The Story of Pvt. Herman Perry
His fellow soldiers called him the "Jungle King" because of his survival and evasion skills. To the Army he was an escaped convict under sentence of death for shooting an officer. He escaped before his sentence could be carried out and led authorities along the Ledo Road on what has been called "The Greatest Manhunt of World War II." He was Pvt. Herman Perry and he was the only soldier executed by the U.S. Army in the CBI Theater.
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His fellow soldiers called him the "Jungle King" because of his survival and evasion skills. To the Army he was an escaped convict under sentence of death for shooting an officer. He escaped before his sentence could be carried out and led authorities along the Ledo Road on what has been called "The Greatest Manhunt of World War II." He was Pvt. Herman Perry and he was the only soldier executed by the U.S. Army in the CBI Theater.
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