User:Feoffer/sandbox Ralph Duby

Ralph W. Duby (December 31, 1917 - February 7, 1967) was an officer in the US Army, a survivor of the Bataan death march, a formal lecturer at Stanford and Washington Universities, and a spiritual leader of the "Organization of Awareness".

In 1936, Duby graduated from Lincoln High School in Seattle; He graduated from the University of Washington in 1940. He served as a Lieutenant in the Pacific Theater and was captured at Bataan.

Army
In 1941, Duby joined the US Army, training at Fort Lewis, Washington. He arrived in Manilla on September 26, 1941. On April 9, 1942, American forces surrendered to the Japanese, and Duby was part of a forced march; From 5,000 to 18,000 Filipino deaths and 500 to 650 American deaths occurred during the march. After Japan's surrender, Duby returned to the United States on October 12, 1945.

Career
He earned a Masters of Arts from the University of Washington and accepted a University teaching position.

Religion
In 1962, Duby began to claim he could "channel" a being called "Cosmic Awareness". In 1963, Duby formed the "Organization of Awareness". In January 1967, Duby was interviewed by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Duby predicts a nuclear holocaust within the next 30 years unless mankind can achieve a "God-like consciousness" or "Cosmic Awareness". According that article, Duby claims his religion could provide answers to "questions concerning life after death, healing, the Virgin Birth, spirituality, the Aurora Borealis, love, growing old, the 'real' causes of allergies, segregation, predestination, the fate of the submarine Thresher, varicose veins and what to do at the scene of an accident".

Died on February 7, 1967 in Hawaii.