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Leslie Hodges Finley

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Cecil Richard Welchko

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Cecil Richard Welchko

Digital Heritage
Community
ww2csp
Category
Pacific Theater
Summary
Welchko, born March 2, 1915, graduated from WSC in 1940 as a business major and ROTC commanding officer. A Captain in the US Army, he was a prisoner of war of the Japanese, killed on a ship transport bombed by the Allies on January 15, 1944.

Leslie Hodges Finley

Digital Heritage
Community
ww2csp
Category
Pacific Theater, U.S. Army
Summary
Leslie Hodges Finley, born on September 12, 1919, attended WSC from 1937 to 1938. Serving in the U.S. Army's 31st Infantry Regiment in the Philippines, he was captured in May 1942 and died of malaria on July 26, 1942 at Cabanatuan POW camp.