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Bradford
Grethen
Chynoweth
POW (WWII)
1890-07-20

–

1885-02-08

Born:

, 

Wyoming

Bradford Chynoweth graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1912. He retired as a U.S. Army Brigadier General.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Brigadier General

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands & Manchuria)

    Action Date:

    May 6, 1942 – August 1945

    Brigadier General Bradford Grethen Chynoweth (ASN: 0-3499), United States Army, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Corregidor, Philippine Islands, on 6 May 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until returned to U.S. Military control as the end of hostilities in August 1945.

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Brigadier General

    Division:

    Visayan Force

    Action Date:

    1941 – 1942
    War Department, General Orders No. 61 (1942)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Brigadier General Bradford Grethen Chynoweth (ASN: 0-3499), United States Army, was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility as Commanding General, Visayan Force, in the Philippine Islands in 1941 and 1942.