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(Thomas Addis)
(Arthur Menzies)
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He enlisted in WWII on 25 Sep 1940 as a single man for service in the Philippines.  He was a prisoner of war of the Japanese for about three years, surviving the "... infamous Bataan death march".
 
He enlisted in WWII on 25 Sep 1940 as a single man for service in the Philippines.  He was a prisoner of war of the Japanese for about three years, surviving the "... infamous Bataan death march".
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About 1946, probably in California, he married Jean Addis, and in Dec of that year, they had twin daughters Tessa Menzies and Anne Menzies.
  
 
"Returning to San Francisco after the war, he worked as assistant curator at Strybing Arboretum, where he was considered a leading authority on California wildflowers. Apparently unable to shake the horrors of the death march, he committed suicide — in front of Tessa and her sister."
 
"Returning to San Francisco after the war, he worked as assistant curator at Strybing Arboretum, where he was considered a leading authority on California wildflowers. Apparently unable to shake the horrors of the death march, he committed suicide — in front of Tessa and her sister."

Revision as of 17:48, 8 November 2007

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