Korean War Felix James McCool (June 14, 1912 – December 27, 1972) was a United States Marine Corps chief warrant officer 3.

[2] In December 1941, the United States was drawn into World War II when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and invaded the Philippines.

On May 24, the prisoners were loaded onto landing barges and transported to Manila, where they were forced to march in a Japanese "Victory Parade" through the city.

[4] Sergeant McCool and his fellow prisoners were tightly packed into cattle cars and shipped to various camps on the island.

McCool continued engaging in sabotage for the next 13 months, before the war ended and he was liberated on August 29, 1945, after more than three years in captivity.

[7] After approximately 40 men had been killed and with very little ammunition remaining, McCool and 80 other survivors, half of whom were wounded, surrendered as prisoners of war in the early morning hours.

[2][3] Also captured in that same convoy was Staff Sergeant Charles L. Harrison, who had also previously been held as a POW during World War II.

[7] McCool and the other prisoners marched north for several weeks, usually at night and during blizzards in order to avoid detection from UN aircraft.

[7] In November 1951, McCool and the other officers were transferred 10 miles east to Camp 2 in Pi-chong-ni, where he would remain for the rest of the war.

McCool considered suicide, however, he ended up confessing that he cursed the North Koreans and hated the Chinese Communists.

McCool later became a teacher at Killian High School in Miami and wrote a book about his experiences, Let's Face It: Memoirs, Speeches and Writings of a Career Marine and Two-Time Prisoner of War.