Thomas C. Latimore
Commander Thomas C. Latimore | |
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Governor of American Samoa | |
In office April 10, 1934 – April 17, 1934 | |
Preceded by | George Landenberger |
Succeeded by | Otto Dowling |
Personal details | |
Born | June 28, 1890 |
Died | July, 1941? Oahu, Hawaii, U.S. |
Profession | Naval officer Politician |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States of America |
Branch/service | United States Navy |
Years of service | 1910–1941 |
Rank | commander |
Battles/wars | World War I |
Commander Thomas Calloway Latimore (28 June 1890 – July, 1941?) was an American naval officer who was captain of
Thomas Latimore was born in Tennessee on June 28, 1890, and entered the
Disappearance
Soon after his arrival on
By July 1941, the arm had healed and the cast had been removed. 51 year-old Latimore was last seen heading into the Aiea Mountains wearing his khaki uniform, an old hat and a walking stick.
When he failed to return, hundreds of sailors and local police scoured the Aiea Mountains looking for him.
On 19 July 1942 he was officially declared dead.[2]
- Within the Navy, some initially believed he might have been abducted and killed by a local Hawaiian Japanese spy ring because he had either stumbled upon their activities in the hills or had been specifically targeted because of his Intelligence background.[3]
- Another popular naval conspiracy theory involved United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who some claim allowed the attack on Pearl Harbor to happen in order to galvanize the American public into war. Latimore supposedly had forewarning of the attack from his Naval Intelligence contacts and decided to disappear before the Japanese strike.[3]
See also
- List of people who disappeared
References
- ^ "Brigadier rank for 18 colonels". The New York Times. June 9, 1917. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
- ^ a b Sorensen, Stan; Joseph Theroux (2007). "The Samoan Historical Calendar, 1606–2007" (PDF). Government of American Samoa. pp. 16, 84. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 25, 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-345-37380-9.
- ^ "Missing Commander Hunted by Sailors". Los Angeles Times. July 21, 1941. p. 8.
- Chicago Daily Tribune. Chicago, Ill. July 27, 1941. p. 10.