World War, 1939-1945
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to Fr. Curran in POW Camp from Ikeda Misa, 1945
Item
Abstract
Letter sent from Ikeda Misa, a Roman Catholic Japanese friend living in the occupied Philippines, to Fr. Curran while in POW camp in 1945. Full translation available in attached document.
Dates:
1945
"They Gave Their Blood: Memoirs of a Bataan Death March Chaplain" Memoir by Fr. John Leonard Curran, 1970
Item
Identifier: Curran - Memoir
Abstract
This is Fr. Curran's account of his time as a chaplain and POW in World War II, especially his time in the Bataan Death March. The manuscript was published by New Priory Press in 2025. There is a digital version and physical manuscript available upon request.
Dates:
1970
"They Gave Their Blood: Memoirs of a Bataan Death March Chaplain" Memoir by Fr. John Leonard Curran, O.P.
Digital Work
Identifier: Curran - A1
Walter Farrell, O.P., Death, 1951-11-23
Series
Identifier: PF - Farrell
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains personal materials relating to friars after they have left the order, passed away, or transferred to another province. Each friar's file contents are mostly contain to their novitiate records, canonical assignments, historically important correspondence, and a small number of personal items if desired upon their passing. Within the broader collection, each Friar is sorted as a series. Friars with particuarly substantial historically important papers or...
Dates:
Death, 1951-11-23