FRANKFORT, Ky.–Gov Andy Beshear acknowledged the sacrifice of a Mammoth Cave soldier who died in a Japanese prisoner of war camp.
A launch by the guv’s workplace states united stateArmy Pfc Thomas Franklin Brooks, 23, died in the Philippine Islands in 1942 while he was aprisoner of war However, his remains were not recognized up until this summertime.
That news was made by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Tuesday.
“It is heartbreaking to learn about this loss, but we are thankful for those doing the work to finally identify so many of the unknown casualties of war,” Beshear states. “We are grateful to bring Pfc. Frank Brooks home where he belongs.”
Brooks was a participant of the Company D, 194th Tank Battalion, UNITED STATE Army Forces Far East, when Japanese pressures got into the Philippine Islands, according to the …