William Edwin Dyess | |
|---|---|
 1943 | |
| Nickname(s) | Ed |
| Born | August 9, 1916 Albany, Texas, US |
| Died | December 22, 1943 (aged 27) Burbank, California, US |
| Buried | Albany Cemetery Albany, Texas |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service | U.S. Army Air Corps U.S. Army Air Forces |
| Years of service | 1937–1943 |
| Rank |  Lieutenant Colonel |
| Unit | 24th Pursuit Group 329th Fighter Group |
| Commands | 21st Pursuit Squadron |
| Battles / wars | World War II • Battle of Bataan |
| Awards | |
William Edwin Dyess (August 9, 1916 – December 22, 1943) was an officer of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.[1] He was captured after the Allied loss at the Battle of Bataan and endured the subsequent Bataan Death March. After a year in captivity, Dyess escaped and spent three months on the run before being evacuated from the Philippines by a U.S. submarine. Once back in the U.S., he recounted the story of his capture and imprisonment, providing the first widely published eye-witness account of the brutality of the death march. He returned to duty in the Army Air Forces, but was killed in a training accident months later.[2][3]
- ^ "A Hero of Bataan" (PDF). Tarleton State University. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
- ^ "One-man scourge: William E. Dyess". National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
- ^ "Dyess: One-man scourge" (PDF). Air Force. December 2017. p. 64.