Lt. Thomas James 'Jimmy' Crotty is the Coast Guard's last known recoverable POW/MIA from the conflict.
After 77 years buried unidentified in a cemetery in Manila, Philippines, the remains of a World War II prisoner of war missing in action returned home to Buffalo, New York.
Crotty's journey to his decorated service began at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, where he graduated in 1934.An explosives specialist, Crotty arrived in the Philippines, then still part of the American commonwealth, in 1941 to assist the Navy in building the Manila Bay minefield. Shortly thereafter, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, precipitating the United States' involvement in World War II.
The Japanese loaded U.S. prisoners of war on boxcars headed to a camp at Cabantuan. The trip was difficult, and many members of the military did not survive. "[My father] had this deep concern that because he was an officer, he might have been mistreated worse than others," he added.
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