The Charles S. Lawrence papers, 1915-1953 (1941-1945).

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The Charles S. Lawrence papers, 1915-1953 (1941-1945).

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Contains: biographical sketch (1917-1946); special orders listing his promotions (1915-1918); roster of Radio Company A, Signal Corps (1915); pamphlet and papers on transport from Philippines (1940-1941); newspaper clippings on his imprisonment and release (1942-1945), the fall of Bataan (1941-1945), the Red Cross Mercy Ship for Bataan POW's (1942), the American resistanceand reconquest of the Philippines (1942-1945), the war in the Pacific (1942); POWroster (May 1942-Oct.1944); notebooks on the fall of Bataan and POW studies (1941-1945); telegrams and letters to wife (1941-1945); POW papers (1942-1945); I.D. card (1945); letter from President Truman to repatriated soldiers (1945); travel orders (1946); "Life" magazine (Dec.7, 1942); war rationbooks (1942-1953); Battle of Bataan maps (1941-1942); official citations (1917-1940).

1 box, 1 cylinder, 1 oversized envelope.

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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Lawrence, Charles Radford

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Charles S. Lawrence was made Private 1st Class with the Signal Corps 10 March 1915. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in Infantry 3 June 1917. Also served in 11th and 14th Cavalry. Separated from service in August 1919. Recommissioned Sept. 1921 in the Infantry. Served with the 35th and 29th Infantry. Transferred to Quartermaster Corps Feb. 1928. Student at Quartermaster Subsistence School 1935-36. Nov. 1941 he established the Quartermaster Depot at Tarlac in central Luzon. Th...