Canopus (Submarine tender), United States

Canopus (Submarine tender), United States

Canopus (Submarine tender)

Philippines -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945

World War, 1939-1945

World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American

Note cards with a brief history of the 1919 passenger liner SS Santa Leonora that was converted to the submarine tender USS Canopus (AS-9) in 1922. 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 USS Canopus, 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

1972-01

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2016-11-21

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Philippines

3.25" x 5.25"(dimension)

8 pages(pages)

World War II in Southern Appalachia