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Ralph Howard Goudy never had a chance to reach 100 years old today. Instead, he sacrificed his life for our freedom.
Ralph was born on January 3, 1920 in Lewiston, Illinois. His parents Willard and Maude were also both born in Illinois. His father worked as a plow shops blacksmith. Ralph had two older brothers and two older sisters.
He enlisted in the US Marine Corps in July 1939 and became a private first class. He was assigned to Company A at the United States Embassy in Peking, China. On December 9, 1941, the embassy guards surrendered. They ended up at aTokyo POW Camp #5 in Kawasaki, Japan. They were put to work at the steel factory across the road. Housing conditions were overcrowded, food was inadequate, and proper medical care nonexistent. The Japanese regularly withheld mail and Red Cross packages. Beatings were common.
PFC Goudy survived 29 months of captivity, but died on March 12, 1944. The cause was food poisoning from eating food he found in an open can.
His grave is at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lewiston, Illinois.
Last year on this date I profiled AT-23 airman George Goodson. You can read about George here.
On behalf of the fallen, if you would like to see more people become aware of this project to honor the WW2 fallen, be sure to share with others on Twitter, Facebook, etc. Thanks for your interest!
I created this video to explain why I started this project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXt8QA481lY.
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