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OH 1046

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeSAVAGE, Columbus (b. 1914)
Military ServiceU.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran, 16th Bomb Squadron, Far East Air Force
Notable infoSurvivor of Bataan Death March

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1046
Date(s) of interview ,
DescriptionSurvivor of the Bataan Death March. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Bataan Airfield, 1941-42; fall of Bataan and capture; Bataan Death March; Camp O'Donnell, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942; Davao Penal Colony, 1942-44; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1944; hell ship to Japan, 1945; Mojo and Fukuoka, Kyushu, 1945; Mukden, Manchuria, 1945; liberation by Russian troops.
Interviewer(s)Ronald E. Marcello
Physical Description252 pp. plus documents (1 pp.)
Terms of UseOpen