Camden Prisoner of Japanese Urges Dad to Keep on Ship Job

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Camden Prisoner of Japanese Urges Dad to Keep on Ship Job — Camden Courier-Post, September 8, 1943
Camden Courier-Post, September 8, 1943
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Camden Prisoner of Japanese Urges Dad to Keep on Ship Job Lt. Ulak Pens Veiled Hint on Postcard from Nip Camp A South Camden Army officer captured by the Japs on the Philippines has not had his head turned by enemy's "New Order." The prisoner, Lieut. Brunislaus S. Ulak, 29, in his first communication with his parents in 17 months, urged his father to keep working hard to bring the war to a close and defeat his captors. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ulak, of 914 Atlantic avenue, said their son sent two printed prison camp cards in which Bruno filled in the blank spaces. On one of the cards following the printed words "please see that" the lieutenant wrote "Pop works hard at it." The father is an employe of the New York Shipbuilding Corporation. The message apparently meant for him to help as hard as possible to produce more ships—the nemesis of the Japanese navy. On the card, Lieutenant Ulak said his health was good and he is not under treatment. He also asked his parents to "take care of Wanda," his sister, Mrs. Wanda Romanowski, and "Lucy," a sister-in-law. Lieutenant Ulak was reported a prisoner of the Japanese by the War Department on December 22. The two cards were the first words the family received from him since a letter arrived in May, 1942, dated April 29, and postmarked on May 6, at an Army postoffice. Lieutenant Ulak was graduated from Camden High School in June, 1932, and completed a ROTC course at Lehigh University, graduating in 1936. Before entering the Army as a second lieutenant in March, 1941, he was a geologist for a Western oil firm. A brother, Sergt. Alphonse Ulak, is in the Army stationed in California. He has two other brothers, Adolph and Rudolph, and another sister, Miss Adela Ulak.

Lt. Ulak Pens Veiled Hint on Postcard from Nip Camp

A South Camden Army officer captured by the Japs on the Philippines has not had his head turned by enemy’s “New Order.” The prisoner, Lieut. Brunislaus S. Ulak, 29, in his first communication with his parents in 17 months, urged his father to keep working hard to bring the war to a close and defeat his captors.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ulak, of 914 Atlantic avenue, said their son sent two printed prison camp cards in which Bruno filled in the blank spaces. On one of the cards following the printed words “please see that” the lieutenant wrote “Pop works hard at it.” The father is an employe of the New York Shipbuilding Corporation. The message apparently meant for him to help as hard as possible to produce more ships—the nemesis of the Japanese navy.

On the card, Lieutenant Ulak said his health was good and he is not under treatment. He also asked his parents to “take care of Wanda,” his sister, Mrs. Wanda Romanowski, and “Lucy,” a sister-in-law.

Lieutenant Ulak was reported a prisoner of the Japanese by the War Department on December 22. The two cards were the first words the family received from him since a letter arrived in May, 1942, dated April 29, and postmarked on May 6, at an Army postoffice.

Lieutenant Ulak was graduated from Camden High School in June, 1932, and completed a ROTC course at Lehigh University, graduating in 1936. Before entering the Army as a second lieutenant in March, 1941, he was a geologist for a Western oil firm.

A brother, Sergt. Alphonse Ulak, is in the Army stationed in California. He has two other brothers, Adolph and Rudolph, and another sister, Miss Adela Ulak.

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