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OH 0704

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeWISECUP, John (b. 1919)
Military ServiceU.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran
Notable infosurvivor of the sinking of the USS Houston

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 0704
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionSurvivor of the sinking of the cruiser USS Houston. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Sinking of Houston, 1942; capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942- 44; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1944; Changi Jail, 1944-45; liberation.
Interviewer(s)Ronald E. Marcello
Physical Description127 pp. plus documents (10 pp.)
Terms of UseOpen