Navy Department, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Paymaster's Department to Frances Elvira Owens, June 30, 1944

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HL_MSS16-05_1_06_004_01_a

Navy Department, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Paymaster's Department to Frances Elvira Owens, June 30, 1944

HL_MSS16-05_1_06_004_01_b

Navy Department, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Paymaster's Department to Frances Elvira Owens, June 30, 1944

HL_MSS16-05_1_06_004_02_a

Navy Department, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Paymaster's Department to Frances Elvira Owens, June 30, 1944

HL_MSS16-05_1_06_004_02_b

Navy Department, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Paymaster's Department to Frances Elvira Owens, June 30, 1944

HL_MSS16-05_1_06_004_03_a

Navy Department, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Paymaster's Department to Frances Elvira Owens, June 30, 1944

HL_MSS16-05_1_06_004_03_b

Navy Department, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Paymaster's Department to Frances Elvira Owens, June 30, 1944

HL_MSS16-05_1_06_004_04

Navy Department, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Paymaster's Department to Frances Elvira Owens, June 30, 1944

HL_MSS16-05_1_06_004_05_a

Navy Department, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Paymaster's Department to Frances Elvira Owens, June 30, 1944

HL_MSS16-05_1_06_004_05_b

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Details
- Format
  - Letters (correspondence)
- Type
  - Text
- Extent
  - Dimension: 3.25" x 7.5"
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Identifier
  - HL_MSS16-05_1_06_004_01_b
Transcript

IMPORTANT—READ THIS CARD CAREFULLY You are eligible to receive Class "B" or "B—1" family allowance checks only so long as you are dependent for support on the person in service. In order to keep the Navy Department informed of your circumstances in-regard to dependency it is necessary that you complete the other card in this envelope and mail it at once. It is already addressed and requires no postage. Before mailing the card, check the square before the one (and only one) statement which explains your case. Read the other card carefully, and then check the statement, that applies to you. If you check Statement 3, further information will be requested from you at a later date. Then sign the card and fill in your present address and the full name and service number of the person in service. The card must be returned promptly — Mail it at BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL

Object

Description

Allotment card information sent by the Navy Department, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Paymaster's Department to Samuel Owens' mother, Frances Elvira 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
  - United States. Navy
- Contributor
  - Owens, Frances Elvira, 1879-1965
- Format
  - Letters (correspondence)
- Type
  - Text
- Date
  - Date original: 1944-06-30
  - Date digitized: 2016-11-21
- Extent
  - Dimension: 3.25" x 7.5" - 3.5" x 8.75"
  - Pages: 9 pages
- Subject - Topic
- Location
  - Washington (D.C.)
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Source Collection
  - Samuel Robert Owens Collection
- Identifier
  - HL_MSS16-05_1_06_004
- Repository
  - Western Carolina University Hunter Library