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The convent is a very beatiful complex
To view more of the grounds and buildings GO HERE
4 September 2000
From pain to gain
By Hwa Mei Shen
Article copied from The Star Online - Star Publications (Malaysia)
13 August 1999
LT McCoy speaks to USS HONOLULU crew about the GRENADIER
25 August 1945
LCDR Fitzgerald's POW repo
http://penangtalk.com/pow/fitzgerald.html
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THE CLASSROOM THAT WAS ONCE
A POW CAMP
PENANG LIGHT STREET CONVENT
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Roll Call
Some comments that were posted to the Penang website
My name is Robert York, I am a retired
CPO of the U.S.Navy. On April 22,1943 The submarine I was on U.S.S. GRENADIER
SS210 was sunk by an airplane off the coast of Sumatra. We all survived
and were taken POW and taken to Penang and the convent Light Street held
in cognito for about 3 or so months while being interragated by the Japs.
I am in contact via emial with Miss Dilys Yap at present. Robert York
Robert
York
Hello Ladies and Gentlemen, I am a Royal
Malaysian Air Force officer and now in training in Alor Setar air base
as a student pilot. I love WWII very much until i found some submarine
sunk in Penang including British, Dutch, Japanese ,USA,even German submarine.
Yoour sisters done a great job to keep the names of the US POW and i hope
that your school will keep the memorial of the USS Gernadier POWs historical
names intact and don't destroy it.It mean a lot to them for those who fight
for freedom . Peace and God Bless You . Have a nice day : )Be free to write
to me . Thanks My father was on the GRENADIER from her beginning. He was on every patrol of that submarine but the last one. He was left in Perth for surgery on his arm and was to go back on the GRENADIER when she returned. As you know, she never returned. If it had not been for the surgery, his name would be on the wall in your school. My father was good friends with the engenier Leslie, and The cook, Charley Westerfield. He knew the crew, but those were his best friends. When the GRENADIER did not return, he served on the Grayling and the Gar, but it always bothered him that he was not with his shipmates on the last patrol of the GRENADIER. Bill Bliss My father, James D. Landrum was a member of the USS GRENADIER that was sunk in WW2. He was held prisoner at the convent light street by the Japanese. I would like to get pictures of the school and where the prisoners scratched their names in the wall. Any information I could get would be appreciated. Do you have a mailing address? Gerald Landrum gerald a. landrum Convent Light Street was where American Prisionors from a submarine were held during WWII. If you can wrangle permission from the scool they will take you to one of the class rooms, that held them. You can still see where they carved their names and their is a small memorial to the men, along with some photos, and news stories. Bill Evans |