Title: Wiley O. Woods, Jr. and Edward W. Weiss Papers

Date/Date Range :   1984-2002 (bulk 2000-2002)

Extent: .25 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection contains research collected by Wiley O. Woods, Jr. and Ed Weiss. It concerns the detachment of Air Force men who were sent to San Jose, Mindoro, Philippine Islands during the early days of World War II, and who spent 37 months in a Prisoner of War camp (Tan Toey) on the island of Ambon.

Call number: MS-2557

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

This collection was donated to Special Collections by Wiley O. Woods, Jr. on February 15, 2005.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Wiley O. Woods, Jr. and Edward W. Weiss Papers, MS-2557. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of four folders.

No biographical information could be found.

This collection contains research collected by Wiley O. Woods, Jr. and Ed Weiss. It concerns the detachment of Air Force men who were sent to San Jose, Mindoro, Philippine Islands during the early days of World War II, and who spent 37 months in a Prisoner of War camp (Tan Toey) on the island of Ambon.

Edward W. Weiss's book Under The Rising Sun: War, Captivity and Survival 1941-1945 (Published by Edward W. Weiss, Erie, PA, 1992) is included in the collection. Also found are correspondence, notes, book manuscripts, rosters, histories, reunion notices and rosters, diaries, and maps, all of which are addressed to or written by Wiley O. Woods, Jr.

• Woods, Wiley O. Jr.
• Weiss, Edward W.
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
• Prisoners of war -- Philippines.
• Prisoners of war -- United States.