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Basilia
Torres
Steward
POW (WWII)

Born:

, 

Philippine Islands

Home:

, 

Philippine Islands

Basilia Steward, a Philippine nurse, married Navy Lieutenant Jerry A. Steward l938. Both were captured at the fall of the Philippine Islands and held as prisoners of war. Each spent the next 3 years in terrible prison camps without seeing each other until both were liberated by Army Rangers and Philippine forces in l945.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    Foreign

    Rank:

    Mrs.

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands)

    Action Date:

    January 6, 1942 – February 23, 1945
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947

    Mrs. Basilia Torres Steward, Philippine Civilian Nurse, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Corregidor, Philippine Islands, on 6 January 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until she was liberated on 23 February 1945.
    [As a civilian, Basilia Steward is not authorized the Prisoner of War Medal, but she is listed by NARA as a World War II Prisoner of War.]