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Letter from John F. Dockweiler to Edward Vincent Dockweiler, May 5, 1942

 
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Title
Letter from John F. Dockweiler to Edward Vincent Dockweiler, May 5, 1942
Creator
Dockweiler, John Francis, 1895-1943
Date
05 May 1942
Description
Family correspondence from John Dockweiler to his brother Edward Dockweiler in the Philippines giving updates about the Dockweiler family members, a meeting between Isidore B. Dockweiler and Frank Knox, the Secretary of the Navy, situations in the United States including war production, employment, politics, and military services.
Format Extent
4 pages
Subject
Dockweiler, Edward Vincent, 1901-1961; United States--Navy; World War, 1939-1945; Dockweiler, Jeanne; Dockweiler, Isidore B. (Isidore Bernard), 1867-1947; Crahan, Rosario Dockweiler, 1896-1972; Dockweiler, Henry Isidore, 1893-1970; Dockweiler, Frederick C. (Frederick Charles), 1909-2000; Dockweiler, John Francis, 1895-1943
Note
John Francis Dockweiler (1895-1943) and Edward Vincent Dockweiler (1901-1961) were sons of Isidore B. Dockweiler and Gertrude Reeve Dockweiler. John Francis Dockweiler was a prominent Los Angeles lawyer from the Dockweiler family. He served as a Democratic U.S. Congressman from 1933 to 1939, and as the District Attorney of Los Angeles County from 1940 to 1943. Edward Dockweiler had a distinguished career in the United States Navy. Eleventh in his graduating class at the Naval Academy in 1924, he was a naval engineer, and later he earned a master's degree in engineering at MIT. In 1941, he was posted to the Philippines before the U.S. entry into World War II. After the Japanese conquest of the Philippines, he led a guerilla band on the island of Negros, but eventually surrendered to the Japanese, resulting in his imprisonment in POW camps in the Philippines and Japan. Edward Dockweiler held the rank of senior POW officer in the camps in Japan. He was later awarded the Bronze Star and Distinguished Service Medal for his heroic conduct as a prisoner of war. Edward Dockweiler gained the rank of rear admiral, and at the time of his death, he was chief engineer of the Los Angeles Harbor.
Collection
Dockweiler Family Papers, CSLA-12, Series 1. Subseries C. Edward Vincent Dockweiler; Box No. 2; Folder No. 1
Type
Keywords
Geographic Location
San Francisco (Calif.); Philippines
Language
eng
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