A Bataan Death March surviver.

Mr. Locke was a descendant of Ebenezer Lock for Deering, NH, who is reputed to have fired the “shot heard round the world” at the Battle of Lexington.

After graduating from Concord High School, Bud joined the US Army in 1934. He served with the 15th Infantry Regiment, known as the Can Do Regiment, in the China Expeditions. In October 1941, he was transferred to Clark Air Field in Manila, Philippines, and was a staff sergeant there when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.

After the surrender of Bataan, he was taken as a prisoner of war. He suffered and survived the infamous Bataan Death March and was transported to Japan where he worked as a stevedore and laborer in Kobe until August 9, 1945. “Kobe House P.O.W. No. 13”, which he published in 1998, is Arthur Locke’s account of his experiences as a Japanese prisoner of war.

Captain Locke retired from the US Air Force in 1961, having been awarded the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, and the POW Medal.

He was a member of the Merrill Follansbee American Legion Post 37 in Hooksett, NH, the Defenders of Bataan & Corregidor, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW). He also served as director of the American Ex-Prisioners of War, NH Chapter 1.

An expert rifleman, he was a member of the National Rifle Association. After he retired from the military, Mr. Locke continued his education, earning his associate degree in 1978 from the Vocational Technical Institute in Manchester and his bachelor’s degree from the University of NH. He worked for RCA and Westinghouse as a field engineer.

You can read his book available for sale on Amazon:  “Kobe House P.O.W. No. 13,” which he published in 1998, is Mr. Locke’s personal account of his experiences as a Japanese prisoner of war.