Frances Elvira Owens to Samuel Robert Owens, undated

Frances Elvira Owens to Samuel Robert Owens, undated

Letters

Owens, Frances Elvira, 1879-1965

Owens, Samuel Robert, 1918-1995

Owens, Samuel Robert, 1918-1995 -- Family

Prisoners of war

World War, 1939-1945

World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese

A prisoner of war post from Samuel's mother, Frances Elvira Owens, to Samuel Owens about everyday life. 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.

Owens, Frances Elvira, 1879-1965

Samuel Robert Owens Collection

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

Owens, Samuel Robert, 1918-1995

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letters (correspondence)

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Japan

12.75" x 5.25"(dimension)

World War II in Southern Appalachia