William E. Dyess

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William Edwin Dyess （August 9, 1916 – 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.
Born and raised in Albany, Texas, Dyess was the son of Judge Richard T. and Hallie Graham Dyess.
He played football and ran track and field at Albany High School, and graduated in 1934.
He attended John Tarleton Agricultural College in Stephenville, Texas, and graduated on May 18, 1936.
He was a distant cousin of fellow World War II veteran Aquilla J. Dyess.
Dyess underwent flight training at Kelly and Randolph Fields in San Antonio and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Army Air Corps in 1937.
Promoted to first lieutenant and command of the 21st Pursuit Squadron at Hamilton Field, San Francisco, Dyess led the squadron to Nichols Field, Manila, Philippines, in November 1941.
The 21st Pursuit Squadron was assigned to the 24th Pursuit Group which together with the 19th Bomb Group suffered heavy casualties...