This piece titled “Off and On” by Maharajah includes statistics for marriages, births and deaths in the year 1943 in Manila, Philippines. The overall message being that East Asia needs more heathy babies. This document was brought back to America by…
This leave pass was issued to W. C. (Carr) Hooper on May 17. Between January 1942 and February 1944, Carr Hooper and his wife Ruth were interned at Santo Tomas Internment Camp in Manila, Philippines. The camp, also known as the Manila Internment…
This leave pass dated March 1, 1945 was issued to W. Carr Hooper from Santo Tomas Internment camp in Manila, Philippines where Carr and his wife Ruth were interned from January 1942 to February 1945. On the back is written "Sec B." The camp, also…
This receipt, dated August 9, 1944 and signed by F. C. Bailey from the Finance Division of the Manila Internment Camp belonged to W. Carr Hooper. Carr and his wife Ruth were interned at the Santo Tomas Internment Camp in Manila, Philippines from…
This medical clearance certificate for Ruth Hooper is dated March 23, 1945, over a month after the Santo Tomas Internment Camp was liberated by American forces on February 3, 1945. Ruth and her husband Carr were interned at the camp in Manila,…
This handwritten list of names, which often includes addresses, is titled “Hospital Corps” and “105’s Battery B – 61st F.A. – 1st Cal. Div.” It was brought back to America by Carr and Ruth Hooper who were interned at the Santo Tomas internment camp…
This undated photograph of two men and a woman. Samuel Robert Owens (1918-1995) was stationed at Cavite Naval Yard in the Philippines when the United States entered World War II. He was a member of the crew of the submarine tender USS Canopus (AS-9),…
This obituary for Samuel Robert Owens is part of the Samuel Robert Owens Collection. Samuel Robert Owens (1918-1995) was stationed at Cavite Naval Yard in the Philippines when the United States entered World War II. He was a member of the crew of the…
A letter from Senator Walter Franklin George to Samuel's sister, Mrs. Edward L. Preetorius (Florence Cecelia Preetoruis), in regards to her brother. Samuel Robert Owens (1918-1995) was stationed at Cavite Naval Yard in the Philippines when the United…
This undated photograph is of U.S. Navy officers in the Philippines. Samuel Robert Owens (1918-1995) appears in some photographs. In 1947, Samuel Robert Owens was stationed at Cavite Naval Yard in the Philippines when the United States entered World…