Interviewee | STEWART, Cleon (b. 1919) |
Military Service | U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard |
Notable info | member of the “Lost Battalion" |
Interview ID # | OH 0911 |
Date(s) of interview | |
Description | 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, 1942-43; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Changi Jail, 1943-45; "King Rat" and black market activities; liberation. |
Interviewer(s) | Ronald E. Marcello |
Physical Description | 133 pp. |
Terms of Use | Open |