Sponsored by:

Navy Federal Credit Union
James
Arthur
McCann
POW (WWII)

Home:

, 

New Jersey

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Ensign

    Batallion:

    Fighting Squadron 82 (VF-82)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Japan)

    Action Date:

    February 16, 1945 – September 1945
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947

    Ensign James Arthur McCann (NSN: 0-326160), United States Navy, was captured by Japanese forces after his airplane in Fighting Squadron EIGHTY-TWO (VF-82) was shot down on or about 16 February 1945, and was held as a Prisoner of War until the end of hostilities in September 1945.