E Battery of the Lost Battalion
As the men of 131st Field Artillery/2nd Battalion arrived in Java, they were assigned to defend different portions of the island of Java. When the men of E Battery were captured, they were imprisoned generally sequestered from the rest of the unit. Nearly all of them were ultimately shipped to Japan to work in coal mines and on industrial projects. Historian and researcher Marianne LeButt has compiled information that details the journeys of the men from E Battery. Two reports – one for Officer and the other for Enlisted men are provided below.
E Battery Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion 131st Field Artillery of the Texas National Guard, The Lost Battalion, WW II
Researched and written by Marianne LeButt, July and August of 2022
Download PDFOfficers of E Battery - Captain Thomas Dodson, Lt Hollis Allen, Lt. William R. Slone and Lt. Millett Straughan
Researched and written by Marianne LeButt, July and August of 2022
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