Civilian Tiger POWs

The civilian group with us in captivity were not turned over to the Chinese like we were, with one exception: Kiyohito Tsutsui, a Japanese National who was KP for an artillery unit. He came to Korea with that unit and was captured with us.  He was called “Mike”.  When we were turned over to the Chinese all the Officers went to the Officers camp as did Mike. Mike was repatriated at the...
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Major (LTC) William Thomas McDaniel

There was a group of POWs, many from the 24th Division, captured near Taejon South Korea, on July 20, 1950.  This group became known as the Major McDaniel group. He was with HQ 34 Regiment of the 24th Division. They were also paraded through Seoul like we Tigers were. Later they were taken to Pyongyang like we were. They were taken to the infamous Sunchon tunnel where they were slaughtered!...
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Johnson’s List

There is a complete listing of the entries that could be recovered from Johnson’s List at the DPAA website.
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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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Johnson’s List

Wayne Archer “Johnnie” Johnson, L Company, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, U. S. Army, was captured on July 11, 1950. Johnson became part of the Tiger Survivors group and was held for nearly 38 months by the North Koreans and then by the Chinese Army. He was from Lima, Ohio. Johnson started keeping a record of the men so that the families back home would know what happened to...
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