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The Ill-Fated Engineers of Company C
75% of servicemen in Company C, 803rd Engineers, Army Corps of Engineers, died in captivity during WW2.
Company C had 166 servicemen on its roster when WW2 began.
Only 38 returned home.
The rest died in battle, on the Bataan Death March, or in POW camps.
This episode follows 4 men from Company C . . . From the company's beginning in Hawaii. Through their work hard, play harder days in Manila. Into the starvation of Bataan. And then to captivity, until only one member remained in The Philippines.
This is the story of Company C, 803rd Engineers.
Pictures, maps, and sources available online at: https://leftbehindpodcast.com/companyc/
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By Anastasia Harman75% of servicemen in Company C, 803rd Engineers, Army Corps of Engineers, died in captivity during WW2.
Company C had 166 servicemen on its roster when WW2 began.
Only 38 returned home.
The rest died in battle, on the Bataan Death March, or in POW camps.
This episode follows 4 men from Company C . . . From the company's beginning in Hawaii. Through their work hard, play harder days in Manila. Into the starvation of Bataan. And then to captivity, until only one member remained in The Philippines.
This is the story of Company C, 803rd Engineers.
Pictures, maps, and sources available online at: https://leftbehindpodcast.com/companyc/