Donald Albert DROWN was born 21 Nov 1922 in Los Angeles County, California, to parents Charles E. and Dolly L. (LYMAN) DROWN.
Don was a World War II Prisoner of War. One family story says he survived the Bataan Death March, but it hasn't been verified. (Bataan is a peninsula on an island in the Philippines. It was to Bataan that American and Filipino forces retreated from Manila. General MacAArthur and brave defenders withstood devastating Japanese attack for many weeks in 1942. After General MacArthur's transfer to Australia in March of 1942, General Wainright took command of the defending forces. When supplies and reinforcements were prevented from reaching American's armed forces on the peninsula by Japanese intervention, the defenders were weakened by disease, malnutrition, and exhaustion. Ceaseless battle marked the last fifteen days fo Bataan's resistance. Although many broken troops took refuge on Corregidor, approximately 35,000 American and Filipino combat troops were taken prisoner when Bataan Peninsula fell to the Japanese invader on April 8, 1942. The prisoners' forced march to captivity is known as the Bataan Death March because harsh treatment and starvation caused the deaths of nearly 10,000 men.)
During the Korean War, Donald Drown re-enlisted.
Donald married
Patsy Elaine HASS on 18 Jun 1948 in Alhambra,
Los Angeles County, California. They adopted two infants, Scott Patrick
(1954) and Laurie Dee (1958).
Donald HASS died 01 Sep 1994 in California.
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