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Casualty Info
Home Town Ridgewood, NY
Last Address 90 Wyoming Ave Long Beach, NY
Casualty Date Mar 20, 1945
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Pacific Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Calverton National Cemetery (VA) - Calverton, New York
Wall/Plot Coordinates 30 0 3654 (memorial marker)
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
USS Kete (SS-369) began her second war patrol, clearing Guam on 1 March 1945. After three weeks, she was down to three torpedoes, having sunk four enemy ships. She was ordered back to Midway but never arrived, and was listed as presumed lost, 16 April 1945. Ensign Haag was listed as Missing in Action and later declared dead 1 April 1946.
Comments/Citation:
Service numbers: Enlisted - 2234718 Officer - 356176
Submarine war patrols:
USS Seadragon (SS194) - 1st through 9th
USS Kete (SS-369) - 1st and 2nd
The information contained in this profile was compiled from various internet sources.
World War II/Asiatic-Pacific Theater/Philippine Islands Campaign (1941-42)
From Month/Year
December / 1941
To Month/Year
May / 1942
Description The Philippines Campaign (Filipino:Labanan sa Pilipinas (1941–1942)) or the Battle of the Philippines was the invasion of the Philippines by Japan in 1941–1942 and the defense of the islands by Filipino and United States forces.
The defending forces outnumbered the Japanese invaders by 3 to 2, but were a mixed force of non-combat experienced regular, national guard, constabulary, and newly created Commonwealth units; the Japanese used their best first-line troops at the outset of the campaign. The Japanese 14th Army also concentrated its forces in the first month of the campaign, enabling it to swiftly overrun most of Luzon.
The Japanese high command, believing they had won the campaign, made a strategic decision to advance by a month their timetable of operations in Borneo and Indonesia, withdrawing their best division and the bulk of their airpower in early January 1942. This, coupled with the decision of the defenders to withdraw into a defensive holding position in the Bataan Peninsula, enabled the Americans and Filipinos to successfully hold out for four more months.
