WW2 Howard Homer and Elmo Wayne Mitchell

Howard Homer Mitchell - , born 16 March 1918 in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, USA and died 7 October 1943 on Wake Island. One of 98 civilian prisoners of war held by the Japanese from 1941 until they murdered them in 1943. Son of Fern Hacking and Arzy Mitchell and brother of Elmo Wayne Mitchell who shared the same fate. Story of Wake Island and the massacre can be found on Wikipedia at the URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_Island

Elmo Wayne Mitchell - , born 24 June 1920 in Hayden, Uintah, Utah, USA and died 7 October 1943 on Wake Island. One of 98 civilian prisoners of war held by the Japanese from 1941 until they murdered them in 1943. Son of Fern Hacking and Arzy Mitchell and brother of Howard Homer Mitchell who shared the same fate. Story of Wake Island and the massacre can be found on Wikipedia at the URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_Island