Group of U.S. Navy sailors on a parade ground

Group of U.S. Navy sailors on a parade ground

Naval ceremonies, honors, and salutes

Portraits, Group

Sailors

World War, 1939-1945

This undated photograph is of groups of U.S. Navy sailors on a parade ground in the Philippines possibly during an inspection. 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 War II. He was a member of the crew of the submarine tender USS Canopus (AS-9), which was actively involved in the defense of the Bataan peninsula until the fall of Bataan on April 9, 1942. The majority of the crew of USS Canopus, including Owens, were captured by the Japanese at Corregidor, and became prisoners of war. Owens remained a POW until the end of the war and received the Silver Star and Bronze Star for his service.

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Samuel Robert Owens Collection

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

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2016-11-21

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Philippines

3.5" x 4.75"(dimension)

World War II in Southern Appalachia