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Article: Matthew S. MacDowell, former POW
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- January 3, 1986
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Matthew S. MacDowell, 73, a retired Army captain imprisoned by
the Japanese in the Philippines for 33 months during World War II,
died Wednesday at Loyola University's McGaw Hospital, Maywood.
Mr. MacDowell, who lived in Hillside recently, was the first to
be released of the 86 Maywood men captured from the 192nd Tank
Battalion of the 33rd Division.
Mr. MacDowell, a New York native, moved to the west suburbs as a
child. He graduated from Proviso Township High School during the
Depression. After working at a variety of jobs, he joined a
Maywood-based unit of the Illinois National Guard, which was
activated in 1940.
A lieutenant, he shipped out to the Philippines, where he was ...