. . . "0"^^ . . "1"^^ . . . "oak"@en . "Legion of Merit ribbon.svg"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1943"^^ . . . "Ed"@en . . . . . "329"^^ . . . . "Albany Cemetery"@en . . . . . "25"^^ . "21st Pursuit Squadron" . . . "Ed"@en . "24"^^ . . . . . . "U.S._Army_and_U.S._Air_Force_Presidential_Unit_Citation_ribbon.svg"@en . . . . "230"^^ . . . "Philippine_Defense_ribbon.png"@en . . . . . . . "1937"^^ . . "William E. Dyess"@en . . . . . . . . "Purple_Heart_ribbon.svg"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1112558082"^^ . "Silver Star ribbon.svg"@en . . . . . . "American_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg"@en . . . . "William Edwin Dyess"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Distinguished_Service_Cross_ribbon.svg"@en . . "Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg"@en . . . . "10028449"^^ . . . . "Bronze_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg"@en . . . . . . . . "Distinguished Flying Cross ribbon.svg"@en . "William Edwin Dyess (August 9, 1916 \u2013 December 22, 1943) was an officer of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. 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."@en . . "1937"^^ . . . . . . . "Soldier's_Medal_ribbon.svg"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "15"^^ . . . . . "World_War_II_Victory_Medal_ribbon.svg"@en . . . . . . . . "William Edwin Dyess (August 9, 1916 \u2013 December 22, 1943) was an officer of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. 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."@en . . . . . "Prisoner_of_War_Medal_ribbon.svg"@en . . . . . "American_Defense_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Philippines_Presidential_Unit_Citation.png"@en . . . . "1916-08-09"^^ . . . . . "service-star"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1943-12-22"^^ . . . . "William Edwin Dyess"@en . . . . . . . "1943"^^ . . . . . . . . "110"^^ . . . . "Battle of Bataan"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "Texas_Legislative_Medal_of_Honor_Ribbon.svg"@en . . . . "18916"^^ . . . . . . . "21"^^ .