My Father's Captivity by Al Young

New blogs created for Al Young Studios

Al R. Young — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:45:00 -0700

Al Young Studios announces its creation of two blogs:

The Studios blog provides behind-the-scenes coverage of studio projects, as well as posts presented in the spirit of sharing ideas that might be helpful in setting up and maintaining an art studio.

The Storybook Home blog is for the community of interest in The Storybook Home Journal™: "There's so much that goes into a storybook life, and so many photos, recipes, ideas, and tips that never make it into the pages of The Storybook Home Journal™, that we decided a blog would be the perfect medium to fill in the blanks for our subscribers, and anyone else interested in 'stepping into the story.'"

Press releases will continue to be posted to the main Al Young Studios site.

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.

New images from Miriam Pachacki's collection published

Al R. Young — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:45:00 -0700

Miriam Pachacki has generously provided a set of fourteen new photos to the online archive for My Father's Captivity.

This brings the total number of artifacts in the archive to 685 and the total number of categories to 3,725.

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.

Documents and biographical sketch of Antonius Jozephus Stauthamer published

Al R. Young — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:30:00 -0700

The Stauthamer family has generously provided a biographical sketch and artifacts from their collection of his World War II papers.

Antonius Jozephus Stauthamer and Grietje de Vries	Antonius Jozephus Stauthamer and Dutch soldiers at Port Said	Antonius Jozephus Stauthamer, no. 2	Antonius Jozephus Stauthamer, no. 1
Letter - 1942	Letter - 4 June 1943	Letter - 1 January 1945

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.

New documents from Alfred R. Young and Warren R. Stewart, Jr. published

Al R. Young — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:00:00 -0700

This week, Al Young Studios added 60 documents from the Alfred R. Young papers and the Warren R. Stewart, Jr. papers to the online collection for My Father's Captivity. This brings the total number of artifacts in the site's online archives to 648, the total number of people to 2,638, and the number of search-categories for artifacts in the digital archives to 3,527.

Tulsa Police Department Bulletin, no. 3948	Orders for promotion of former POWs	Request for a furlough for H. Cornell Young	Letter from Rep. George B. Schwabe, no. 1
Letter to Rep. George B. Schwabe	Special Orders for the 29th Replacement Depot	Transfer Orders for 29th Replacement Depot (Fragment)	Message to All Recovered Military Personnel from Col. M. G. Keeler
Letter to Rep. Schwabe for Lt. Kitterick	Telegram - 2 October 1945	Letter from Rep. George B. Schwabe, no. 2	Telegram - 4 October 1945, no. 1
Telegram - 4 October 1945, no. 2	POW Questionaire	Telegram - 7 October 1945	Telegram - 10 October 1945
Telegram - 14 October 1945	Certificate of Debarkation	Pay Data Questionaire	Reassignment Orders
Ticket for shoe purchase	Ticket for tire purchase	Ration Stamps for Gasoline	Telegram - 7 December 1945
Telegram - 10 December 1945	Report on Alfred R. Young Transfer	Letter to Alfred R. Young from Charlie Shiro Sekiya	Newspaper Clipping: Short wave radio listener cheers saddened parents
Newspaper Clipping: Prisoner card written a year ago reaches Tulsa	Newspaper Clipping: S/Sgt. Alfred Young free near Tokyo	Newspaper Clipping: Tulsa POW on Japanese Radio	Newspaper Clipping: Letter took seven months to arrive, but Mom feels better
Newspaper Clipping: Safe so far	Newspaper Clipping: Sgt. Alfred R. Young Missing in Action	Newspaper Clipping: Son of Police Officer is Missing in Action	Newspaper Clipping: Tulsans recieve 140th letter about soldier son
Newspaper Clipping: Tulsan's prisoner son heard on Japnese radio broadcast	Letter - 9 August 1946	Letter - 12 August 1942	Prisoner Letter - 19 December 1942
Prisoner Letter - 25 April 1943	Telegram - 31 May 1943	Prisoner Letter - 7 June 1943	Prisoner Letter - 11 September 1943
Prisoner Letter - 8 December 1943	Prisoner Letter - 31 March 1944	Prisoner Letter - 1 January 1945	Prisoner Letter - 4 March 1945
Prisoner Letter - 10 April 1945	Prisoner Letter - 14 June 1945	Telegram - 1 September 1945	Telegram - 26 September 1945
Telegram - 27 September 1945	Telegram - 5 October 1945	Newspaper Clipping: Sgt. Stewart is release from Japanese prison	Newspaper Clipping: [Missing Title]
Newspaper Clipping: Sheffield soldier is reported safe	Newspaper Clipping: Japanese prisoner writes, no. 1	Newspaper Clipping: Sheffield soldier is a prisoner of the Japanese	Newspaper Clipping: Warren R. Stewart, Jr., Prisoner of the Japanese
Newspaper Clipping: Japanese prisoner writes, no. 2	Shortwave Radio Message, no. 146	Warren Reece Stewart, Jr. WWII Dog tags	Newspaper Clipping: Sgt. Warren Stewart is freed prisoner
Publicity Orders for POWs

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.

Roster of the Shinyo Maru attack published

Al R. Young — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:45:00 -0700

This week, Al Young Studios published a digitized copy of the Shinyo Maruo Roster from the National Archives. This publication of the roster integrates into the site's Master Name List the names of the 668 who perished in the attack on the ship, as well as the 82 prisoners who survived. The Master Name List now totals 2,478 people. Prisoners being transported on the Shinyo Maru included members of the 5th Air Base Group and 19th Bomb Group. This brings the total number of artifacts in the site's online archives to 581, the total number of people 2,478, and the number of search-categories for artifacts in the digital archives to 3,275.

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.

Featured Artifact Collection: Aircraft Wreckage

Al R. Young — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:05:00 -0700

Aircraft Wreckage Photos

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Featured Artifact Collection: Ships

Al R. Young — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:30:00 -0700

Artifacts from or of ships

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Featured Artifact Collection: Aerial photographs and snapshots

Al R. Young — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:30:00 -0700

Aerial Photograph Collection

Aerial Photo of Angeles	Aerial snapshot, no. 1	Aerial snapshot, no. 2	Aerial snapshot, no. 3
Asugi Air Field	Clark Air Base Collage	Clark Field, December 8th, no. 3	Clark Field, hangars (aerial), no. 1
Clark Field, hangars (aerial), no. 2	Clark Field Aerial Photo, no. 1	Clark Field Aerial Photo, no. 2	Clark Field Aerial Photo, no. 3
Clark Field Aerial Photo, no. 4	Clark Field Aerial Photo, no. 5	Clark Field Aerial Photo, no. 6	Damage to South Tokyo and Kawasaki
Fort Stotsenburg aerial	Izumi Air Field, no. 1	Izumi Air Field, no. 2	Kawasaki Camp 2B after bombing
Kawasaki Petroleum Center, no. 1	Kawasaki Petroleum Center, no. 2	Kure Naval Arsenal	Miyazaki Air Field
Musashino AC Plant, Tokyo	Nagoya, no. 1	Nagoya, no. 2	Nagoya Urban Area
Nakodate	Oita	Osaka	Osaka Urban Area, no. 1
Osaka Urban Area, no. 2	P26 snapshot, no. 1	P26 snapshot, no. 2	P26 snapshot, no. 3
P26 snapshot, no. 4	P26 snapshot, no. 5	P26 snapshot, no. 6	P26 snapshot, no. 7
P26 snapshot, no. 8	P26 snapshot, no. 9	P26 snapshot, no. 10	Prisoner Quarters at Kawasaki Camp #2B, detail of 4.14.1594
Roland J. Barnick in his P26, no. 1	Roland J. Barnick in his P26, no. 2	Tokyo, no. 1	Tokyo, no. 2
Tokyo Industrial Area	Tokyo reconnaissance no. 1	Toyama, no. 1	Toyama, no. 2
Toyokawa Naval Arsenal	Weihsian	Yokohama Urban Area, no. 1	Yokohama Urban Area, no. 2
Yokuyama Fueling Station	Yuwasaki

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.

Featured Artifact Collection: Roster

Al R. Young — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:30:00 -0700

Roster Collection

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Featured Artifact Collection: Aircraft

Al R. Young — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:30:00 -0700

Artifacts pertaining to Aircraft

7th Material Squadron	Aerial snapshot, no. 1	Alfred R. Young in Co-pilot seat of a B29	Alfred R. Young in the nose of a B10
Area around B18 Wreckage	Asugi Air Field	B10 at Clark Field	B10 in hangar
B10 taxiing on runway	B10 wreckage, no. 1 (copy no. 1)	B10 wreckage, no. 1 (copy no. 2)	B10, no. 1
B10s flying in formation	B10s on the flight line, Clark Field	B10s on the flight line, Clark Field	B17
B17 at Del Monte Runway	B17s	B17s and B18 at Del Monte, no. 1	B18 Wreckage
B18 and B17s at Del Monte Field	B18 and B17s at Del Monte Field	B18 in flight	B18, no. 1
B18, no. 2	Clark Air Base Collage	Clark Field, 28th Squadron	Clark Field, decoy no. 1
Clark Field, decoy no. 2	Clark Field Aerial Photo, no. 5	Clark Field snapshot, no. 3	Clark Field snapshot, no. 9
Del Monte Field Bomber Wreckage	Downed B18	Downed Japanese Plane	Downed O46
Loyd Work at Del Monte, copy no. 1	Loyd Work at Del Monte, copy no. 2	Musashino AC Plant, Tokyo	Nichols Field, B10 crash, no. 1
Nichols Field, B10 crash, no. 2	Nichols Field flight line of P26s	Oita	Operations A Flight 328th Bomb Squadron
Osaka Urban Area, no. 1	P26 at Nichols Field	P26 flight line at Nichols Field	P26 snapshot, no. 1
P26 snapshot, no. 2	P26 snapshot, no. 3	P26 snapshot, no. 4	P26 snapshot, no. 5
P26 snapshot, no. 6	P26 snapshot, no. 7	P26 snapshot, no. 8	P26 snapshot, no. 9
P26 snapshot, no. 10	P40, copy no. 1	P40, copy no. 2	P40s and B17 at Clark Air Base
Roland J. Barnick in his P26, no. 1	Roland J. Barnick in his P26, no. 2	Southern Island Flight snapshot, no. 3	Southern Island Flight snapshot, no. 4
Stinson Model U Tri-motor	Stripped B17 Wreckage, no. 1	Stripped B17 Wreckage, no. 2	Ted Fisch in B18 cockpit
The Philippine Clipper

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.

Featured Artifact Collection: Clark Field

Al R. Young — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:30:00 -0700

Artifacts from Clark Field

19th Bombardment Group Engraved Coin	28th Squadron Barracks at Clark Field	28th Squadron Organization Days snapshot, no. 1	28th Squadron Organization Days snapshot, no. 2
28th Squadron Organization Days snapshot, no. 3	28th Squadron and Attached Personnel: Christmas 1939	28th Squadron and Attached Personnel: Christmas 1940	28th Squadron at Clark Field
Aerial snapshot, no. 1	Alfred R. Young at a B10	Alfred R. Young in the nose of a B10	B10 at Clark Field
B10 taxiing on runway	B10 wreckage, no. 1 (copy no. 1)	B10 wreckage, no. 1 (copy no. 2)	B10, no. 1
B10s on the flight line, Clark Field	B10s on the flight line, Clark Field	B17	B18 Wreckage
B18, no. 2	Burned Tanker Truck at Clark Field	Clark Air Base Collage	Clark Field, 28th Squadron
Clark Field, B10	Clark Field, December 8th, no. 1	Clark Field, December 8th, no. 2	Clark Field, December 8th, no. 3
Clark Field, December 8th, no. 4	Clark Field, December 8th, no. 5	Clark Field, P26	Clark Field, beards
Clark Field, decoy no. 1	Clark Field, decoy no. 2	Clark Field, hangars (aerial), no. 1	Clark Field, hangars (aerial), no. 2
Clark Field Aerial Photo, no. 1	Clark Field Aerial Photo, no. 2	Clark Field Aerial Photo, no. 3	Clark Field Aerial Photo, no. 4
Clark Field Aerial Photo, no. 5	Clark Field Aerial Photo, no. 6	Clark Field Golf Course	Clark Field Hangar Row
Clark Field baseball team	Clark Field snapshot, no. 1	Clark Field snapshot, no. 2	Clark Field snapshot, no. 3
Clark Field snapshot, no. 4	Clark Field snapshot, no. 5	Clark Field snapshot, no. 6	Clark Field snapshot, no. 7
Clark Field snapshot, no. 8	Clark Field snapshot, no. 9	Clark Field snapshot, no. 10	Clark Field snapshot, no. 11
Clark Field snapshot, no. 12	Clark Field snapshot, no. 13	Clark Field snapshot, no. 14	Clark Field snapshot, no. 15
Clark Field snapshot, no. 16	Downed O46	Fort Stotsenburg snapshot, no. 1	Fort Stotsenburg snapshot, no. 2
Hangars at Clark Field	Letter - 6 Nov 1939	Letter - 11 August 1941	Letter - 12 June 1941
Letter - 14 Nov 1939	Letter - 15 September 1941	Letter - 18 October 1941	Letter - 24 July 1941
Letter - Christmas 1939	P40, copy no. 1	P40s and B17 at Clark Air Base	Philippine Islands snapshot, no. 8
Rice Field Postcard	Roland J. Barnick in his P26, no. 1	Roland J. Barnick in his P26, no. 2	Ted Fisch in B18 cockpit
Telegram - 24 December 1941

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.

Two-hundred-eighty-two World War II photographs published

Al R. Young — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:30:00 -0700

Two-hundred-eighty-two photos have been added to the online archive at alyoung.com. The site's digital archive of original historical documents pertains to My Father's Captivity by Al R. Young, published in June.

These new images include World War II aircraft in the Philippines; prisoner-of-war group photos; photos from the 5th Air Base Group; photos from the December 8, 1941 attack on Clark Field; aerial photos of Clark Field, Angeles, and Kawasaki Camp 2B; snapshots of Alfred R. Young; and tourist photos taken in the Philippines during the 1930s.

Because of the size of this update, this RSS channel will feature (over the next several days) sets of photographs included in this addition to the online archive.

With this upload, photographs available on the site now total 352.

Each photograph and document has been assigned categories by which visitors can search their content. For example, the name of each person appearing in a photograph serves as a category. Airplane types, military unit names, geographic locations, and other categories enable users to peruse documents and photographs according to desired content. Search-categories for both documents and photographs now total 2,516.

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.

Sixty-one Documents and Letters from World War II published

Al R. Young — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:00:00 -0700

Sixty-one letters have been added to the online archive at alyoung.com. The site's digital archive of original historical documents pertains to My Father's Captivity by Al R. Young, published in mid-June.

The letters include correspondence with the U.S. Government in Washington D.C., a letter from Persident Harry S. Truman, military orders from General Douglas MacArthur, and the letters from Alfred R. Young to his parents, Samuel Peter Young and Ollie Beulah Cole. Additionally, views of Alfred's dog tags and an engraved coin from the 19th Bomb Group. This brings the total number of artifacts in the online collection to 361, the total number of documents to 225, the total number of letters to 197, and total number of people in the database to 1,716.

Letter from the Relief for Americans in Philippines Society	Revised Japanese Mailing Instructions for Prisoners of War	Letter - 24 May 1939	Letter - 27 May 1939
Letter - 22 May 1939	Letter - 21 May 1939	Letter - May 1939	Alfred R. Young Enlistment Letter
Letter - 6 Nov 1939	Letter - 14 Nov 1939	Letter - Christmas 1939	Letter to Congressman Disney - 14 March 1940
Letter - 12 June 1941	Letter - 24 July 1941	Letter - 15 September 1941	Letter - [Undated]
Letter - 10 June 1939	Letter - 22 May 1939	Letter - 18 October 1941	Telegram - 24 December 1941
Letter - 20 January 1942	Letter - 12 February 1942	Letter - 11 June 1942	Letter - 16 June 1942
Letter - 1 July 1942	Letter - 11 August 1941	Letter - December 1942	Letter - April 1943
Letter - June 1943 [Envelope Only]	Letter - June 1943	Ollie Cole's Personal Message Drafts	Letter - December 1943
Letter - September 1943	Letter - October 1943, no. 1	Letter - October 1943, no. 2	Letter - March 1944
S. P. Young Letter - February 3, 1944	Letter - April 1944	Letter - July 1944	Letter - August 1944
Telegram - 31 September 1945	Telegram - 19 September 1945	Telegram - 6 September 1945, no. 1	Telegram - 31 September 1945, no. 2
Telegram - 30 August 1945	Letter - August 1945	Letter from General George C. Kenney to Alfred R. Young	Letter from President Harry S. Truman to Alfred R. Young
Oct. 1944 Bulletin of the Washinton State Bataan Relief Organization	Newsletter #18 of the Relief for Americans in the Philippines	Message from General Douglas MacArthur to All Unit Commanders	19th Bombardment Group Engraven Coin
Alfred R. Young WWII Dog tags

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.

Documents from Walter Regehr's Collection

Al R. Young — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:00:00 -0700

Documents from Walter T. Regehr have been added to the online archive at alyoung.com. The site's digital archive of original historical documents pertains to My Father's Captivity by Al R. Young, published in mid-June.

Collected by Walter T. Regehr, the documents include transfer orders for the 5th Air Base Group, a report on Aerodromes from 1942, an extended military report on Del Monte Field from 1942, and a statement submited by Ralph L. Fry.

Report on Airdromes under jurisdiction of Visayan-Mindanao Force, USAFFE

Air Base Status: Air Base Headquarters, Del Monte

Statement by Colonel Ralph L. Fry on the Philippines

Transfer orders for the 5th Air Base Group

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Rare Aerial Bombardment and Airlift Photos Added to alyoung.com

Al R. Young — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:45:00 -0700

A collection of 29 aerial bombardment and airlift photographs, taken from Dec. 27, 1944, through Sept. 13, 1945, has been added to the online archive at alyoung.com. The site's digital archive of original historical documents pertains to My Father's Captivity by Al R. Young, published in June.

Collected by Alfred R. Young, the photographs include detailed views of Kawasaki and Tokyo, as well as images of the Asugi airfield, Kure naval arsenal, Izumi air field, Miyazaki air field, Nakodate, Nagoya, Oita, Osaka, Toiyokawa naval arsenal, Toyama, Weihsian, Yokohama, Yokuyama fueling station, and Yuwasaki.

Addition of these photographs to the site brings the total number of images to 133, or 49 percent of the 310 photographs eventually to be included in the site's archive.

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.

First internet-based collection of World War II Shortwave Radio-message Relays published

Al R. Young — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:30:00 -0700

Al Young Studios today added facsimiles of 145 documents to its online archive of original historical sources pertaining to My Father's Captivity.

The addition presents the complete collection of cards, letters, and other documents focused on POW shortwave radio broadcasts from Alfred R. Young in 1943 and 1944.

During World War II, some shortwave radio listeners tuned in to broadcasts of messages from prisoners of war, and reported messages to families of the prisoners by sending notes, transcriptions, or recordings. Letters in this collection originated with 123 listeners, 136 of which resided in the United States. Other locations of origin include Canada, India, and South Africa.

The presentation of the documents includes 532 facsimiles, and brings the total number of documents in the online collection to 298.

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.

Southern Island Flight snapshot, no. 6	Ted and Mimi Fisch in Baguio	Ted and Mimi Fisch at the Baguio Airport	Clark Field snapshot, no. 18
Rice Planting on Zamboanga	Ted Fisch at Villamar Court	Members of the 3rd Pursuit Squadron	Bow of the USAT U.S. Grant
Ted and Mimi Fisch at Fort William McKinley	Mt. Pinatubo snapshot, no. 1	Mt. Pinatubo snapshot, no. 2	Ted Fisch in B18 cockpit, no. 2
Officers of the 3rd Pursuit Squadron	Ceiling Zero over Panay

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Aboard the USAT U.S. Grant, no. 1	Aboard the USAT U.S. Grant, no. 2	Airlift Parachute Panel with signatures of Kawasaki Camp 2B prisoners	Bugo Dock from S.S. Mayon
Departure, Golden Gate Bridge, circa 1941	Fort McDowell, ferry to San Francisco	Fort McDowell wharf, no. 3	Fort McDowell wharf, no. 3, copy
Fort McDowell wharf, no. 5	Fort McDowell wharf, no. 8	Fort McDowell wharf, no. 9	Miyazaki Air Field
S.S. Mayon, after bomber attack	S.S. Panay	Tottori Maru	USAT U.S. Grant Postcard
USAT U.S. Grant entering Manila Bay	Unknown Beach in the Philippines

7th Material Squadron	28th Squadron, 23rd Anniversary Program	28th Squadron Organization Days 1942	28th Squadron and Attached Personnel: Christmas 1939
28th Squadron and Attached Personnel: Christmas 1940	Airlift Parachute Panel with signatures of Kawasaki Camp 2B prisoners	Alphabetized Roster	Kondo's Typescript Roster
Mobilation Roster	Mobilation Roster, Britton Version	Operations A Flight 328th Bomb Squadron	Transfer List to Hitachi Camp 6D
Transfer orders for the 5th Air Base Group	War Crimes - Exhibit H	War Crimes - Exhibit I	War Crimes - Exhibit J
Warren R. Stewart, Jr., Bluebook	Warren R. Stewart, Jr., Roster Diary