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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Clifford Condon, Navy Pharmacist, World War II Papers, A&M 3338, West
Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Clifford Kain Condon was born in Point Marion, PA in 1905 and listed Morgantown, West Virginia as his hometown. He married
Frances Eva Limerick, also from Morgantown, in 1931. Condon enlisted in the Navy and was attached to the Naval Medical School
in Washington, DC prior to going overseas in 1939. Captured by the Japanese in Manila at the outbreak of World War II, Condon
was involved with establishing a prison hospital with other Americans under Japanese control. He was transferred to a prison
in Japan around November, 1944, where he died in June, 1945.
Papers documenting Clifford Condon's career as a Navy pharmacist, especially his service and internment as a POW during World
War II in the Philipines. Includes correspondence with his wife, Eva Limerick Condon, clippings, photographs, three medals,
and certificates. A 15-page letter of November 2, 1944 to his wife, Eva, just prior to his removal to a POW camp in Japan,
details his experiences subsequent to his capture by the Japanese in December, 1941. Official correspondence documents the
status of Condon as a prisoner of war, his death in a Japanese POW camp, burial in Arlington National Cemetery, the posthumous
awarding of the Bronze Star, and financial compensation for Eva L. Condon.
Artifacts (Includes three medals contained in a 3 2 x 5 inch black box; image facsimiles of these medals can be found in folder
10 in this collection.)
1946
Mixed Materials Unboxed
Book -- "History of the Making of Morgantown, West Virginia" by James Morton Callahan
1926
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Personal Correspondence (These letters are not substantive in volume, probably because Clifford Condon was incarcerated in
a Japanese prison and had little opportunity for outside contact. The fifteen page letter of 1944 November 2, however, written
from inside prison to his wife just prior to his removal to Japan details his experiences subsequent to his capture by the
Japanese in 1941 December.)
1940–1945
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2-3
Official Correspondence (These letters are primarily about the status of C. Condon as a prisoner as reported by the US Navy
to Mrs. Condon; also includes correspondence regarding posthumous financial arrangements, etc.)
1939–1953
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Telegrams
1941–1948
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Postcards -- Clifford Condon from Inside Japanese Prison Camp (Three items from C. Condon to his wife; cards are labeled "Imperial
Japanese Army" in English.)
ca. 1941-1945
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
Postcards -- Philippines [25 Items] (no messages)
ca. 1930s
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
Certificates (Contains 7 items, including birth, marriage, and honorable discharges.)
1924–1946
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
Clippings (All clippings photocopied.)
1945–1946
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Photographs (Contains 3 candid portraits of Clifford Condon; 1 candid portrait of C. Condon and his wife; 1 candid portrait
of C. Condon and three other people, likely in the Philippines; and 6 general shots, likely in the Philippines.)
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