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Colonel <em>Stanley L. James</em>, survivor of the Bataan Death March, died March 29, 1949 at Brooke General Hospital, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.</p>
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A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Colonel James was graduated from West Point in 1907. He was commissioned in the Infantry and later transferred to the Signal Corps. He served in the Mexican campaign and In the First and Second World Wars. His posts included serving as Signal Officer for the Third Division at Fort Lewis, Washington; Signal Corps Procurement and Planning Officer for the Second Corps Area, New York City; Commanding Officer of the Signal Supply Depot, Chicago, Illinois; in charge of the R.O.T.C. Signal Corps Unit, University of Illinois; Signal Officer for the Seventh Corps Area at Omaha, Nebraska; and In 1940, Signal Officer of the Philippine Department.</p>
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Following the Japanese attack, Colonel James was ordered to Bataan where he remained until the surrender, April 9, 1942. As ranking officer, he led the Bataan Death March to Camp O'Donnell. He was later transferred to a Japanese prison camp near Tokyo and was a prisoner of war for three and a half years. He was rescued by a ship commanded by Lieutenant Commander Harold Stassen. He returned to the United States in September 1945 and went to Brooke General Hospital, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.</p>
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Colonel James was a member of the V.F.W. Post No. 247, Omaha; of Hancock Lodge No. 311, A. F. & A. M., Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Army Consistory No. 1, Fort Leavenworth; Alzabar Temple, San Antonio, Texas; B.P.O.E., San Antonio; the Retired Officers' Association; the Amateur Radio Operators' Association; the American Legion and the Episcopal Church.</p>
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Colonel James is survived by his wife, Mrs. Stanley L. James, San Antonio; two daughters, Mrs. R. K. McDonough, Fort Lewis, Washington, and Mrs. P. R. Walters, Fort Monroe, Virginia; a son, Captain Stanley L. James. Jr., TRUST; and eight grandchildren.</p>
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Episcopal, Masonic and military rites were conducted with interment at Fort Sam Houston cemetery on March 31, 1949.</p>
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<em>—E. J. W.</em><br />
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