2 Lt. Jay M. Horowitz
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LT. JAY HOROWITZ (He died Jan. 23,
1945, buried Manila American Cemetery, Philippines) SWEETWATER,
Tenn., Jan. 2 --- The War Department has sent news of two Sweetwater men in
service. Lt. Allen Harris had been
wounded in action. Mr.
and Mrs. B.F. Horowitz had not heard from their younger son, Jay, since
January, 1942, until a telegram came from the War Department in Washington
stating: "Your son, Lt. Jay Horowitz, is a prisoner of war in the
Philippines. Letter follows." Mr.
Horowitz said his son, Jay, was a senior at the University of Tennessee when
he left to go to an air school in Miami in March, three years ago, receiving
his wings in 1940. He was 24 years old
on Dec. 30. Chattanooga
Daily Times, 3 Jan 1943 --------------------------------------------------------- WRITES PARENTS FROM
JAP PRISON SWEETWATER,
Aug 28-- Mr. and Mrs. Horowitz, of Sweetwater, have received their first
message for two years from their son, Lt. Jay Horowitz. He wrote that he was a prisoner in a
Japanese camp but that he was well and uninjured, and sent greetings to all
his relatives and friends. Lt.
Horowitz was a navigator in the Air Force and was listed among those missing
from the Philippines early in the war. The
Knoxville News-Sentinel, Sat. Aug 28, 1943 Jay M. Horowitz ID: 0-409900 2 LT Jay M. Horowitz
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