Cyril "Bud" Marron 1923

My grandfather "Bud" was the youngest of 10 children, born a twin, His twin sister, Zenobia Irene, died at age 2. He was born in Colorado, attended West Point USMC Academy and George Washington Law School. He married Ruth Elizabeth Schumacher in 1926. Their only child was my mother, Ruth Irene Marron Stearns. Bud was taken prisoner of war by the Japanese at the outset of WWII. He died aboard the Oryku Maru "Hell Ship" which was bombed by the USAF while transporting prisoners.