Descriptive Summary
American Ex-Prisoners of War, inc. Texas
Dept.
American Ex-Prisoners of
War (Texas Department), Records
1940-1999 and undated
Records of American
Ex-Prisoners of War experiences in Japanese and German prison camps during
World War II.
S 1387.3
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University
4 boxes and 12
scrapbooks (10.0 linear feet)
English.
Biographical Sketch
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.
Scope and Contents
Collection of written records of American Ex-Prisoners of War. Consist
of accounts by Americans held captive during World War II and the Korean
Conflict. Materials include diaries, Individual Stories, correspondence and
newsletters. The latter two address both prison experience and life after
release.
Index Terms
The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally
developed.
Subjects (Organizations)
American Ex-Prisoners of
War, inc. Texas Dept.
Subjects
Prisoners of
war--China
Prisoners of
war--Japan
Prisoners of
war--Korea
Prisoners of
war--Germany
Prisoners of war--United
States
World War,
1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Chinese
World War,
1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Korean
World War,
1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
World War,
1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German
Gifts, 1998
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Processed by
Ty Lovelady and Mike McNair, June 2001
Preferred Citation
American Ex-Prisoners of War (Texas Department) Records, 1940-1999
and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech
University, Lubbock, Texas
For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, see the following collections:
- American Ex-Prisoners of War (Texas Dept.) Records, 1945-2002
Collection Inventory
Correspondence,
1945-1997
1
1
American Ex-Prisoners of War,
1981 and undated
1
2
Chaplin's Corps at Halloran General Hospital,
1945
1
3
East Texas Chapter,
1990
1
4
El Paso Chapter,
1978-1993
1
5
Fort Worth Chapter (#1),
1995
1
6
Fort Worth Chapter (#2),
1995
1
7
Fort Worth Chapter 24th Annual Convention,
1996
1
8
Fort Worth Chapter (#1),
1996
1
9
Fort Worth Chapter (#2),
1996
1
10
Fort Worth Chapter (#3),
1996
1
11
Fort Worth Chapter (#1),
1997
1
12
Fort Worth Chapter (#2),
1997
1
13
Fort Worth Chapter (#3),
1997
1
14
Hummel, Caroline A. to Irwin, Ernie,
1988
1
15
Letter of Gratitude to Korean War Vets,
1995
1
16
Pardue, J.C., Smith, Jay and Helen,
1994-1995
Literary Production
1940-1997 and undated
1
17
An ADBC Tribute to the American Flag, by Clement, R.A.,
undated
1
18
American Defenders of Bataaan and Corregidor
undated
1
19
Brief Biography of Brigadier General Russell Benjamin
Putnam, U.S. Marine Corps,
1942
1
20
Brief History of "C" Battery, Fourth Marine Regiment,
WW2,
1990
1
21
Captured by the North Koreans During the Korean War
1953, by Perkins, Evelyn,
undated
1
22
Fine Comeback by Meyer, Donald E.,
undated
1
23
The Forgotten P.O.W.: Second Lieutenant Reba Z. Whittle
by Frank, Mary E. V.,
1990
1
24
From the Angels: History of the 11th Airborne Division,
by, Flanagan, Edward M., Jr.,
1948
1
25
Edward Gable's Prison Camp Diary,
1942-1944
1
26
Individual Stories of Americans Captured by Germans
during World War II,
1945-1995
1
27
Individual Stories of American Captured by Germans
during World War II,
1988-1994
1
28
Individual Stories of Americans Captured by Germans
during World War II,
1944-1997 and undated
1
29
Individual Stories of Americans Captured by Germans
during World War II,
1997 and undated
1
30
Individual Stories of Americans Captured by Japanese
during World War II,
1944-1997 and undated
1
31
Individual Stories of Americans Captured by Japanese
during World War II,
1960-1995
1
32
Individual Stories of Americans Captured by Japanese
during World War II,
1981-1996 and undated
1
33
Individual Stories of Americans Captured during the
Korean War,
1988-1994
1
34
Krebs, John A., Military Career,
1940-1960
1
35
143 Days of Captivity: The Story of Paul H. Saunders,
1944-1945
1
36
The Oryoku Maru Storyby Brown,
Charles M.,
1983
1
37
Our Paradiseby Norquist, Ernest
O., pg. 1-183,
undated
2
1
Our Paradise, by Norquist, Ernest
O., pg. 184-370,
undated
2
2
Our Paradiseby Norquist, Ernest
O., pg. 371-468,
undated
2
3
Palawan Massacre, by Smith, Rufus W. and Ernest J.
Kablas,
1997
2
4
Peart's Journal by Peart, Cecil Jesse,
1946
2
5
Poem,
I'm Freeunknown author,
undated
2
6
Poems of Valor, Pride, and Humiliation from Japanese
Prison Camps,
1989
2
7
Assorted Poems
undated
2
8
Poetry Book,
1944
2
9
The P.O.W.s from Fort Drum,
undated
2
10
P.O.W.s in the Philippine Islands,
1944
2
11
Prisoners of Hell, by Laughlin, Marci,
1986
2
12
The Shoe Leather Express: The Evacuation
of Kriegsgefangenen Lager Stalag Luft IV Deutschland Germany
1982
2
13
25th Anniversary of Liberation Dinner
1965
2
14
That Fateful Easter Eve, April 18, 1944, by Thomas,
Archie M.,
1944
2
15
Wartime Reminiscences of Irvin, Ernest J.,
undated
The XPW Bulletin
1949-1999
2
16
The XPW Bulletin
1949-1950
2
17
The XPW Bulletin
1951-1952
2
18
The XPW Bulletin
1953-1954; 1956
2
19
The XPW Bulletin
1959
2
20
The XPW Bulletin
1960
2
21
The XPW Bulletin
1961-1962; 1964-1972
Ex-POW Bulletin
1949-1999
2
22
Ex-POW Bulletin
1973-1974
2
23
Ex-POW Bulletin
1975
2
24
Ex-POW Bulletin
1976-1978
3
1
Ex-POW Bulletin
1979-1980
3
2
Ex-POW Bulletin
1981
3
3
Ex-POW Bulletin
1982-1983
3
4
Ex-POW Bulletin
1984
3
5
Ex-POW Bulletin
1985
3
6
Ex-POW Bulletin
1986
3
7
Ex-POW Bulletin
1987
3
8
Ex-POW Bulletin
1989
3
9
Ex-POW Bulletin
January-June, 1990
3
10
Ex-POW Bulletin
July-December, 1990
3
11
Ex-POW Bulletin
January-June, 1991
3
12
Ex-POW Bulletin
July-December, 1991
3
13
Ex-POW Bulletin
January-June, 1992
3
14
Ex-POW Bulletin
July-December, 1992
4
1
Ex-POW Bulletin
January-June, 1993
4
2
Ex-POW Bulletin
July-December, 1993
4
3
Ex-POW Bulletin
1994
4
4
Ex-POW Bulletin
1995
4
5
Ex-POW Bulletin
1999
Printed Material
1944-1995 and undated
4
6
Bataan,
1948
4
7
Bataan Relief Organization,
1946-1948
4
8
Bataan Veterans Organization,
1976
4
9
Bibliography to Unknown Manuscript,
undated
4
10
Chit-Chat
1965-1967
4
11
Chit-Chat
1968-1974
4
12
Civil Service Sentinel
1990
4
13
Copies of German and Japanese Surrenders in World War
II,
undated
4
14
Grave Site Locations,
1985
4
15
List of Americans who Survived Voyage on Japanese Ships,
1983
4
16
Name and Address List of General Order #17, Award of
Purple Heart,
undated
4
17
Personal Accounts of Georgia Residents' Experiences as
P.O.W.s,
undated
4
18
Prisoners of War Bulletins,
1944-1945
4
19
Report on the Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of
War,
1983
4
20
U.S. Navy Supply Corps Newsletter,
1995
Department of Texas
1985-1998
4
21
Adjutants Correspondence,
1985-1986
4
22
Annual Convention Booklets,
1988-1990, 1998
4
23
Commander and Chapter Commanders Correspondence,
1985-1986
4
24
Financial Records,
1985-1986
4
25
Minutes and Resolution,
1985-1986
Newspaper Clippings
1986-1995 and undated
4
26
American Women P.O.W.s,
1992
4
27
Civilian Prisoners of War,
1986 and undated
4
28
Ex-P.O.W.s Remember Nazi Ordeal
1995
4
29
Miscellaneous,
1990-1991 and undated
War Department Material
1945 and undated
4
30
Award of the Purple Heart,
1945
4
31
Office of the Commanding General Army Service Forces,
undated
4
32
Repatriation Orders,
undated
4
33
United States Army Personnel Repatriated from German
Custody,
1945
4
34
Covy Lewis Brown File: Miscellaneous,
1945-1948 and undated
4
35
Luther Victory File: Miscellaneous,
1944-1988
4
36
Civil War Material: Confederate P.O.W.s,
undated
Scrapbook Material
1944-1997 and undated
4
37
City and State Proclamations,
1979-1982
4
38
War Time Log,
1944
4
39
Miscellaneous,
1979-1993 and undated
Scrapbooks
1972-1997
Item 1
Department of Texas; American Ex-P.O.W., Scrapbook,
1972-1981
Item 2
Department of Texas; American Ex-P.O.W., Scrapbook,
1981-1988
Item 3
Department of Texas; American Ex-P.O.W., Scrapbook,
1997
Item 4
Department of Texas; American Ex-P.O.W., Scrapbook,
1988-1989
Item 5
Department of Texas; American Ex-P.O.W., Scrapbook,
1989-1990
Item 6
Department of Texas; American Ex-P.O.W., Scrapbook,
1990-1991
Item 7
Department of Texas; American Ex-P.O.W., Scrapbook,
1991-1992
Item 8
Department of Texas; American Ex-P.O.W., Scrapbook,
1992-1993
Item 9
Department of Texas; American Ex-P.O.W., Scrapbook,
1993-1994
Item 10
Department of Texas; American Ex-P.O.W., Scrapbook,
1994-1995
Item 11
Department of Texas; American Ex-P.O.W., Scrapbook,
1995-1996
Item 12
Department of Texas; American Ex-P.O.W., Scrapbook,
1996-1997