In Memory of John Jacobs - A Tale of Many
Dear Henry, The other day I read about the WWII Japanese prisoner transport ship the Enoura Maru. On January 9, 1945, the Enoura Maru was docked at Takao in Formosa and was overfilled with Allied prisoners. The ship was attacked by a raid of mostly American aircraft. As many as 400 prisoners died during the attack and the days that followed. The survivors were transferred to the ship Brazil Maru and sent to Moji Japan. Over 500 additional Allied prisoners died on that leg of the journey. The account I read had an eyewitness testimony of the experience from USAF servicemember John Jacobs. While John Jacobs is a fairly common name, I can generally puzzle together enough information to piece together enough for an entry in the www.everydaypatriot.com blog. Such would not be the case here. It wasn't that there wasn't any information about John Jacobs, it was that there was so much and the sheer number of John Jacobs became overwhelming. For example, there was *th