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31-Boat Casualties/Survivors
Lt.(jg) Delong: Captured in
1942 (south of Mindanao Island) and executed by Japanese while trying to escape to Australia.
Ensign Plant, 1st Class
Ballough and 3rd Class Dean: Captured by Japanese after abandoning 31 boat; Ballough and Dean executed; Plant taken prisoner
and later died in 1944 aboard prison ship (torpedoed enroute to Japan).
1st Class Culp: Survived war as POW; 30 year
navy career and retired as Commander. Deceased 2003.
1st
Class Monroe: Survived war as POW; present status unknown.
1st Class Dimaio: Survived war as POW; present status unknown.
2nd Class Harris: Killed in action in 1942 while serving with 34-boat in southern Philippines.
2nd Class Morgan:
Survived war as POW; had 30-year navy career and retired as Commander. Deceased 2002.
2nd Class Smart: Survived war
as POW; Deceased, 1960s.
2nd Class Caudell: Survived war; present status unknown.
2nd Class Cook: Died as
POW in 1943; Osaka Japan.
2nd Class Rooke: Survived war while serving as guerrilla in southern Philippines; Deceased,
1960s.
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