Gavin Newsom
From RoyalWeb
(→Arthur Menzies) |
(→Primary documents for 6) |
||
| Line 63: | Line 63: | ||
===Primary documents for 6=== | ===Primary documents for 6=== | ||
| + | *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=WWIIPOW%2c&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=arthur&gsln=menzies&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&fh=0&recid=86408&recoff=1+3 ''World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1946''], about Arthur L Menzies, White, resident of California, reported 7 May 1942, last reported Dec 1945, Grade: Technical Sergeant, Grade Notes: Lieutenant Colonel or Asst. superintendent of nurses or Director of nurses or Technical Sergeant or Commander or Petty Officer, 1st Class, Service Branch: Army, Arm or Service: Coast Artillery Corps, Arm or Service Code: Coast Artillery Corps Or Amp: Army Mine Planter Service, Area Served: Southwest Pacific Theatre: Philippine Islands, Detaining Country: Japan, Camp: Fukuoka POW Camp #1 - Kashii (Pine Tree Camp) Kyushu Island 33-130, STATUS: Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated, Report Source: Individual has been reported through sources considered official." | ||
| + | |||
*[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/12/07/MNG313I2O41.DTL "Gonzalez, Newsom: What makes them run, From modest beginnings, Newsom finds connections for business, political success"], hosted on SFGate.com, from the ''San Francisco Chronicle'', 7 Dec 2003 : "Tessa's father, Arthur Menzies, was taken prisoner during World War II and survived the infamous Bataan death march. Returning to San Francisco after the war, he worked as assistant curator at Strybing Arboretum, where he was considered a leading authority on California wildflowers. Apparently unable to shake the horrors of the death march, he committed suicide — in front of Tessa and her sister." | *[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/12/07/MNG313I2O41.DTL "Gonzalez, Newsom: What makes them run, From modest beginnings, Newsom finds connections for business, political success"], hosted on SFGate.com, from the ''San Francisco Chronicle'', 7 Dec 2003 : "Tessa's father, Arthur Menzies, was taken prisoner during World War II and survived the infamous Bataan death march. Returning to San Francisco after the war, he worked as assistant curator at Strybing Arboretum, where he was considered a leading authority on California wildflowers. Apparently unable to shake the horrors of the death march, he committed suicide — in front of Tessa and her sister." | ||
==Addis== | ==Addis== | ||
