Captain Lawton is Jap prisoner

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https://documentinghistory.clemson.edu/studentprojects/admin/item/637/

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Text

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application/pdf

Language

English

Source

The Tiger, Vol. XXXVIII, No.14, Special Collections and Archives, Clemson University Libraries, Clemson, South Carolina.

https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/tiger_newspaper/1622

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Date

1943-01-07

Description

This article reports that Capt. Manny Lawton, Class of 1940, has been taken prisoner by the Japanese. The news comes over nine months after his capture at Bataan.

Subject

Lawton, Manny, 1918-1986

World War, 1939-1945

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines

World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese

Bataan, Battle of, Philippines, 1942

Prisoners of war

Creator

Clemson University

Publisher

Clemson University

Relation

Two more Clemson men held prisoners

Item sets

Clemson Men in World War II

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Fighting Tigers

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Title	Alternate label	Class
Letter from Capt. Manny Lawton to his parents - Dec. 13, 1944		Text
Annotated draft from "Back to Cabanatuan" chapter in Manny Lawton's memoir Some Survived		Text
Letter from Capt. Manny Lawton to his parents - March 6, 1942		Text
Two more Clemson men held prisoners		Text
Annotated draft from "The Fall of Bataan" chapter in Manny Lawton's memoir Some Survived		Text
Annotated draft from "The Death March" chapter of Manny Lawton's memoir Some Survived		Text
Senior class picture of Manny Lawton		Image