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Appears in the 1941 Jurors List with occupation listed as Chief Clerk of the American President Line (APL).

Known as J. Arthur Duff or Arthur Duff. His papers and documents reside at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives at Stanford University: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt258032d8/entire_text/

Father Allie belonged to the Maryknoll Mission and was ordained on 16 June 1935. Not mentioned in the Maryknoll Mission Archives of when he arrived in Hong Kong. He appears to have been transferred to the Orient, likely to Korea, in about 1938. 

After the fall of Hong Kong, he was interned at Stanley Camp. In camp, he held classes for prospective converts. In 1942, he was repatriated with other Americans to the United States.

In 1943, Father Allie moved to Guatemala to continue his missionary work.

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Seaman aboard the Admiral Y.S. Williams, an American freighter in dry dock at Hong Kong in December 1941.  Captured after the fall of Hong Kong on December 25, 1941.   Interned at Stanley, where he worked in the camp kitchen.  Repatriated in August 1942.  From Whitehouse, New Jersey.  After repatriation, joined OSS and deployed to the China-Burma-India theater.  Wife Eileen Barry Wiseman.  Parents William Wiseman and Ethel Compton Wiseman.

Seaman aboard the Admiral Y.S. Williams, an American freighter in dry dock at Hong Kong in December 1941.  Captured after the fall of Hong Kong on December 25, 1941.   Interned at Stanley.  Repatriated in August 1942. 

Captain of the Admiral Y.S. Williams, an American freighter in dry dock at Hong Kong in December 1941.  Captured after the fall of Hong Kong on December 25, 1941.   Prisoner at Sham Shui Po POW Camp.  Liberated September 1945.  Pre-/post-war lived in Seattle, Washington.  Wife Elsa Nystrom (maiden name Stahre).  5 children: Fredrik Ingram b. 1905, Clarence Theodore b. 1907, Helene Josephine b. 1910, Edvin “Eddie” William b. 1912 (USN officer), Ruth Mary, b. 1916.

Seaman aboard the Admiral Y.S. Williams, an American freighter in dry dock at Hong Kong in December 1941.  Captured after the fall of Hong Kong on December 25, 1941.   Interned at Stanley, where he worked in the camp kitchen.  Repatriated in August 1942.

Bosun aboard the Admiral Y.S. Williams, an American freighter in dry dock at Hong Kong in December 1941.  Captured after the fall of Hong Kong on December 25, 1941.   Prisoner at Sham Shui Po POW Camp.  Liberated September 1945.  From San Francisco, the ship's home port.  Married to M. Maulonis.

Fireman/water tender in the engine room of the Admiral Y.S. Williams, an American freighter in dry dock at Hong Kong in December 1941.  Captured after the fall of Hong Kong on December 25, 1941.   Prisoner at Sham Shui Po POW Camp.  Liberated September 1945.  From Everett, Washington and/or Mullan, Idaho.  Canadian and/or U.S. citizen. 

Fourth Engineer aboard the Admiral Y.S. Williams, an American freighter in dry dock at Hong Kong in December 1941.  Captured after the fall of Hong Kong on December 25, 1941.   Prisoner at Sham Shui Po POW Camp.  Liberated September 1945.  From Chico, California.