U.S.S. Oklahoma Second Division, 1937

U.S.S. Oklahoma Second Division, 1937

Oklahoma -- Fiction

Owens, Samuel Robert, 1918-1995

Photobooks

Sailors -- United States

A photo book titled U.S.S. Oklahoma, Second Division, 1937, photos by M.D. Boland details the officers and crew of the battleship USS Oklahoma (BB-37) during 1937. 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.

Samuel Robert Owens Collection

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

1937

Boland, M. D. (Marvin Dement)

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albums (books)

eng

StillImage

63009

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2016-11-21

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Kitsap County (Wash.)

5 pages(pages)

5" x 8.25"(dimension)

World War II in Southern Appalachia