Former POW living in Oklahoma takes a bittersweet trip
BLACKWELL — Marine veteran John Dale and other hostages who were captured on Wake Island in December 1941 were surrounded by a group of Japanese soldiers who were armed with machine guns, ready to fire.
Marine veteran John Dale holds a flag that was flown over Wake Island. Dale was a prisoner of war for 44 months after he was captured on Wake Island in the Pacific on Dec. 23, 1941. PHOTO BY STEVE GOOCH, THE OKLAHOMAN
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