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DownBillnor— - A1 iriissianlope?snik.;ohnroute ay atHos-onia.Jan.sincetheneral'e oftage-;f the lurs- |night Jits to The veral« ih P.ter Street, Sunday received a tele- tion i Monday was from the(Continue n . ast Page) rank of lieutenant.Lieut. R. B. Donnewald, FormerCadet Here, Jap PrisonerLieut. j'haro B. Donnewald, who received hi: primary flight instruct ilt; n at the Air Force Training Detachment here, served as personal courier to Gen. Douglas Mac-Arthur before Donnewakfs capture by the Japanese on Corregidor Fortrej- in Manila Bay.An alumnus of Southeast Missouri State Teachers College at Cape Girardeau, Lieutenant Donnewald was a roommate there in 1937 of Bill Hopkins, Sikeston high school English teacher.This information was containedin a letter received by Donnewald’s parents recently from a Colonel Vance of the Air Forces, who was serving with Donnewald on Bataan and Corregidor.Flew OutColonel Vance flew out of the Philippines just before the American forces were overwhelmed bythe mass of Japanese troops swarming into Bataan and Corregidor.At that time, Vance reported,Lieutenant Donnewald was extremely weak as a result of malarial fever, and was unable to swim, with other men and officers, to a ship some ten miles from the fortress.The Distinguished Service Cross was awarded Donnewald by Mac-Arthur for exceptional bravery incarrying out assignments on theIsland during the last few days before the American forces capitulated.He had been made a special courier for tne American commander in the Pacific because his plan° had been desaroyed on the ground during one of tne countlessJapanese air raids.Very PopularColonel Vance, in his letter, tated that Donnewald was one of the most popular young officers on the *ortre-s of Corregidor, and was known as a man of exceptional ability.His parents in Maplewood, Mo., received a cablegram from the War Department on December 27, say ing that Donnewald was safe, although a prisoner of the Japanese. Previously, the War Department had notified the family that the young officer was held in the University on the Island of Luzon in the Philippines.Was Active hereWhile a student at SoutheastMissouri State Teachers College.Donnewald was active in campus affairs. He was president of the senior cass, captain of the tennis team, and a member of Black Mask Dramatic club and the Websteisociety.He was graduated in the spring of 1940, and was last on the campus in the fall of 1941, when he was enroute to the Philippines.ice uox aitroyed in Fixture:ing ownec ing in th quantity (th Bober Heed’s 1 sonal andremoved f Furnitui saved fron Burch hor An ice ! longings \Mainord c Due to 1ply no fireer towns vthe Rober ter pumpe ployed to Story ston saving the Bucket behind the ing and Csouthwest ea, whichA tempestablishecBuilding.FIRST SEThe finfirst aid c C. Cummiin t v r» rn2 p.OMPIStKEfThisMr. anlt;M A1Frida“IIERI
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Sikeston Standard
Sikeston, Missouri, US
Fri, Jan 22, 1943
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