Camp 17, August 1980

Camp 17, August 1980

Owens, Samuel Robert, 1918-1995

Portraits, Group

Prisoner-of-war camps

Prisoners of war

World War, 1939-1945

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

A photograph of a group of men that were held prisoner at Camp 17 (Fukuoka #17 Branch POW Camp) near Omuta, a city on the Japanese island of Kyushu. The camp was liberated in September 1945. Sam Owens is on the far right in the back row (standing). 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

1980-08

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World War II in Southern Appalachia