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From the NY Times above: Wake Island Here Farms in China Chebeague Island, Me., March 7, (AP) – Lieut. Col. James P.S. Devereux, marine leader of the historic defense of Wake Island and prisoner of the Japanese since its fall in December 1941, is well and engaged I farming in Shanghai, friends of his family reported here today. I was surprised to see this reference to Chebeague Island, Me in the quip under the Upsula College quip. Chebeague Island is a small island in Casco Bay (Portland area). Current population is about 340 year around residents. Only access is by ferry. Devereux’s wiki page make no reference to Maine, but it does note he was still a prisoner of war at this time. The last part of his internment was near what is now referred to as Beijing (referred to here as Peiping) and Hokkaidō Island is in Northern Japan. After his capture, he remained on Wake Island until January 12, 1942 when he was sent away with his men on the Nita Maru. He stopped at Yokohama, where some American officers debarked, but later arrived at Woosung, China, located downriver from Shanghai, on January, 24. He remained there until December 9, 1942, when he was transferred to Kiangwan, where he spent 29 months imprisoned. For five weeks, he stayed at Fungtai, near Peiping, and then was transferred to camps in central Hokkaidō. Devereux was released from the Hokkaidō Island prison camp on September 15, 1945

Try again, for some reason it did not like my paragraphs because of a quirk in the word Hokkaido.

I was surprised to see this reference to Chebeague Island, Me in the quip under the Upsula College quip. Chebeague Island is a small island in Casco Bay (Portland area). Current population is about 340 year around residents. Only access is by ferry.

Devereux’s wiki page make no reference to Maine, but it does note he was still a prisoner of war at this time. The last part of his internment was near what is now referred to as Beijing (referred to here as Peiping) and Hokkaidi Island is in Northern Japan.

After his capture, he remained on Wake Island until January 12, 1942 when he was sent away with his men on the Nita Maru. He stopped at Yokohama, where some American officers debarked, but later arrived at Woosung, China, located downriver from Shanghai, on January, 24. He remained there until December 9, 1942, when he was transferred to Kiangwan, where he spent 29 months imprisoned. For five weeks, he stayed at Fungtai, near Peiping, and then was transferred to camps in central Hokkaido.

Devereux was released from the Hokkaido Island prison camp on September 15, 1945