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OH 0069

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeGREGG, Robert (b. 1915)
ProfessionsPostal worker
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 0069
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionPostal worker, member of the “Lost Battalion.” His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma Thailand death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1944; Saigon, French Indo-China, 1944-45; liberation.
Interviewer(s)Ronald E. Marcello
Physical Description101 pp.
Terms of UseOpen