NEWPORT MERCURY AND WEEKLY NEWS, NEWPORT, R.I., FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1942, FRONT PAGE
WIVES RESIDING IN THIS CITY RECEIVE TELEGRAMS: WERE ON DUTY IN PHILIPPINES WHEN THAT AREA CAPITULATED, FURTHER DETAILS AWAITED
Mrs. Alfred E. Grove of 128 Mill street and Mrs. Arthur P. Moore of 37 Catherine street Wednesday received telegrams that their husbands, officers on duty in the Philippines, were listed as missing, pending further information from the Japanese as to the identity of prisoners taken when that area capitulated.
Mrs. Grove, the former Miss Abbie Burke, daughter of Judge John C. Burke off this city, is the wife of Lieutenant Commander Grove, U.S.N., a graduate of the Naval Academy in 1930. Her telegram was received on her tenth wedding anniversary, and came from Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs, chief of the Bureau of Navigation. Commander Grove was on duty at Cebu. He was born in St. Louis, Mo., son of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Grove, and is father of a daughter, Abbie Rhoda, age 6.
Mrs. Moore is the wife of Lieutenant Colonel Arthur P. Moore, Field Artillery, U.S.A., a graduate of Virginia Military Institute, who has been in the army since being commissioned in 1917 during the first World war. Colonel Moore, who was ordered to the Philippines last fall, is presumed to have been on Bataan Peninsula when it fell.
The telegram to Mrs. Grove from the Navy Department, stated that it regretted to inform her that "according to the records of this department, your husband, Lieutenant Commander Alfred E. Grove, U.S.N., while in the performance of his duty, in the service of his country, was in the Cebu area when that station capitulated. He is carried on the records as missing, pending further information. No report of his death or injury has been received, and he may be a prisoner of war. It will be several months before definite information can be expected."
Mrs. Moore's telegram, from the adjutant general, said her husband is listed in the missing status. He was serving in the Philippines, at the time of the surrender, the telegram said, adding that the Japanese had said they would conform with the provisions of the Geneva conference, and would make known the list of prisoners.
THE NEWPORT MERCURY AND WEEKLY NEWS, FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1943, PAGE SEVEN
WOMAN HEARS HUSBAND IS PRISONER OF JAPS: MRS. GROVE, DAUGHTER OF CITY SOLICITOR, MRS. BURKE GETS WORD FROM OFFICER'S PARENTS
Lieutenant Commander Alfred Edward Grove, husband of Mrs. Abbie Grove, of 128 Mill street, and son-in-law of Judge John C. Burke, city solicitor, is a Japanese prisoner on the island of Cebu in the Philippines, according to word received by the Navy Department through the International Red Cross in Geneva, Switzerland.
Commander Grove has not been heard from, except to be reported missing, since before the fall of the Philippines. He was on Corregidor on the staff of Admiral Rockwell and is believed to have left there about the same time that naval officials and General MacArthur made their daring trip to Australia.
Mrs. Grove has not heard from her husband since September, 1941. She has been here with her eight-year-old daughter, living with Judge and Mrs. Burke since July of that year. Word that Commander Grove was a prisoner was sent by the Navy Department to his parents in St. Louis and they called his wife Thursday afternoon.
THE NEWPORT MERCURY AND WEEKLY NEWS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1946, PAGE FOUR
LATE COMMANDER GROVE CITED FOR GALLANTRY: SILVER STAR MEDAL RECEIVED BY WIFE AT CEREMONY HELD AT NAVAL BASE
A Silver Star medal for gallantry in action was awarded posthumously to Lieutenant Commander Alfred E. Grove, U.S.N., and received by his wife, Mrs. Alfred E. Grove of 128 Mill street, at a ceremony held November 15 in the office of Commodore Paul S. Theis, commanding the Naval Base.
The citation accompanying the award said in part that Lieutenant Commander Grove "displayed gallantry in action against the enemy April 10, 1942, in the city of Cebu, Philippine Islands. Although under constant hostile air and naval fire, he assisted in and directed the destruction of enemy warehouses, loaded cargo ships in the harbor, and large stores of food and supplies."
Commander Grove was killed in action in the China Sea in October, 1944, while being transported as a prisoner-of-war from the Philippines to Japan.
Submitted by
Eric Ackerman
WIVES RESIDING IN THIS CITY RECEIVE TELEGRAMS: WERE ON DUTY IN PHILIPPINES WHEN THAT AREA CAPITULATED, FURTHER DETAILS AWAITED
Mrs. Alfred E. Grove of 128 Mill street and Mrs. Arthur P. Moore of 37 Catherine street Wednesday received telegrams that their husbands, officers on duty in the Philippines, were listed as missing, pending further information from the Japanese as to the identity of prisoners taken when that area capitulated.
Mrs. Grove, the former Miss Abbie Burke, daughter of Judge John C. Burke off this city, is the wife of Lieutenant Commander Grove, U.S.N., a graduate of the Naval Academy in 1930. Her telegram was received on her tenth wedding anniversary, and came from Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs, chief of the Bureau of Navigation. Commander Grove was on duty at Cebu. He was born in St. Louis, Mo., son of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Grove, and is father of a daughter, Abbie Rhoda, age 6.
Mrs. Moore is the wife of Lieutenant Colonel Arthur P. Moore, Field Artillery, U.S.A., a graduate of Virginia Military Institute, who has been in the army since being commissioned in 1917 during the first World war. Colonel Moore, who was ordered to the Philippines last fall, is presumed to have been on Bataan Peninsula when it fell.
The telegram to Mrs. Grove from the Navy Department, stated that it regretted to inform her that "according to the records of this department, your husband, Lieutenant Commander Alfred E. Grove, U.S.N., while in the performance of his duty, in the service of his country, was in the Cebu area when that station capitulated. He is carried on the records as missing, pending further information. No report of his death or injury has been received, and he may be a prisoner of war. It will be several months before definite information can be expected."
Mrs. Moore's telegram, from the adjutant general, said her husband is listed in the missing status. He was serving in the Philippines, at the time of the surrender, the telegram said, adding that the Japanese had said they would conform with the provisions of the Geneva conference, and would make known the list of prisoners.
THE NEWPORT MERCURY AND WEEKLY NEWS, FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1943, PAGE SEVEN
WOMAN HEARS HUSBAND IS PRISONER OF JAPS: MRS. GROVE, DAUGHTER OF CITY SOLICITOR, MRS. BURKE GETS WORD FROM OFFICER'S PARENTS
Lieutenant Commander Alfred Edward Grove, husband of Mrs. Abbie Grove, of 128 Mill street, and son-in-law of Judge John C. Burke, city solicitor, is a Japanese prisoner on the island of Cebu in the Philippines, according to word received by the Navy Department through the International Red Cross in Geneva, Switzerland.
Commander Grove has not been heard from, except to be reported missing, since before the fall of the Philippines. He was on Corregidor on the staff of Admiral Rockwell and is believed to have left there about the same time that naval officials and General MacArthur made their daring trip to Australia.
Mrs. Grove has not heard from her husband since September, 1941. She has been here with her eight-year-old daughter, living with Judge and Mrs. Burke since July of that year. Word that Commander Grove was a prisoner was sent by the Navy Department to his parents in St. Louis and they called his wife Thursday afternoon.
THE NEWPORT MERCURY AND WEEKLY NEWS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1946, PAGE FOUR
LATE COMMANDER GROVE CITED FOR GALLANTRY: SILVER STAR MEDAL RECEIVED BY WIFE AT CEREMONY HELD AT NAVAL BASE
A Silver Star medal for gallantry in action was awarded posthumously to Lieutenant Commander Alfred E. Grove, U.S.N., and received by his wife, Mrs. Alfred E. Grove of 128 Mill street, at a ceremony held November 15 in the office of Commodore Paul S. Theis, commanding the Naval Base.
The citation accompanying the award said in part that Lieutenant Commander Grove "displayed gallantry in action against the enemy April 10, 1942, in the city of Cebu, Philippine Islands. Although under constant hostile air and naval fire, he assisted in and directed the destruction of enemy warehouses, loaded cargo ships in the harbor, and large stores of food and supplies."
Commander Grove was killed in action in the China Sea in October, 1944, while being transported as a prisoner-of-war from the Philippines to Japan.
Submitted by
Eric Ackerman
NEWPORT MERCURY AND WEEKLY NEWS, NEWPORT, R.I., FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1942, FRONT PAGE
WIVES RESIDING IN THIS CITY RECEIVE TELEGRAMS: WERE ON DUTY IN PHILIPPINES WHEN THAT AREA CAPITULATED, FURTHER DETAILS AWAITED
Mrs. Alfred E. Grove of 128 Mill street and Mrs. Arthur P. Moore of 37 Catherine street Wednesday received telegrams that their husbands, officers on duty in the Philippines, were listed as missing, pending further information from the Japanese as to the identity of prisoners taken when that area capitulated.
Mrs. Grove, the former Miss Abbie Burke, daughter of Judge John C. Burke off this city, is the wife of Lieutenant Commander Grove, U.S.N., a graduate of the Naval Academy in 1930. Her telegram was received on her tenth wedding anniversary, and came from Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs, chief of the Bureau of Navigation. Commander Grove was on duty at Cebu. He was born in St. Louis, Mo., son of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Grove, and is father of a daughter, Abbie Rhoda, age 6.
Mrs. Moore is the wife of Lieutenant Colonel Arthur P. Moore, Field Artillery, U.S.A., a graduate of Virginia Military Institute, who has been in the army since being commissioned in 1917 during the first World war. Colonel Moore, who was ordered to the Philippines last fall, is presumed to have been on Bataan Peninsula when it fell.
The telegram to Mrs. Grove from the Navy Department, stated that it regretted to inform her that "according to the records of this department, your husband, Lieutenant Commander Alfred E. Grove, U.S.N., while in the performance of his duty, in the service of his country, was in the Cebu area when that station capitulated. He is carried on the records as missing, pending further information. No report of his death or injury has been received, and he may be a prisoner of war. It will be several months before definite information can be expected."
Mrs. Moore's telegram, from the adjutant general, said her husband is listed in the missing status. He was serving in the Philippines, at the time of the surrender, the telegram said, adding that the Japanese had said they would conform with the provisions of the Geneva conference, and would make known the list of prisoners.
THE NEWPORT MERCURY AND WEEKLY NEWS, FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1943, PAGE SEVEN
WOMAN HEARS HUSBAND IS PRISONER OF JAPS: MRS. GROVE, DAUGHTER OF CITY SOLICITOR, MRS. BURKE GETS WORD FROM OFFICER'S PARENTS
Lieutenant Commander Alfred Edward Grove, husband of Mrs. Abbie Grove, of 128 Mill street, and son-in-law of Judge John C. Burke, city solicitor, is a Japanese prisoner on the island of Cebu in the Philippines, according to word received by the Navy Department through the International Red Cross in Geneva, Switzerland.
Commander Grove has not been heard from, except to be reported missing, since before the fall of the Philippines. He was on Corregidor on the staff of Admiral Rockwell and is believed to have left there about the same time that naval officials and General MacArthur made their daring trip to Australia.
Mrs. Grove has not heard from her husband since September, 1941. She has been here with her eight-year-old daughter, living with Judge and Mrs. Burke since July of that year. Word that Commander Grove was a prisoner was sent by the Navy Department to his parents in St. Louis and they called his wife Thursday afternoon.
THE NEWPORT MERCURY AND WEEKLY NEWS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1946, PAGE FOUR
LATE COMMANDER GROVE CITED FOR GALLANTRY: SILVER STAR MEDAL RECEIVED BY WIFE AT CEREMONY HELD AT NAVAL BASE
A Silver Star medal for gallantry in action was awarded posthumously to Lieutenant Commander Alfred E. Grove, U.S.N., and received by his wife, Mrs. Alfred E. Grove of 128 Mill street, at a ceremony held November 15 in the office of Commodore Paul S. Theis, commanding the Naval Base.
The citation accompanying the award said in part that Lieutenant Commander Grove "displayed gallantry in action against the enemy April 10, 1942, in the city of Cebu, Philippine Islands. Although under constant hostile air and naval fire, he assisted in and directed the destruction of enemy warehouses, loaded cargo ships in the harbor, and large stores of food and supplies."
Commander Grove was killed in action in the China Sea in October, 1944, while being transported as a prisoner-of-war from the Philippines to Japan.
Submitted by
Eric Ackerman
WIVES RESIDING IN THIS CITY RECEIVE TELEGRAMS: WERE ON DUTY IN PHILIPPINES WHEN THAT AREA CAPITULATED, FURTHER DETAILS AWAITED
Mrs. Alfred E. Grove of 128 Mill street and Mrs. Arthur P. Moore of 37 Catherine street Wednesday received telegrams that their husbands, officers on duty in the Philippines, were listed as missing, pending further information from the Japanese as to the identity of prisoners taken when that area capitulated.
Mrs. Grove, the former Miss Abbie Burke, daughter of Judge John C. Burke off this city, is the wife of Lieutenant Commander Grove, U.S.N., a graduate of the Naval Academy in 1930. Her telegram was received on her tenth wedding anniversary, and came from Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs, chief of the Bureau of Navigation. Commander Grove was on duty at Cebu. He was born in St. Louis, Mo., son of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Grove, and is father of a daughter, Abbie Rhoda, age 6.
Mrs. Moore is the wife of Lieutenant Colonel Arthur P. Moore, Field Artillery, U.S.A., a graduate of Virginia Military Institute, who has been in the army since being commissioned in 1917 during the first World war. Colonel Moore, who was ordered to the Philippines last fall, is presumed to have been on Bataan Peninsula when it fell.
The telegram to Mrs. Grove from the Navy Department, stated that it regretted to inform her that "according to the records of this department, your husband, Lieutenant Commander Alfred E. Grove, U.S.N., while in the performance of his duty, in the service of his country, was in the Cebu area when that station capitulated. He is carried on the records as missing, pending further information. No report of his death or injury has been received, and he may be a prisoner of war. It will be several months before definite information can be expected."
Mrs. Moore's telegram, from the adjutant general, said her husband is listed in the missing status. He was serving in the Philippines, at the time of the surrender, the telegram said, adding that the Japanese had said they would conform with the provisions of the Geneva conference, and would make known the list of prisoners.
THE NEWPORT MERCURY AND WEEKLY NEWS, FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1943, PAGE SEVEN
WOMAN HEARS HUSBAND IS PRISONER OF JAPS: MRS. GROVE, DAUGHTER OF CITY SOLICITOR, MRS. BURKE GETS WORD FROM OFFICER'S PARENTS
Lieutenant Commander Alfred Edward Grove, husband of Mrs. Abbie Grove, of 128 Mill street, and son-in-law of Judge John C. Burke, city solicitor, is a Japanese prisoner on the island of Cebu in the Philippines, according to word received by the Navy Department through the International Red Cross in Geneva, Switzerland.
Commander Grove has not been heard from, except to be reported missing, since before the fall of the Philippines. He was on Corregidor on the staff of Admiral Rockwell and is believed to have left there about the same time that naval officials and General MacArthur made their daring trip to Australia.
Mrs. Grove has not heard from her husband since September, 1941. She has been here with her eight-year-old daughter, living with Judge and Mrs. Burke since July of that year. Word that Commander Grove was a prisoner was sent by the Navy Department to his parents in St. Louis and they called his wife Thursday afternoon.
THE NEWPORT MERCURY AND WEEKLY NEWS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1946, PAGE FOUR
LATE COMMANDER GROVE CITED FOR GALLANTRY: SILVER STAR MEDAL RECEIVED BY WIFE AT CEREMONY HELD AT NAVAL BASE
A Silver Star medal for gallantry in action was awarded posthumously to Lieutenant Commander Alfred E. Grove, U.S.N., and received by his wife, Mrs. Alfred E. Grove of 128 Mill street, at a ceremony held November 15 in the office of Commodore Paul S. Theis, commanding the Naval Base.
The citation accompanying the award said in part that Lieutenant Commander Grove "displayed gallantry in action against the enemy April 10, 1942, in the city of Cebu, Philippine Islands. Although under constant hostile air and naval fire, he assisted in and directed the destruction of enemy warehouses, loaded cargo ships in the harbor, and large stores of food and supplies."
Commander Grove was killed in action in the China Sea in October, 1944, while being transported as a prisoner-of-war from the Philippines to Japan.
Submitted by
Eric Ackerman
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