The Star News Register, Bonne Terre, Missouri. Thursday, August 30, 1945. BONNE TERRE MAN FOUND IN NORTHERN JAP PRISON CAMP. Corp. Wilfred H. Sohn, 24, son of James R. Sohn of Bonne Terre, has been found alive in a Japanese prison camp in Machuria. His father had had no communication from him since December 4, 1941. The telegram received by Mr. Sohn Tuesday morning read: "Washington 8/28/45. The secretary of war desires me to inform you that your son's name, Corp. Wilfred H. Sohn, appears on a list of Personnel Camp Hoten Mukden Machuria dated August 26 received from the American Camp Commander. As further information is received you will be informed. Edward F. Witsell, Acrting for the Adj. General of the Army." Corp. Sohn, "Toots" as he was known to his family and friends, has been in service since he was 19, when he enlisted in the Army Air Corps. He was a plane mechanic in a crew of a Flying Fortress. He attended high school two years in Bonne Terre but graduated from Farmington High School. He was trained in Sacramento, Cal., and was in the Philippines at the time of the Pearl Harbor disaster. During his service time, he trained for an airplane pilot and received his pilot's license before being shipped to the Phillippines. Mr. Sohn had a telegram after the fall of Bataan and Corrigidor that told him that his son was "missing in action". Later he received an official letter stating that Corp. Sohn was a prisoner of the Japs in Manila. Mr. Sohn and his daughter, Miss Elizabeth Sohn of Houston, Texas, wrote letters and sent packages to Corp. Sohn, but received no answers. About two years ago, Mr. Sohn had a governmental communique giving him the name of Camp Hoten Mukden, Machuria, as the location of his son. He wrote faithfully and sent packages of warm clothing and food, but never has received any indication that his son knew of his efforts to reach him. Camp Hoten Mukden, Machuria, is the place where General Wainwright was found. "Toots" Sohn was under Wainwright's command. His father and sister are anxiously awaiting further promised word of Corp. Sohn's condition. They are hopeful that he may be able to be returned to the states soon, after being held prisoner of the Japs for more than three and a half years. According to recent news reports, General Wainwright and the men found with him have been moved to Chungking, China. Many of the prisoners had to be hospitalized there. Those able to travel are to be brought by plane to the U.S.A. in the near future. Miss Elizabeth Sohn has never given up hope for the safe return of her brother. Mr. Sohn is owner of the Wall Street Barber Shop in Bonne Terre. The entire town rejoices with him in the finding of his son. [Note: According to Mr. Sohn's obituary, he was born in Ironton, MO, March 22, 1921, and was killed Wednesday, January 11, 1956, when the motorcycle he was riding collided with an automobile in El Paso, TX. On May 29, 1946, he was united in marriage to Miss Francis Briggs of Denver, Colorado. His wife and three children survived him. Other survivors were his father and two sisters. At the time of his death he was employed at the Post Office in El Paso, TX. Military burial services were conducted by a Lowry Air Force Base Squad at Ft. Logan National Cemetery at Denver, Colorado.]