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World War II Veteran and POW Dan Crowley is Finally Recognized for His Bravery
It’s been over 80 years since Sgt.
Dan Crowley first enlisted in the Army at the young age of 18,
but the World War II veteran and prisoner of war
(POW)
was finally recognized for his service and sacrifice in January 2021.
Photo credit U.
S.
Army
Retired Army Sgt.
Dan Crowley is pictured here after a ceremony in which he was officially presented with the rank of sergeant,
Prisoner of War Medal and the Combat Infantry Badge at Bradley Air National Guard Base in Windsor Locks,
Connecticut.
Crowley was stationed at Nichols Field in the Philippines before the United States had even entered WWII.
However,
the day after the U.
S.
declared war on Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor,
the Japanese attacked the Philippines and the U.
S.
Army bases there – including Nichols Field.
Even though Crowley – who was assigned to an aircraft unit – was not trained in combat,
he immediately leapt into action.
He and his fellow soldiers improvised,
using antiquated British machine guns that they had on-hand,
creating a powerful air defense attempt.
Crowley and the other soldiers who survived the devastating air raid crossed Manila Bay to the Bataan Peninsula in the dark of night to avoid Japanese detection,
where they joined other U.
S.
troops and continued the fight.
As Japanese forces closed in,
Crowley and his fellow soldiers swam through shark-infested waters to avoid capture,
but eventually they were found by the enemy and became prisoners of war.
Sgt.
Dan Crowley is pictured here in uniform before shipping off to the Philippines in 1940.
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Photo credit U.
S.
Army
For approximately three and a half years,
Crowley endured terrible conditions and forced labor in Japanese imprisonment.
He was eventually released after Japan’s surrender in 1944 and was honorably discharged from the Army in April 1946.
Although the Army promoted him to sergeant in October 1945,
Crowley was never notified of the promotion.
That all changed in January 2021,
when Crowley was officially promoted to the rank of sergeant and presented with the Prisoner of War Medal and an Army Combat Infantryman Badge.
Crowley was finally recognized for all of his sacrifice at the age of 99,
before passing away just a few months later at his home in Simsbury,
Connecticut.
“Courage means to me that when the time came,
that you were called upon to do the right thing,
you did it,
” Crowley said.
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