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<em>Edgar S. Rosenstock</em>, son of W. S. and Leta Rosenstock, was born May 29, 1915 in Manila, P.I., where his father was in the service of the Philippine Insular Government. His parents settled in San Francisco after returning from the Philippines in 1917 and Ed received his schooling there, graduating from Lowell High School in 1932 with high scholastic honors and as an R.O.T.C. Captain.</p>
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With an eye on West Point, Ed enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1933 and after serving a year at Fort Winfield Scott. Calif, he entered the U.S. Military Academy. He graduated with his Class in 1938 and was commissioned in the Coast Artillery Corps. His first station was Fort Winfield Scott where he served until April, 1939 and then went to the Philippines for a tour of duty.</p>
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He was married on March 17, 1939 to Norma Hueter and they arrived at Corregidor on May 28, 1939. Ed served at Fort Frank with the 91st C.A., then as C.O. of the Army Mineplanter “Harrison” and last as a battery commander in the grade of Captain. He developed into an officer of outstanding ability, esteemed by his officers and men. His mineplanter and later his battery played important parts during the siege and battle of Corregidor, for which Ed was awarded the Bronze Star medal.</p>
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He was taken prisoner by the Japanese with the fall of Corregidor on May 6, 1942 and he was held in various prison camps in the Philippines until December 1944, when he boarded the ill-fated Oryoku Maru enroute to Japan. He survived the bombing and sinking of that ship off Olongopo, P.I.; he was only slightly wounded when the second ship was bombed off Formosa; and he was among the few to reach Japan alive on January 30, 1945, but he succumbed on the next day at Moji, Japan.</p>
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Ed’s physical stamina and his great sense of humor carried him through the hardships and privations of his long imprisonment and his fellow prisoners praised his high morale and good spirits.</p>
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Ed is survived by his wife Norma, and by his father and mother, who reside at Hayward, Calif.</p>
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<em>—J. E. K.</em></p>
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