Marker Inscription
Battery F, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, 36th Division, Texas National Guard mobilized here November 1940, for active duty. Sailed from San Francisco, November 1941, was at sea when Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Went to defend Java where unit was captured March 1942. Prisoners in many parts of Asia for three and one-half years. Performed forced labor for Japanese, suffering untold hardships and starvation. 8 of original 63 died. Most deaths occurred building Burma-Siam Railway. Survivors returned after Japanese surrender. (1968)
About this site
Lost Battalion, Mobilization Site of Battery F of World War II's is a historical marker in Jacksboro, Jack County, dedicated in 1968. It is one of 31 historical markers documented in Jack County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 37 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 33.2077, -98.1631 near Jacksboro. The nearest cataloged historic site is Fort Richardson (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Dosher, James B., Fort Richardson Calvary Post Hospital, and Jacksboro's First Railroad Depot.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5237003429. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
