Zf156. 1941 William Roy Bell and daughter Shirley Ann Bell age 7 taken in California before his departure for the Philippines. Photo is from the Army Lt. Chester K. Britt Research Team.
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He died on the Hellship Enoura Maru!
The Army Lt. Chester K. Britt Research Team wrote to me that Chester Britt noted in his diary that Lt. Bell died Jan 3, 1945 while the Enoura Maru was tied up in Takao harbor. The team also sent these pictures and I like to share them.
Like so many, another man fallen and the family in grief, millions, and millions and on both sides, WWII, in service to their country. I ad his name and family here, maybe they will be remembered longer.
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Zf157. 1942 William Roy Bell possibly at Del Monte air strip judging by flat terrain view. Photo is from the Army Lt. Chester K. Britt Research Team.
Zf158. The Army Lt. Chester K. Britt Research Team found this 2019 11 10 Eau Claire Leader_Telegram news paper about Roy Bell! Photo is from the Army Lt. Chester K. Britt Research Team.
Zf159. The Army Lt. Chester K. Britt Research Team found this Eau Claire Leader_Telegram news paper about Roy Bell! The medals were replaced, zoomed in. Photo is from the Army Lt. Chester K. Britt Research Team.
Zf160. The Army Lt. Chester K. Britt Research Team found this Eau Claire Leader_Telegram news paper about Roy Bell! The first part of the article zoomed in. Photo is from the Army Lt. Chester K. Britt Research Team.
Zf161. Mollie Rucker Bell and Charles P Romulo. Photo is from the Army Lt. Chester K. Britt Research Team.
Army Lt. Chester K. Britt Research Team member John Duresky wrote this to the Lt. Bell family and me:
I am going through all my old emails looking and I just came on this one. I had forgotten about this email and clipping from you from Feb 2022. Col Romulo is a real hero in the Philippines. I’m copying a friend in the Philippines, Karl-Wilhelm Welteke who just started a blog about Col Romulo About a month ago I read the book Col Romulo wrote after he made it to the US and became very interested in him myself. ROMULO, Col Carlos P., “I Saw the Fall of Philippines,” 1942, Doubleday
Col Romulo really was the last man out of Bataan. He was flown in a dangerous flight, made it to Mindanao, and was then taken by B-17 to Australia. He had to have seen your grandfather while he was on Mindanao.
Karl, Chester Britt noted in his diary that Lt Bell died Jan 3, 1945 while the Enoura Maru was tied up in Takao harbor. Attached is a photo of Lt Bell’s daughter Ann, and his granddaughter Blythe and an article about him, the photo of Blythe’s mother Ann as a little girl in October, 1941 in California before he left for the Philippines. Then a photo of him probably around Del Monte field on Mindanao.
John
The people of the Army Lt. Chester K. Britt Research Team are:
First are Dave Britt, LTC USAF (Ret), son of Chester K Britt, Vickie Graham CMSGT USAF (Ret), and John Duresky. They all graduated from Logan High School in La Crosse, Wisconsin in 1967, and are doing it as a team. Chester Britt graduated from Logan in 1933 and his mother Grace in 1934. Dave wrote most of the manuscript, John editing what he wrote and doing most of the research, and Vickie is the final editor with about 20 years of professional writing in her resume, largely with Airman Magazine.
They are planning to write a book about Army Lt. Chester K. Britt soon!
Uploaded their intention to the forum, POW/MIA, Army Lt. Chester K. Britt, Hell Ship Oryoku Maru, click here:
Zf163. 1942 William Roy Bell possibly at Del Monte air strip judging by flat terrain view. Photo is from the Army Lt. Chester K. Britt Research Team
John Bear, colorized this Lt. Bell image at the Battle of Bataan Facebook Group, this is the URL for the colorized image. Click here:
The colorized picture is located at this Face4book Group share entry: Battle of Bataan, Karl shared a link: Click here: