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OH 0700

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeSHELTON, Clyde J. (b. 1922)
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 0700
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, Singapore, 1942; hell ship to Japan, 1942; Fukuoka, Kyushu, 1942-44; Arao, Kyushu, 1944-45; liberation.
Interviewer(s)Ronald E. Marcello
Physical Description141 pp. plus documents (4 pp.)
Terms of UseOpen