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  Letter from Perry O. Wilcox

  DEWITT LIBRARY ILL

  Wilcox, an Army chaplain, responds to Mae Beyer's letter about how much she loved Glenn.

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  Letter from Scott E. O'Neal

  DEWITT LIBRARY ILL

  The Beyer's received a letter from a soldier who was a POW with Glenn in the Philippines.

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  Letter from Cpl. August Battiste

  Glenn Beyer

  Bastille explains how he knew Glenn from the prisoner of war camp.

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  Letter from General J.A. Ulio

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  General Ulio informs the Beyer family that Glenn was on the Japanese ship that was sunk on October 24, 1944.

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  Letter from Perry O. Wilcox

  DEWITT LIBRARY ILL

  Wilcox recounts the last time he saw Glenn at Bilibid Prison. He mentions Glenn's engagement to a "beautiful girl."

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  Newspaper Article: "1,800 Yanks Feared In Jap Prison Ship"

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  Sergeant Avery Wilber recounts his survival story.

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  Newspaper Article: "Beyers Hear Son With Lost Ship"

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  Beyers receive unofficial news that Glenn was on the Japanese ship that sunk. Notice was in the Orange City Capital newspaper.

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  Newspaper Article: "Glenn Beyer Dies on Jap Freighter"

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  After years of waiting, the Beyer family received official word that Glenn had died on a prisoner of war ship.

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  Newspaper Article: "Sub Torpedoed Yank Captives"

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  Survivor Sgt. Avery E. Wilber recounts the hours after the Japanese POW ship was torpedoed.

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  Newspaper Photograph: "Here are the Five Survivors of Torpedoed Prison Ship"

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  A photograph of the five Americans who survived the torpedoing of the Japanese prison ship.

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  Letter from Lt. Ruth Straub

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  Lt. Straub responds to a letter written by Glenn's aunt. Straub did not know Glenn while stationed in the Philippines and presumes he is a prisoner of war.

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  Newspaper Article: "Corregidor's Final Hour"

  DEWITT LIBRARY ILL

  Article from Chicago Tribune description the last messages from the army radio man before the fall of Corregidor.

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  Newspaper Article: "Fall of Corregidor Island Adds Valuable New Base to Japanese Operations in Sectors of Far Pacific"

  DEWITT LIBRARY ILL

  Describes the Japanese attack on Corregidor Island.