CPL US ARMY WORLD WAR II
The Yuma Daily Sun, Yuma, Arizona
Tuesday, February 3, 1942, Front Page
PETER FLAME IS WOUNDED IN ACTION
Peter Flame, Quechan Indian who has served in the U.S. Army for the past 16 years, was slightly wounded in action in the Philippines Jan. 24th, according to a telegram received Sunday by Gerald Dewey from the war department.
Tucson Daily Citizen
Wednesday, December 1, 1943 (pg 5)
FOUR TUCSON SOLDIERS ARE PRISONERS OF JAPS
Washington, Dec. 1--The names of 244 United States soldiers held as prisoners of war by Japan were announced by the war department.
Included were these Arizonians:
Corp. Peter M. Flame, uncle, Gerald V. Dewey, Indian school, Yuma (article amended to include this veteran's information only)
The Yuma Weekly Sun and The Yuma Examiner, Yuma, Arizona
Friday, February 2, 1945, (pg 4)
GETS CARD FROM NEPHEW IN JAP PRISON CAMP
Gerald V. Dewey of Winterhaven has received a card from his nephew, Corp. Peter M. Flame, U.S. Army, who was captured on Bataan peninsula, Luzon, in 1942 by the Japanese. The card was from Philippine Military Prison Camp No. 3. The corporal, a Quechan Indian, wrote that he had not received any letters from his uncle (although Dewey has written frequently) but that he is doing fine and "don't worry."
The Yuma Daily Sun, Yuma, Arizon
Friday, July 27, 1945, (Front Page)
CPL. PETER FLAME KILLED AS JAP PRISON SHIP SANK
Memorial services for Cpl. Peter Flame, 38, Quechan Indian who served for many years in the U.S. Marine Corps and was captured by the Japanese on Bataan, Luzon in 1942 and later died when a Jap prison ship was sunk off Luzon Dec. 11, 1944, will be held at the Ft. Yuma reservation Sunday, tribal officials announced.
His uncle, Gerald Dewey, received notice from the war department this week that the Yuma Marine was among those who died when the Jap prison ship was sunk.
The Yuma Daily Sun, Yuma, Arizona
Tuesday, February 3, 1942, Front Page
PETER FLAME IS WOUNDED IN ACTION
Peter Flame, Quechan Indian who has served in the U.S. Army for the past 16 years, was slightly wounded in action in the Philippines Jan. 24th, according to a telegram received Sunday by Gerald Dewey from the war department.
Tucson Daily Citizen
Wednesday, December 1, 1943 (pg 5)
FOUR TUCSON SOLDIERS ARE PRISONERS OF JAPS
Washington, Dec. 1--The names of 244 United States soldiers held as prisoners of war by Japan were announced by the war department.
Included were these Arizonians:
Corp. Peter M. Flame, uncle, Gerald V. Dewey, Indian school, Yuma (article amended to include this veteran's information only)
The Yuma Weekly Sun and The Yuma Examiner, Yuma, Arizona
Friday, February 2, 1945, (pg 4)
GETS CARD FROM NEPHEW IN JAP PRISON CAMP
Gerald V. Dewey of Winterhaven has received a card from his nephew, Corp. Peter M. Flame, U.S. Army, who was captured on Bataan peninsula, Luzon, in 1942 by the Japanese. The card was from Philippine Military Prison Camp No. 3. The corporal, a Quechan Indian, wrote that he had not received any letters from his uncle (although Dewey has written frequently) but that he is doing fine and "don't worry."
The Yuma Daily Sun, Yuma, Arizon
Friday, July 27, 1945, (Front Page)
CPL. PETER FLAME KILLED AS JAP PRISON SHIP SANK
Memorial services for Cpl. Peter Flame, 38, Quechan Indian who served for many years in the U.S. Marine Corps and was captured by the Japanese on Bataan, Luzon in 1942 and later died when a Jap prison ship was sunk off Luzon Dec. 11, 1944, will be held at the Ft. Yuma reservation Sunday, tribal officials announced.
His uncle, Gerald Dewey, received notice from the war department this week that the Yuma Marine was among those who died when the Jap prison ship was sunk.
CPL US ARMY WORLD WAR II
The Yuma Daily Sun, Yuma, Arizona
Tuesday, February 3, 1942, Front Page
PETER FLAME IS WOUNDED IN ACTION
Peter Flame, Quechan Indian who has served in the U.S. Army for the past 16 years, was slightly wounded in action in the Philippines Jan. 24th, according to a telegram received Sunday by Gerald Dewey from the war department.
Tucson Daily Citizen
Wednesday, December 1, 1943 (pg 5)
FOUR TUCSON SOLDIERS ARE PRISONERS OF JAPS
Washington, Dec. 1--The names of 244 United States soldiers held as prisoners of war by Japan were announced by the war department.
Included were these Arizonians:
Corp. Peter M. Flame, uncle, Gerald V. Dewey, Indian school, Yuma (article amended to include this veteran's information only)
The Yuma Weekly Sun and The Yuma Examiner, Yuma, Arizona
Friday, February 2, 1945, (pg 4)
GETS CARD FROM NEPHEW IN JAP PRISON CAMP
Gerald V. Dewey of Winterhaven has received a card from his nephew, Corp. Peter M. Flame, U.S. Army, who was captured on Bataan peninsula, Luzon, in 1942 by the Japanese. The card was from Philippine Military Prison Camp No. 3. The corporal, a Quechan Indian, wrote that he had not received any letters from his uncle (although Dewey has written frequently) but that he is doing fine and "don't worry."
The Yuma Daily Sun, Yuma, Arizon
Friday, July 27, 1945, (Front Page)
CPL. PETER FLAME KILLED AS JAP PRISON SHIP SANK
Memorial services for Cpl. Peter Flame, 38, Quechan Indian who served for many years in the U.S. Marine Corps and was captured by the Japanese on Bataan, Luzon in 1942 and later died when a Jap prison ship was sunk off Luzon Dec. 11, 1944, will be held at the Ft. Yuma reservation Sunday, tribal officials announced.
His uncle, Gerald Dewey, received notice from the war department this week that the Yuma Marine was among those who died when the Jap prison ship was sunk.
The Yuma Daily Sun, Yuma, Arizona
Tuesday, February 3, 1942, Front Page
PETER FLAME IS WOUNDED IN ACTION
Peter Flame, Quechan Indian who has served in the U.S. Army for the past 16 years, was slightly wounded in action in the Philippines Jan. 24th, according to a telegram received Sunday by Gerald Dewey from the war department.
Tucson Daily Citizen
Wednesday, December 1, 1943 (pg 5)
FOUR TUCSON SOLDIERS ARE PRISONERS OF JAPS
Washington, Dec. 1--The names of 244 United States soldiers held as prisoners of war by Japan were announced by the war department.
Included were these Arizonians:
Corp. Peter M. Flame, uncle, Gerald V. Dewey, Indian school, Yuma (article amended to include this veteran's information only)
The Yuma Weekly Sun and The Yuma Examiner, Yuma, Arizona
Friday, February 2, 1945, (pg 4)
GETS CARD FROM NEPHEW IN JAP PRISON CAMP
Gerald V. Dewey of Winterhaven has received a card from his nephew, Corp. Peter M. Flame, U.S. Army, who was captured on Bataan peninsula, Luzon, in 1942 by the Japanese. The card was from Philippine Military Prison Camp No. 3. The corporal, a Quechan Indian, wrote that he had not received any letters from his uncle (although Dewey has written frequently) but that he is doing fine and "don't worry."
The Yuma Daily Sun, Yuma, Arizon
Friday, July 27, 1945, (Front Page)
CPL. PETER FLAME KILLED AS JAP PRISON SHIP SANK
Memorial services for Cpl. Peter Flame, 38, Quechan Indian who served for many years in the U.S. Marine Corps and was captured by the Japanese on Bataan, Luzon in 1942 and later died when a Jap prison ship was sunk off Luzon Dec. 11, 1944, will be held at the Ft. Yuma reservation Sunday, tribal officials announced.
His uncle, Gerald Dewey, received notice from the war department this week that the Yuma Marine was among those who died when the Jap prison ship was sunk.
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