Oldest Living Tiger Survivor

Wayman Simpson is now the oldest living Tiger Survivor and will be 94 on April 26. During WW11 Wayman was assigned to a British artillery unit in Africa and saw action with that unit. He was stationed in Japan with B Battery of the 63rd Field Artillery Battalion of the 24th Infantry Division and was attached to L Company of the 34th Regiment as a FO.  He was captured on 14 July 1950 and released...
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Native American Veterans Survey

I am a Cherokee Veteran of the Iraq/Afghanistan war on terror, and currently a graduate student at Washington State University studying Community Counseling. I’m trying to get the word out to Native American Veterans to take a survey that is approved through WSU. The purpose of this survey is to assess the Attitudes, Beliefs, and Perceptions regarding PTSD for Native American Veterans....
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Combat Pay

February 28, 2014: I just got a message from Senator Boxer’s office saying they had received favorable information from the Department of the Army and now they will go to the Armed Forces Committee. This is very good news indeed. Also Jacob (Jake) Roth, who was with the Tigers in captivity, has been awarded not one but two Purple Hearts for wounds received while a Prisoner of War in North...
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info. on Theodore Clarence Burch

I’m looking for information on Theodore Clarence Burch during his time of service. He was a Korean War POW. I’d like to learn what camp(s) he’d been in, when/where he escaped, and where he was sent to recover from his wounds when found by a US convoy in a paddy field. Just about anything on his life during his service. Denise
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2013: Arlington, VA


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