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Letter from Edward Vincent Dockweiler to Frederick Charles Dockweiler, 1941

 
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Title
Letter from Edward Vincent Dockweiler to Frederick Charles Dockweiler, 1941
Creator
Dockweiler, Edward Vincent, 1901-1961
Date
1941
Description
Copy of family correspondence from Edward Vincent Dockweiler to his brother Fred, discussing various happenings in his life and asking to send the family diamond to Jeanne.
Format Extent
1 page
Subject
Diamonds; Dockweiler, Edward Vincent, 1901-1961; Dockweiler, Frederick C. (Frederick Charles), 1909-2000; Dockweiler, Jeanne; Dockweiler, Edward Vincent, 1931-1977
Note
Frederick C. Dockweiler (1909-2000) and Edward Vincent Dockweiler (1901-1961) were sons of Isidore B. Dockweiler and Gertrude Reeve Dockweiler. Frederick Dockweiler was a lawyer active in Los Angeles and California political issues, notable for his stands on various state and local ballot initiatives. 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 prison
Collection
Dockweiler Family Papers, CSLA-12, Series 1. Subseries C. Edward Vincent Dockweiler; Box No. 2; Folder No. 1
Type
Keywords
Geographic Location
Honolulu (Hawaii)
Language
eng
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