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Robert Prince, U.S. Army Ranger, 1919 - 2009
Seattle Post-Intelligencer ^ | 1/5/09 | Mike Barber

Posted on 01/06/2009 2:21:30 PM PST by mdittmar

The great raider has died.

Robert Prince, the Seattle native and Army Ranger who, as a captain in World War II was the assault force commander of the daring mission to liberate Allied prisoners of war that became known as "The Great Raid," passed away New Years Day in Port Townsend, his family confirmed.


Robert Prince in recent years.(Family photo)

He was 89.

"He died at home," Prince's son, Jim, a commercial fisherman from Port Townsend, confirmed Monday.

At Robert Prince's request, no services were held. Remembrances are suggested to the Children's Orthopedic Hospital or a charity of ones choice.

"He will be lovingly remembered by his family and friends as a warm, generous, but reserved and humble man," Prince's family said in a funeral notice.

A Garfield High and Stanford graduate, Prince was "a lifelong student of history, an avid follower of politics, and until recently, an enthusiastic Husky football fan," his family wrote.

Prince's humility extended to the mark in history he made as a soldier, from which he often deflected attention. His obituary says simply, "He served in the Southwest Pacific in New Guinea, the Philippine Islands and in Japan. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his role in the rescue of 571 Bataan prisoners of war from the Cabanatuan Prison Camp January 31, 1945."

(Excerpt) Read more at blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: veterans

1 posted on 01/06/2009 2:21:30 PM PST by mdittmar
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2 posted on 01/06/2009 2:26:37 PM PST by skeeter
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To: mdittmar

Rest in Peace. My thanks to a gracious God for blessing our nation with men such as this.


3 posted on 01/06/2009 2:27:21 PM PST by AprilfromTexas
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Rest In Peace, Ranger.


4 posted on 01/06/2009 2:30:30 PM PST by Mr. Jazzy (Happy 233rd Birthday, USMC!!!)
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To: mdittmar

“I consider it no sacrifice to die for my country. In my mind, we came here to thank God that men like these have lived rather than to regret that they have died.”

General George S. Patton


5 posted on 01/06/2009 2:34:29 PM PST by Patriot Hooligan ("God have mercy on my enemies because I won't." General George S. Patton)
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To: mdittmar

Two words for the good Lord today

RANGER up!


6 posted on 01/06/2009 2:37:30 PM PST by ASOC (This space could be employed, if I could only get a bailout...)
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Ranger up indeed!


7 posted on 01/06/2009 2:44:48 PM PST by griffin (Love Jesus, No Fear!)
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To: mdittmar

Mr. Prince was a remarkable man. God Bless him and may he rest in peace.


8 posted on 01/06/2009 2:48:34 PM PST by vetvetdoug
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What a man. GOD bless ya sir.
“the Japanese War Ministry had issued a “kill all policy” to cover up war crimes by executing witnesses, in this case prisoner”.
And they to this day refuse to own up to their crimes.


9 posted on 01/06/2009 2:53:12 PM PST by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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You got that right Joe. That’s what always gets to me in August when the bleeding hearts go on and on about how awful American was to nuke Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan’s conduct of World War II was despicable and they got off better than they deserved.


10 posted on 01/06/2009 3:00:07 PM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius, (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: griffin

I have the greatest respect for RANGERs - got to work with few while working with the Army (I’m retired USAF).

They seem to get the hardest work, baddest missions and still fill the mission.


11 posted on 01/06/2009 3:10:50 PM PST by ASOC (This space could be employed, if I could only get a bailout...)
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To: Menehune56

Dropping the nukes on Japan saved untold American lives that would have been lost had we had to invade.
Japan to this day has never accepted responsibility for the terrible things they were responsible for leading up to and including WWII.


12 posted on 01/06/2009 3:22:07 PM PST by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: mdittmar

I read Ghost Soldiers. It quite a story, He was a HERO!!!!!!


13 posted on 01/06/2009 3:23:51 PM PST by GregB (Palin for President in 2012. Let's start now!!!!!)
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To: mdittmar
What a story this hero helped write.

God Bless him.

14 posted on 01/06/2009 3:30:37 PM PST by andyandval
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To: mdittmar

RIP.


15 posted on 01/06/2009 9:42:12 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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