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