Letter from Capt. Manny Lawton to his parents - March 6, 1942

Item

Identifier

https://documentinghistory.clemson.edu/studentprojects/admin/item/311/

Title

Letter from Capt. Manny Lawton to his parents - March 6, 1942

Type

Text

Format

application/pdf

Language

English

Source

Box 1, Folder 12, Mss 260, Manny Lawton Papers, Special Collections and Archives, Clemson University Libraries, Clemson, South Carolina.
http://media.clemson.edu/library/special_collections/findingaids/manuscripts/Mss260Lawton.pdf

Rights

In Copyright

Date

1942-03-06

Description

In this typewritten letter to his parents, Capt. Manny Lawton, Class of 1940, describes the past months of fighting with the Philippine Army against the Japanese. Just one month later, he will be taken prisoner by the Japanese at Bataan.

Subject

World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines
Bataan, Battle of, Philippines, 1942

Creator

Lawton, Manny, 1918-1986

Publisher

Clemson University

Relation

Captain Lawton is Jap prisoner
Annotated draft from "The Fall of Bataan" chapter in Manny Lawton's memoir Some Survived
Annotated draft from "The Death March" chapter of Manny Lawton's memoir Some Survived
Annotated draft from "Back to Cabanatuan" chapter in Manny Lawton's memoir Some Survived
Letter from Capt. Manny Lawton to his parents - Dec. 13, 1944

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Clemson Men in World War II

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Fighting Tigers

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