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OH 0366

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeWHITEHEAD, Thomas A. (b. 1920)
Military ServiceU.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard, U.S. Air Force Retiree
Notable infomember of the “Lost Battalion"

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 0366
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionMember 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, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanaburi and Tamarkan, Thailand, 1944; Non Pladuk, Thailand, 1944-45; Ubon, Thailand, 1945; liberation.
Interviewer(s)Ronald E. Marcello
Physical Description178 pp.
Terms of UseOpen