DAVID ALDEN GRANGER, 82, PASSED AWAY DECEMBER 27, 2004 IN MESA AZ. HE WAS BORN ON LUMMI ISLAND TO JEFFERSON AND SUE GRANGER. HE ATTEND BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. HE ENTER THE ARMY IN 1940 WAS CAPUTED IN THE FALL OF CORREGIDOR (COR REG I DOR- AN ISLAND OF THE NOTHERN PHILPPINES AT THE ENTRACE TO MANILA BAY. FILIPINO AND US TROOPS WERE FORCED TO SURRENDER THE FORTIFIED ISLAND TO JAPAN IN MAY 1942). DAVID SPENT 3 1/2 HALF YEARS IN A JAPANESE PRISON CAMP WHERE HE LOST HIS LEG. HE, WITH THE AID OF A HOMEMADE CRUTCH, AND FOUR OTHER PRISONERS WALKED TO MEET THE FIRST AMERICAN TROOPSTO LAND AT THE ATSYGI AIRFIELD NEAR TOKYO HOSPITALS FOR REHABILITATION AND MARRIED THE NURSE HELEN MCSALLY IN 1946.
DAVID ALDEN GRANGER, 82, PASSED AWAY DECEMBER 27, 2004 IN MESA AZ. HE WAS BORN ON LUMMI ISLAND TO JEFFERSON AND SUE GRANGER. HE ATTEND BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. HE ENTER THE ARMY IN 1940 WAS CAPUTED IN THE FALL OF CORREGIDOR (COR REG I DOR- AN ISLAND OF THE NOTHERN PHILPPINES AT THE ENTRACE TO MANILA BAY. FILIPINO AND US TROOPS WERE FORCED TO SURRENDER THE FORTIFIED ISLAND TO JAPAN IN MAY 1942). DAVID SPENT 3 1/2 HALF YEARS IN A JAPANESE PRISON CAMP WHERE HE LOST HIS LEG. HE, WITH THE AID OF A HOMEMADE CRUTCH, AND FOUR OTHER PRISONERS WALKED TO MEET THE FIRST AMERICAN TROOPSTO LAND AT THE ATSYGI AIRFIELD NEAR TOKYO HOSPITALS FOR REHABILITATION AND MARRIED THE NURSE HELEN MCSALLY IN 1946.
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