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Index Terms
Related Material
Administrative Information
Description of Series
American Ex-Prisoners of War (Texas Dept.)
Literary Production
Printed Material
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American Ex-Prisoners of War (Texas Dept.):
An Inventory of the Records, 1945-2002 and undated, at the
Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
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| Creator | American Ex-Prisoners of War, inc.
(Texas Dept.) |
| Title: | American Ex-Prisoners of
War (Texas Dept.) Records,
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| Dates: | 1945-2002 and undated |
| Abstract: | Records of American
Ex-Prisoners of War experiences in Japanese and German prison camps during
World War II. |
| Collection # | S 1387.1 |
| Quantity: | 2 small boxes (0.6
linear feet) |
| Language | English. |
| Repository | Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University |
The American Ex-Prisoners of War (AEPOW) is a national organization
for American citizens captured during any war. The organization includes over
300 chapter and state departments with over 30,000 members. It was established
on April 14, 1942 as The Bataan Relief Organization but was renamed in 1949.
The Texas Chapters of the AEPOW has chosen the SWC/SCL as their official
repository.
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Collection of written records of American Ex-Prisoners of War
experiences in Japanese and German prison camps during World War II. Also
includes materials on the National Prisoner of War Museum at Andersonville,
Georgia.
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Access Restrictions
Open for research
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| The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally
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| Subjects (Organizations) |
| | American Ex-Prisoners of
War, inc. Texas Dept. |
| Subjects |
| | Military
prisons--Germany |
| | Military
prisons--Japan |
| | Prisoners of war |
| | Prisoners of
war--Germany |
| | Prisoners of
war--Japan |
| | Prisoners of war--United
States |
| | World War II--Prisoners and
prisons |
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For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, see the following collections:
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- American Ex-Prisoners of War (Texas Dept.) Records, 1940-1999
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American Ex-Prisoners of War (Texas Dept.) Records, 1945-2002,
Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University,
Lubbock, Texas
Gift, 2001
Abel Ramirez, 2002
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American Ex-Prisoners of War (Texas Dept.)
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Literary Production
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| box | folder |
| 1 | 1 | | Holdcraft's Experiences, Alvin,
1998 |
| 2 | | Individual Stories of Americans Captured by Japan During
WWII,
1945-1994 |
| 3 | | Memoirs of Raymond J. Merritt,
2002 |
| 4 | | Memoirs of Robert M. Moore,
2002 |
| 5 | | Memoirs of William E. Leonard,
1992 |
| 6 | | "My Story as a B-17 Pilot and German POW in
WWII", Allen W. Webb,
2000 |
| 7 | | Poems of Valor, Pride, and Humiliation from Japanese
Prison Camps,
1989 |
| 8 | | Table of Contents of Individual Stories of Americans
Captured by Germans in WWII,
undated |
| 9 | | Texas POW Burial Records,
1999 |
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Printed Material
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| box | folder |
| 1 | 10 | | Army Air Corp in the Philippines, from Air Power
magazine,
1987 |
| 11 | | Bataan Battlefield, Philippines article,
1992 |
| 12 | | Ex-POW Bulletinpublications,
1998 |
| 13 | | Ex-POW Bulletinpublications,
2001 |
| 14 | | Ex-POW Bulletinpublications,
2002 |
| box | folder |
| 2 | 1 | | First Lt. William C. Wiley's Last
Landing, 486th Bomb Group Association, by James B. Manford,
1991 |
| 2 | | "Greatest Generation" article on
World War II Veterans,
2001 |
| 3 | | List of Deceased Personnel in POW Camps,
undated |
| 4 | | Memoirs of MSGT Herman E. Molen, World War
II Prisoner of War, by Herman E. Molen,
undated |
| 5 | | National Prisoner of War Museum Dedication Material,
1998 |
| 6 | | News clippings,
1964 and undated |
| 7 | | Nissyo Maru article, Ex-POW bulletin,
1992 |
| 8 | | Photo Album of Barksdale Air Force Base Luncheon,
2000 |
| 9 | | Spinelli: Behind the Wire, by
Andersonville National Historic Site,
2000 |
| 10 | | Texas Chapters Roster,
undated |
| 11 | | Through Fire and Through Water, by
John R. Blalock,
1981 |
| 12 | | Voice of the Angels, 11th Airborne
Division Association publications,
1998 |
| 13 | | The XPW Bulletin cover page, Literary Production
1949 |
| 14 | | "Echoes of IV B", editor Robert M.
Phillips,
1995 |
| 15 | | "Accused American War Criminal"
draft copy by Fiske Hanley, II,
1995 |
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