Interviewee | REAS, John C. (b. 1917) |
Military Service | U.S. Navy WWII Veteran |
Notable info | survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston |
Interview ID # | OH 1252 |
Date(s) of interview | |
Description | Survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Sinking of the Houston,1942; capture and imprisonment in Serang, Java; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma- Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Rat Buri Thailand, 1944-45; liberation. |
Interviewer(s) | Ronald E. Marcello |
Physical Description | 102 pp. plus documents (27 pp.) |
Terms of Use | Open |