28.4 Zeigler Grp

The Zeigler Group was the first to be segregated during their time at the Bicycle Camp. While they were assigning POW ID numbers to the POWs, the IJA staff interrogated each man as to his skills or prior profession. Those who were identified as having “technical skills” that the Japanese thought that they could utilize were assigned to what became known as the Zeigler Group. They departed the Bicycle Camp in OCT 42 just before the Tharp Grp and arrived in Japan in NOV. They were eventually assigned to various camps depending on what ‘skill’ they were thought to possess.

Zeigler	Japan	20814119	BAKER John Truitt	CPL	Hak-01B-Main (Bibai)
Zeigler	Japan	20814082	CAMPBELL Leonard Cecil       “Humpy”	SSG	Hakodate POW Camp-Babai
Zeigler	Japan	2503189	CONNER MARION ELLIS	AMM2c	Fukuoka POW Camp #1 – Kashii
Zeigler	Japan	34093207	FEAGLE Willie Kenneth	CPL	Hak-01B-Main (Bibai)
Zeigler	Japan	20813605	KENNER Jack Woinder	SGT	Hak-02-Akahira
Zeigler	Japan	20813624	THOMAS Claude Addison Jr “Red”	SSG	Sen-04B-Ohashi
Zeigler	Japan	20813003	ANDERSON Walter Russell “Dub”	SSG	Fuk-03B-Yawata
Zeigler	Japan	2381036	BERGAM SAMUEL JOSEPH	CWT	Tokyo POW Camp (Shinjuku)
Zeigler	Japan	20813004	Biggs Tom Lofton Jr	SSG	Fuk-03B-Yawata
Zeigler	Japan	2874110	BOLT CLARENCE LEONARD	SM2c	Hakodate POW Camp-Babai
Zeigler	Japan	20813563	BRYANT James Herndon  “Cotton”	SSG	Sen-04B-Ohashi
Zeigler	Japan	2656973	BUNCH JERRY JUDSON JR	RM1c	Sen-04B-Ohashi
Zeigler	Japan	3368441	BUNYARD BASIL CORBIN	EM1c	Tokyo POW Camp (Shinjuku)
Zeigler	Japan	2282991	CERRUTI JULIUS ELMER	ChPO	Fukuoka POW #3 (Yawata)
Zeigler	Japan	2580371	COLLINGS CHARLES MITCHELL	SF2c	Hakodate POW Camp-Babai
Zeigler	Japan	20813735	CURTIS Franklin Erving	SGT	Fuk-03-Yawata
Zeigler	Japan	39156123	DALEY Michael Joseph	PVT	Hak-01B-Main (Bibai)
Zeigler	Japan	2235731	DUHAIME ARTHUR RAYMOND II	SM1c	Hakodate POW Camp-Babai
Zeigler	Japan	2004340	EARLY JAMES DUIGNEN “Pop”	WT1c	Tokyo POW Camp (Shinjuku)
Zeigler	Japan	3932076	EDDY MERRITT VOLNEY	CM2c	Hakodate POW Camp-Babai
Zeigler	Japan	20813873	EWING John A	SSG	Hak-01B-Main (Bibai)
Zeigler	Japan	20812989	FAIR Cecil Glenn	MSG	Sen-04B-Ohashi
Zeigler	Japan	3807905	FELIZ JACK MARTIN	MM1c	Hakodate POW Camp-Babai
Zeigler	Japan	20814140	GARNER Edward Lee	PVT	Sen-04B-Ohashi
Zeigler	Japan	2659290	GILLELAND JESSE PAUL	WT2c	Hakodate POW Camp-Babai
Zeigler	Japan	20813875	GODFREY Millard Ellsworth	MSG	Sen-04B-Ohashi
Zeigler	Japan	3113732	GOODSON RAYMOND S	SM1c	Fukuoka POW Camp #1 – Kashii
Zeigler	Japan	3755496	GRANT Laurel “Larry” Sherman	COX	Hakodate POW Camp-Babai
Zeigler	Japan	20813453	HOOPER Marlin Woodrow	CPL	Hak-01B-Main (Bibai)
Zeigler	Japan	20813848	HOVIS Howard Curtis	CPL	Fuk-03-Yawata
Zeigler	Japan	O-397091	HUMBLE Maxwell Frank           “Max”	1LT	Sen-04B-Ohashi
Zeigler	Japan	3601089	KALINOWSKI ROBERT JOHN	F2c	Hakodate POW Camp-Babai
Zeigler	Japan	38037235	KARNEY Jack Murray	SSG	Fuk-03-Yawata
Zeigler	Japan	20813849	KELLEY Ben Kenneth	SGT	Sen-04B-Ohashi
Zeigler	Japan	20813368	KNIGHT Douglas Franklin	CPL	Hak-01B-Main (Bibai)
Zeigler	Japan	2435779	LOHRIG CHARLES Woodrow Wilson	MM3c	Hakodate POW Camp-Babai
Zeigler	Japan	2828807	MANISTA ANTON	ChCM	Fukuoka POW #3 (Yawata)
Zeigler	Japan	O-79826	MAY EARL Vincent	WO1	Zentsuji and Rokuroshi camps (Chikko)
Zeigler	Japan	3684761	MCCANDLESS GEORGE CLYDE	SF3c	Hakodate POW Camp-Babai
Zeigler	Japan	38051334	MESSER George Edward	CPL	Sen-04B-Ohashi
Zeigler	Japan	34083006	MILES Fred Harrison Jr	PVT	Sen-04B-Ohashi
Zeigler	Japan	39155378	MILLER John Paul	PVT	Sen-04B-Ohashi
Zeigler	Japan	38026248	MIRELES Fred Reyes	PVT	Sen-04B-Ohashi
Zeigler	Japan	2231974	O’BRIEN ROBERT LOUIS	ChGM	Omori
Zeigler	Japan	3421642	PRICE FRED DALTON	SM1c	Hakodate POW Camp-Babai
Zeigler	Japan	34054353	RAIFORD HERBERT MAURICE Jr “Shortie”	PVT	Fuk-03-Yawata
Zeigler	Japan	20813856	RAMZY Avery Penneman	CPL	Sen-04B-Ohashi
Zeigler	Japan	3599469	REYNOLDS JAMES EDWARD “Red”	SM1c	Hakodate POW Camp-Babai
Zeigler	Japan	39005183	RICH John Edward	CPL	Sen-04B-Ohashi
Zeigler	Japan	20812936	ROCKETT Wilburn Wesley	SSG	Sen-04B-Ohashi
Zeigler	Japan	2832493	ROSE GUY MITCHELL	MM2c	Hakodate POW Camp-Babai
Zeigler	Japan	O-08100	SHAW KENNETH Leigh “Keith”	Pfc (MAJ)	Zentsuji and Rokuroshi camps (Chikko)
Zeigler	Japan	O-403578	SMITH Travis Joel	1LT	Rokuroshi
Zeigler	Japan	20812913	STANBROUGH Jesse Hedrick	TSG	Sen-04B-Ohashi
Zeigler	Japan	3423105	STEWART WILLIAM JOHN	SM1c	Hakodate POW Camp-Babai
Zeigler	Japan	3760379	STODDARD GEORGE DEWITT “Corky”	SM1c	Hakodate POW Camp-Babai
Zeigler	Japan	3807994	THEW HENRY PRIOR	FC1c	Hakodate POW Camp-Babai
Zeigler	Japan	39229435	YNCLAN Eugene Pavia	PVT	Fuk-03-Yawata
Zeigler	Japan	O-242989	ZEIGLER Lundy Leroy	CPT	Sen-04B-Ohashi
Zeigler	Japan	36006259	ZERBIS George Joseph	PFC	Sen-04B-Ohashi
Zeigler-dcd	Japan	2679433	ALDERMAN HARMON PRICE	ChRM	en route (Tofuku Maru)
Zeigler-dcd	Japan	3421075	FANGHOR GENE	GM3c	Sen-04B-Ohashi
Zeigler-dcd	Japan	3418737	SEIDEL ALFRED GLENN “Bus”	EM2c	Hakodate Camp, Japan

It makes for an interesting anecdote that the POWs soon figured out why they were being asked about ‘skills’. Not knowing what the future had in store for them, many lied about their ‘abilities’. There were many “farmers” and “window washers”. This was done in an effort to try to remain at the rather comfortable Bicycle Camp and not be sent to Japan. Unfortunately, many of this latter group of ‘un-skilled’ men ended up working the TBR.

Chief RadioMan Alderman is variously recorded as having died at the Hakodate Camp, but LTC Tharp recorded his death from colitis as having occurred aboard the Hellship Tofuku Maru enroute to Japan in NOV 42.