earl8 Earl C. Humphrey's 'stopoo! stopoo!' WWII POW story
- Author
- Jay Hannah
- Published
- Sat 28 Jan 2017
- Episode Link
- https://s3.amazonaws.com/jayflaunts.jays.net/earl8.mp3
Jay’s grandfather, Earl C. Humphrey, served in the United States Navy during World War II. He was
serving aboard the USS Houston CA-30, out to sea, when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
In this special edition episode, Earl recounts his time as a prisoner of war (POW) working the Burma-Thai ‘Death’ Railway, and stories from the homestead in southeast Iowa.
