D. A. Davis and Beatrice Patton Waters to Frances Elvira Owens, September 23, 1943

D. A. Davis and Beatrice Patton Waters to Frances Elvira Owens, September 23, 1943

Owens, Frances Elvira, 1879-1965

World War, 1939-1945

World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons

World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Young Men's Christian associations

Letters from D. A. (Darius Alton) Davis and Beatrice Patton Waters to next of kin of prisoners of war notifying them of the aim of the Y.M.C.A. to send educational, recreational, and religious services and materials for American fighting men captured by the enemy. 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), 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.

Davis, Darius A. , 1883-1970

Waters, Beatrice Ayer Patton, 1911-1952

Samuel Robert Owens Collection

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

1943-09-23

Owens, Frances Elvira, 1879-1965

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