Telegram correspondence to President Harry S. Truman, inquiring the status of Lieutenant Commander Edward Vincent Dockweiler, whether he has been liberated from the Japanese prison camp. Edward Dockweiler was captured by the Japanese in Philippines around June 19, 1942, and he was imprisoned at Omori prison camp in the Tokyo area.
Dockweiler, Edward Vincent, 1901-1961 Prisoners of war World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese Dockweiler, Isidore B. (Isidore Bernard), 1867-1947 Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 Presidents--United States
Place
Los Angeles (Calif.) Washington (D.C.)
Source
Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
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