Theodore Chase graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1909. After his captivity as a Prisoner of War during World War II, he retired as a U.S. Army Colonel.
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Theodore
Mosher
Chase
POW (WWII)
1887-10-29
–
1963-07-31
Born:
Washington
,
D.C.
Awards Received
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Prisoner of War Medal
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Legion of Merit
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Prisoner of War Medal
Service:
United States ArmyRank:
Colonel (Coast Artillery Corps)Division:
Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands & Manchuria)Action Date:
May 6, 1942 – August 1945
Colonel (Coast Artillery Corps) Theodore Mosher Chase (ASN: 0-2629), 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.
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Legion of Merit
Service:
United States ArmyRank:
Colonel (Coast Artillery Corps)Action Date:
1941 – 1942
(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel (Coast Artillery Corps) Theodore Mosher Chase (ASN: 0-2629), United States Army, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States at Corregidor in the Philippine Islands from 1941 to 1945.