Howard F. Bresee to Steven John Owens, May 26, 1944

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Item 1 - Howard F. Bresee to Steven John Owens, May 26, 1944

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Item 2 - Howard F. Bresee to Steven John Owens, May 26, 1944

Howard F. Bresee to Steven John Owens, May 26, 1944

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Item 3 - Howard F. Bresee to Steven John Owens, May 26, 1944

Howard F. Bresee to Steven John Owens, May 26, 1944

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Item 4 - Howard F. Bresee to Steven John Owens, May 26, 1944

Howard F. Bresee to Steven John Owens, May 26, 1944

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Howard F. Bresee to Steven John Owens, May 26, 1944

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Item 6 - Howard F. Bresee to Steven John Owens, May 26, 1944

Howard F. Bresee to Steven John Owens, May 26, 1944

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Item 7 - Howard F. Bresee to Steven John Owens, May 26, 1944

Howard F. Bresee to Steven John Owens, May 26, 1944

HL_MSS16-05_1_06_003_04_b

Item

Details
- Format
  - Letters (correspondence)
- Type
  - Text
- Extent
  - Dimension: 10.5" x 8"
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Identifier
  - HL_MSS16-05_1_06_003_03_a
Transcript

BENEFITS TO CERTAIN DEPENDENTS OF MISSING., CAPTURED, OR INTERNED PERSONNEL. Public Law 490, 77th Congress, as amended, makes certain provisions for the support of dependents by allotments from pay of persons in active service who have been officially reported as missing, missing in action, captured by an enemy, or interned in a neutral country. In general the act provides for continued payment of allotments previously made by the persons for the support of his dependents or for payment of his insurance premiums and for increased or new allotments when necessary for such purposes. All such payments are charged against the pay of the missing persons. The Dependents eligible to receive allotments for their support include legal wives and unmarried children under 21 years of age; also other relatives who are in fact dependent upon the missing person for their chief support including mothers, step-children, adopted children, and such other relatives as may have been designated by the missing person in any official record as dependent upon him. Eligible dependents of the missing persons who can establish a need for an increased or new allotment of his pay for their support or for payment of his insurance premiums are- advised to contact the nearest local Chapter of the American Red Cross which will assist them in the preparation and submission of applications for any of the benefits of Public Law 490, as amended, to which they are entitled. It is presumed you will transmit the information in this memorandum to other relatives of the missing person who should be informed. Inclosure No. 1.

Object

Description

A copy of answers provided by the Prisoner of War Information Bureau from Colonel Howard F. Bresee to Samuel Owens' father, Steven J. Owens. Samuel Robert Owens (1918-1995) was stationed at Cavite Naval Yard in the Philippines when the United States entered World War II. He was a member of the crew of the submarine tender USS Canopus (AS-9), which was actively involved in the defense of the Bataan peninsula until the fall of Bataan on April 9, 1942. The majority of the crew of USS Canopus, including Owens, were captured by the Japanese at Corregidor, and became prisoners of war. Owens remained a POW until the end of the war and received the Silver Star and Bronze Star for his service.
Details
- Creator
  - Bresee, Howard F.
- Contributor
  - Owens, Steven J. (Steven John), 1875-1964
- Format
  - Letters (correspondence)
- Type
  - Text
- Date
  - Date original: 1944-05-26
  - Date digitized: 2016-11-21
- Extent
  - Dimension: 4.25" x 9.5" - 12.5" x 8"
  - Pages: 7 pages
- Subject - Topic
- Location
  - Washington (D.C.)
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Source Collection
  - Samuel Robert Owens Collection
- Identifier
  - HL_MSS16-05_1_06_003
- Repository
  - Western Carolina University Hunter Library

Howard F. Bresee to Steven John Owens, May 26, 1944

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