Name: Richard E. Coert
Born: October 5, 1922, Dutch East Indies
Died: October 17, 2003, California, USA
POW: Burma-Siam Railway
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I was raised by Richard. He was my grandfather, or as I knew him, ‘Opa’. To him I was his only son, and to me he was a father. He is not only a hero to the Allies of World War II, but a hero to me and my family.     The Indo Project.