(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain [then Commander] Campbell Keene (NSN: 0-43910), United States Navy, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commanding Officer of Fair Detachment from Patrol Wing TWO on Wake Island prior to World War II and until taken prisoner on 23 December 1941.
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POW (WWII)
Home:
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Maine
Awards Received
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Legion of Merit
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Prisoner of War Medal
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Legion of Merit
Service:
United States NavyRank:
Captain [then Commander]Regiment:
Patrol Wing 2Action Date:
December 1941
Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 351 (June 1946) -
Prisoner of War Medal
Service:
United States NavyRank:
CommanderDivision:
Prisoner of War (Japan)Action Date:
December 23, 1941 – August 1945
NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947Commander Campbell Keene (NSN: 0-43910), United States Navy, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Wake Island on 23 December 1941, and was held as a Prisoner of War until returned to U.S. Military control at the end of hostilities in August 1945.