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Messages from Edward Vincent Dockweiler to Jeanne Dockweiler, circa 1943-1944

 
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Title
Messages from Edward Vincent Dockweiler to Jeanne Dockweiler, circa 1943-1944
Creator
Dockweiler, Edward Vincent, 1901-1961
Description
Two personal messages from Edward Dockweiler - one from Camp 3D Tokyo, Japan, and one from Camp Omori - to his wife Jeanne and son Edward for Christmas and New Year.
Format Extent
1 page
Subject
Prisoners of war; World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese; Dockweiler, Edward Vincent, 1901-1961; Dockweiler, Jeanne
Note
Edward Vincent Dockweiler (1901-1961) was the son of Isidore B. Dockweiler and Gertrude Reeve Dockweiler. 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. 5
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Geographic Location
Tokyo (Japan)
Language
eng
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