Frederick Gilman Saint was born on December 8, 1908, in Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois. He was the son of George Alpheus Saint and Margaret M. Gilman Saint. He was the husband of Jean Margaret Crosbie Malevich. He attended Purdue University before entering West Point in 1927, class of 1931. He joined the Corps of Engineers and went on to earn a master’s degree in civil engineering from Princeton. He served in the Vicksburg Engineer District and at Fort Belvoir, and later taught civil engineering at West Point.

Before World War II, he was stationed in the Philippines, taking command of the 14th Engineers (Philippine Scouts) after Pearl Harbor. His unit played a crucial role in the defense of Bataan, where his leadership and ingenuity, such as building an “impossible” jungle road. Captured after the fall of Bataan, he endured the Bataan Death March and imprisonment at Camp Cabanatuan. Even as a POW, he continued to lead, organizing sanitation efforts that saved countless lives. In December 1944, he was transported toward Japan on the Enoura Maru, one of the notorious “hell ships.” When the vessel was bombed at Takao, Formosa, he was gravely wounded and died on January 24, 1945. He was buried at sea.

LTC Saint's name is memorialized in the Tablets of the Missing in the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Silver Star Citation:
(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Lieutenant Colonel (Corps of Engineers) Frederick Gilman Saint (ASN: 0-18340), United States Army, for gallantry in action with the 14th Engineer Regiment (Philippine Scouts), in action against the enemy in the defense of Bataan, Luzon, Philippine Islands, in 1942. The gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty demonstrated by Lieutenant Colonel Saint, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army.

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