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OH 0794

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeWRIGHT, Huddleston W. (b. 1905)
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 0794
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, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1944-45; Phet Buri, Thailand, 1945; liberation.
Interviewer(s)Ronald E. Marcello
Physical Description226 pp. plus documents (3 pp.)
Terms of UseOpen