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Casualty Info
Home Town Springfield, SD
Last Address 32 Sherman St Santa Cruz, CA (Wife- Helen Ermine DeLong)
Casualty Date Jul 02, 1942
Cause MIA-Died in Captivity
Reason Intentional Homicide
Location Philippines
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
THREE JAPANESE AIRCRAFT SHOT DOWN BY PT-31 AND PT-35.
10 Dec 1941. When the attack on Cavite was finished, five Nell's decided to dive on some PT boats. No American PT boat had ever been attacked by an enemy plane before and there was no textbook defensive move. The helmsmen waited until the bombs were released then made a sudden turn; all the bombs missed. Before they could regain altitude, GM1c James Culp splashed one Nell and MM2c Theodore Morgan splashed another. Combined fire form PT-35 by MM2c Joseph Chalker and TM1c John Houlihan splashed the third aircraft.
