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OH 0164

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeLAWLEY, George P. (b. 1922)
ProfessionsAccountant
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 0164
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionAccountant, 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; Kanchanburi, Thailand, 1944; hell ship to Japan, 1945; coal mining on Kyushu, 1945; liberation.
Interviewer(s)William Teague
Physical Description62 pp.
Terms of UseOpen