Memoir of a Civilian POW
Travel Chronology for James A. Allen


Destination Date Time
Left Los Angeles September 11, 1941 1:30 P.M.
Arrived San Francisco September 12, 1941 7:00 A.M.
Left San Francisco September 12, 1941 5:30 P.M.
Arrived Honolulu September 17, 1941 8:00 A.M.
Left Honolulu September 19, 1941 10:30 A.M.
Arrived Wake Island September 30, 1941 3:00 P.M.
    Went to Work
October 1, 1941
    Quit Work
December 8, 1941 12:00 Noon
    Became P.O.W.
December 23, 1941 10:00 A.M.
Left Wake Island January 12, 1942 11:00 A.M.
Arrived Yokohama, Japan January 17, 1942
Left Yokohama, Japan January 20, 1942
Arrived Shanghai, China January 23, 1942
Arrived Woosung, China January 24, 1942 3:00 P.M.
    Arrived at Woosung P.O.W. Camp
January 24, 1942 5:00 P.M.
Left Woosung P.O.W. Camp December 3, 1942 1:00 P.M.
Arrived Kiangwan, China P.O.W. Camp December 3, 1942 5:00 P.M.
Left Kiangwan P.O.W. Camp May 9, 1945 5:30 A.M.
Arrived Fengtai, China P.O.W. Camp May 14, 1945 12:00 Noon
Left Fengtai P.O.W. Camp June 19, 1945 6:00 A.M.
Arrived Fusan Chosen, Korea P.O.W. Camp June 23, 1945 6:00 A.M.
Left Fusan P.O.W. Camp June 27, 1945 11:00 P.M.
Left Fusan Chosen, Koea June 28, 1945 6:00 A.M.
Arrived Susa, Japan June 28, 1945 4:00 P.M.
Left Transport Boat
June 29, 1945 1:00 P.M.
Left Susa, Japan June 30, 1945 8:00 A.M.
Arrived Shimonoseki, Japan June 30, 1945 3:00 P.M.
Left Shiminoseki, Japan June 30, 1945 8:00 P.M.
Arrived Niigata, Japan P.O.W. Camp July 2, 1945 9:00 P.M.
Left Niigata P.O.W. Camp (Liberated) September 5, 1945 9:00 P.M.
Arrived Yokohama, Japan September 6, 1945 9:00 A.M.
Boarded U.S.S. Ozark September 6, 1945 8:00 P.M.
Left Yokohama, Japan September 8, 1945 11:00 A.M.
Arrived Guam Fleet Hospital 103 September 12, 1945 10:30 A.M.
Left Fleet Hospital September 16, 1945 8:00 A.M.
Left Guam September 17, 1945 6:30 A.M.
Crossed International Date Line September 22, 1945
Arrived Honolulu September 25, 1945 12:30 P.M.
Left Honolulu September 26, 1945 12:30 P.M.
Arrived San Francisco, Ca USA October 2, 1945 9:00 A.M.

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