use the derogatory terms "Japs" and "Nips." "Japs" refers to the Japanese, and "Nips" refers to the Nipponese (another word for Japanese)- try to remember that it was World War II.
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Service ID: 38054439.
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