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OH 0438

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeRASBURY, Lester C. (b. 1917)
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 0438
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 Prison Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Tamarkan, Thailand, 1944; railroad maintenance in Burma, 1944-45; liberation.
Interviewer(s)Ronald E. Marcello
Physical Description233 pp.
Terms of UseOpen