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Letter from Edward Vincent Dockweiler to Isidore B. Dockweiler, June 2, 1941

 
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Title
Letter from Edward Vincent Dockweiler to Isidore B. Dockweiler, June 2, 1941
Creator
Dockweiler, Edward Vincent, 1901-1961
Date
06 February 1941
Description
Family correspondence from Edward Vincent Dockweiler to his father Isidore B. Dockweiler, with the letterhead of District Material Office, Thirteenth Naval District, 722 Exchange Building, Seattle, Washington, stating that he will not sail to Cavite on schedule and will update on his future plans.
Format Extent
1 page; 1 envelope
Subject
Dockweiler, Edward Vincent, 1901-1961; Dockweiler, Isidore B. (Isidore Bernard), 1867-1947; United States--Navy; World War, 1939-1945
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. 1
Type
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Geographic Location
Seattle (Wash.); Los Angeles (Calif.)
Language
eng
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