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OH 0138

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeREAD, Louis B. (b. 1920)
ProfessionsBusinessman
Military ServiceU.S. Army WWII Veteran
Notable infoSurvivor of Bataan Death March

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 0138
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionBusinessman, survivor of the Bataan Death March. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Bataan and capture; Bataan Death March; Camp O’Donnell, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-44; hell ship to Japan, 1944; Shinagawa Prison Camp, Honshu, 1944-45; liberation .
Interviewer(s)Ronald E. Marcello
Physical Description233 pp. plus documents (122 pp.)
Terms of UseOpen