William E. Dyess, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetWilliam E. Dyess
United States air force officer
Date of Birth: 09-Aug-1916
Place of Birth: Albany, Texas, United States
Date of Death: 22-Dec-1943
Profession: aircraft pilot
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About William E. Dyess
- William Edwin "Ed" 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.
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