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Navy Department, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Paymaster's Department to Frances Elvira Owens, June 30, 1944
Item 1 - Navy Department, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Paymaster's Department to Frances Elvira Owens, June 30, 1944
Navy Department, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Paymaster's Department to Frances Elvira Owens, June 30, 1944
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Item 2 - Navy Department, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Paymaster's Department to Frances Elvira Owens, June 30, 1944
Navy Department, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Paymaster's Department to Frances Elvira Owens, June 30, 1944
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Item 3 - Navy Department, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Paymaster's Department to Frances Elvira Owens, June 30, 1944
Navy Department, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Paymaster's Department to Frances Elvira Owens, June 30, 1944
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Item 4 - Navy Department, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Paymaster's Department to Frances Elvira Owens, June 30, 1944
Navy Department, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Paymaster's Department to Frances Elvira Owens, June 30, 1944
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Item 5 - Navy Department, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Paymaster's Department to Frances Elvira Owens, June 30, 1944
Navy Department, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Paymaster's Department to Frances Elvira Owens, June 30, 1944
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Navy Department, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Paymaster's Department to Frances Elvira Owens, June 30, 1944
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Item 7 - Navy Department, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Paymaster's Department to Frances Elvira Owens, June 30, 1944
Navy Department, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Paymaster's Department to Frances Elvira Owens, June 30, 1944
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Item 8 - Navy Department, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Paymaster's Department to Frances Elvira Owens, June 30, 1944
Navy Department, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Paymaster's Department to Frances Elvira Owens, June 30, 1944
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Item 9 - Navy Department, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Paymaster's Department to Frances Elvira Owens, June 30, 1944
Navy Department, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Paymaster's Department to Frances Elvira Owens, June 30, 1944
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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.
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