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OH 0624

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeEVANS, Peter (b. 1923)
ProfessionsLabor Representative
Military ServiceU.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard
Notable infomember of the “Lost Battalion"

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 0624
Date(s) of interview - ,
DescriptionLabor representative, member of the “Lost Battalion.” His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; imprisonment in Surabaja, 1942; hell ship to Japan, 1942; Tokyo docks; Nagasaki; Fukuoka Prison Camp No. 9, Kyushu, 1945; liberation.
Interviewer(s)Ronald E. Marcello
Physical Description251 pp.
Terms of UseOpen