Mine Warfare School, Yorktown, VA 1947

Mine Warfare School, Yorktown, VA 1947

Anti-submarine warfare

Marines

Occupational training, Military

Owens, Samuel Robert, 1918-1995

Portraits, Group

Sailors

United States. Marine Corps

United States. Navy -- Petty officers

A photograph of 12 men at Mine Warfare School in Yorktown, Virginia in 1947. Samuel Robert Owens is the second man from the left in the first row (seated). 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.

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Samuel Robert Owens Collection

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

1947

Owens, Samuel Robert, 1918-1995

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2016-11-21

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World War II in Southern Appalachia