— After more than 80 years, Sgt. R.L. Tyler has finally returned home.
Tyler served in the U.S. Army Air Corps and was stationed in the Philippines during World War II. He was part of the Headquarters Squadron of the 19th Bombardment Group. In April 1942, after the U.S. surrendered the Bataan Peninsula to Japanese forces, Tyler was captured as a prisoner of war. He survived the Bataan Death March b…