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Commander Thomas H. Hayes (NSN: 0-59043), United States Navy, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Corregidor, Philippine Islands, on 6 May 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his death while still in captivity.

Awards Received

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Captain

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands

    Action Date:

    July 2, 1942 – September 1943
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 355 (October 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain Thomas H. Hayes (NSN: 0-59043), United States Navy, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Senior Naval Medical Officer in the Philippine Islands, Senior Operating Surgeon of Army Fort Mills Hospital on Corregidor, and as a Prisoner of War; Chief of Surgery at the Bilibid Prison Hospital from 2 July 1942, and Commanding Officer, Bilibid Prison Camp, from September 1943.