Carl Sture Wolfe
Black & White photo of Carl S Wolfe touched up by his daughter Bonita Wolfe
Carl Sture Wolfe
Born: April 27, 1904
Army Enlistment Date: December 14, 1923
Service Number: 6116605
Master Sergeant :: 60th Costal Artillery :: Hq & Hq Btry. Harbor Defense of Manila & Subic Bays
P.O.W.: May 6, 1942
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WWII
Massachusetts
WOLFE, CARL S M SGT ARMY 06116605 HARBOR DEFENSE OF MANILA 3/2/1945 Philippine Islands
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Carl's Wife, Ann Wolfe, would always talk about a Deer on the island named Daisy May. I recall my Great Grandmother talking about a Deer on the Island named Daisy May, which I guess Carl wrote about Daisy Mae in letters delivered by the Red Cross during his time as a POW; which led her to believe that he was still on the island as a POW instead of being sent to other POW camps off of the island.
COL. PAUL D. BUNKER'S CORREGIDOR REVISITED
More from Col. Bunker's book............
SAT. 7 FEB. 1942
" EARLY THIS MORNING DAISY MAY, THE TAME DOE, CAME DOWN THE STEPS INTO C1 AND THEN VISITED COL. SIMMONDS ET AL. IN THEIR DUGOUT. SIMMONDS, EDISON, AND FOSTER SLEPT LAST NIGHT IN THE GUGU DUGOUT UNDER C1 FOR THE FIRST TIME. HAWES HAD BEEN SLEEPING IN THAT TUNNEL FOR SOME TIME. "
*CORRECTION: Adams, Humphreys, and Hunt; along with Bert C. Fuller all escaped together and eventually all made it back to America to live out their lives. STORY
From transport records it appears that Carl Wolf Never left the Island of Corregidor before his death
Ongoing research suggests that M Sgt Wolfe was one of the highly skilled prisoners kept on Corregidor as part of a work detail. POW Camp No. 7 was established to accommodate these prisoners as they salvaged metals, ammunition, and weapons. By May/June 1943, most of the prisoners were moved to Manila or to the Cabanatuan POW camp. Only a select few military and civilian personnel, such as M Sgt Wolfe, remained at Fort Mills and Fort Drum as late as 12 May 1944, when all prisoners were supposedly transferred back to Manila. However, Carl Lindow, a prisoner from the camp who transferred to Manila, reported that he lost track of several fellow prisoners, including M Sgt Wolfe, after 30 November 1944.17
17 “List of NCO that were POW working on Corregidor until 12 May 1944”; and Excerpt from letter from former prisoner Carl B. Lindow, to Casualty Branch, 28 January 1946.
Corregidor Rosters (RG 407 Box 55) - list of POWs with prison camp numbers; list of NCO POWs working on Corregidor until 12 May 1944
Under the provisions of Section 9 of the "Missing Persons Act," Public Law 490, 77th Congress, 7 March 1942, as amended, the Chief of the Casualty Branch, AGO, made determinations as to whether in the absence of official reports other information received, which was deemed to establish conclusively the fact of death (F.O.D. aka Finding of Death), was to be construed and acted upon as official reports of death.
Carl Wolfe's wife, Ann and their three children were sent back to the United States from the Philippines at the end of May 1941
May 6, 1942, U.S. Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright surrenders all U.S. troops in the Philippines to the Japanese.
The Battle for the Recapture of Corregidor occurred from the February 16th to the 26th of 1945
United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940
The records show that Carl S. Wolfe, Army serial number 6 116 605 was enlisted in the regular Army from 14 December 1923 to 5 August 1926; 6 August 1926 to 5 August 1928, 6 August 1928 to 5 August 1931; 6 August 1931 to 5 August 1934; 6 August 1934 to 5 August 1937; 6 August 1937 to 5 August 1940; and 6 August 1940 to 14 March 1946.
Master Sergeant Carl S. Wolfe was reported missing in action on Corregidor Island, Manila Bay, Philippine Islands 30 November 1944, at which date and place he was last know to have been a prisoner of war of the Japanese Government. Pursuant to the Provisions of Public Law 490, 77th Congress, as amended, death was presumed to have occurred 14 March 1946.
This official statement of military service and death furnished 10 March 1947 to Mrs. Ann Wolfe, wife, 1018 Thomas Street, San Diego, 9, California.
BY AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR
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