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OH 0186

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeSTARNES, W. L. (b. 1919)
ProfessionsBusinessman
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 0186
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionBusinessman, member 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; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1944; Saigon and Da Lat, French Indo-China, 1944-45; liberation.
Interviewer(s)Ronald E. Marcello
Physical Description115 pp.
Terms of UseOpen