found: nuc87-23608: His Escape from Corregidor, 1978(hdg. on CtY rept.: Whitcomb, Edgar D.; usage: Edgar D. Whitcomb)
found: LC data base, 12/14/87(hdg.: Whitcomb, Edgar D.)
found: On celestial wings, 1996:CIP t.p. (Col. Edgar D. Whitcomb) data sheet (b. 11/6/17)
found: Wikipedia WWW site, June, 1, 2010(under Edgar Whitcomb; Edgar Doud Whitcomb; b. Nov. 6, 1917, Hayden, Indiana; Indiana Secretary of State, 1966-Dec. 1968; governor of Indiana, Jan. 13, 1969 to Jan. 9, 1973)
found: Indy star WWW site, viewed Feb. 4, 2016(in article dated Feb. 4, 2016: former Indiana Gov. Edgar D. Whitcomb; Governor Ed Whitcomb; died Thursday [Feb. 4, 2016] in his home in Rome, Ind.; escaped from a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in the Philippines during World War II)
found: IN.gov website, January 3, 2019(Edgar D. Whitcomb, Governor of Indiana, January 13, 1969-January 9, 1973; Edgar Whitcomb; born in Hayden, Jennings County, Indiana; attended Indiana University; served as a navigator in the Philippines in World War II; served in the first Army Air Corps Navigational Class in 1940- the Class of 40-A; completed in law degree; in 1966, he was elected Indiana's secretary of state; in 1968 he was elected governor; after leaving office as governor, he served as director of the Mid American World Trade Association and resumed his law practice in Indianapolis) - https://www.in.gov/history/2711.htm