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OH 0174

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 0174
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionIndependent oilman, 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; liberation in Bangkok.
Interviewer(s)Ronald E. Marcello
Physical Description139 pp.
Terms of UseOpen