Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Marine Corps

    Rank:

    Private

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands & Japan)

    Action Date:

    May 6, 1941 – September 1945

    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947

    Private J. B. Towry (MCSN: 301450), United States Marine Corps, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Corregidor on 6 May 1941, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his return to U.S. Military Control at the end of the war..