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Last Name: ` BATCHELOR	First Name Middle Initial: WILLIAM CHARLES		Nick Name:
Street: 614 E 29 ST	City & State: BRYAN, WA		E-Mail:
Zip: TX 77803	Phone:		Spouse:
Conflict: WWII	Service Branch: 12 AF 95 BS 17 BG		Unit: Navy USS Houston
Theater: ETO	Where Captured: JAVA		Date Captured: 03/1/42
Camps Held In: Serang Jail, Changi, Bicycle Camp, Burma Railroad Of Death.			How Long Interned: days
liberated / repatriated:	Date Liberated: Died		Age at Capture: 21
Medals Received: PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL, PURPLE HEART MEDAL, WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL, PHILIPPINE DEFENSE MEDAL, PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, ASIATIC PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL
Military Job: Navy, USS Houston		Company: Died in Prison Camp
Occupation after War:

Military Bio:

William Batchelor survived many things during the war including the sinking of the USS Houston (CA 30) in which 700 crew members died. He was captured in Java, while he worked he was beaten and starved by his Japanese captors until he died at the age of 23 in the 80 Kilo Camp in the mountains of Burma on the infamous Death Railroad. Mr. Batchelor was a graduate of Fork Union Military Academy. He his interned at the National Arlington Cemetery.

My Message to Future Generations:

Message for future generations - When you go home tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow we gave our today. Remember Pearl Harbor!