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Brigadier General Charles Chisholm Drake (ASN: 0-3415), 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 at the end of hostilities in August 1945.

Awards Received

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Brigadier General

    Action Date:

    1941 – 1942
    War Department, General Orders No. 92 (1945)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Brigadier General Charles Chisholm Drake (ASN: 0-3415), 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 in the Philippine Islands in 1941 and 1942.