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BURLAGE, George (b. 1918)

Professionscivil servant
Military ServiceU.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran
Notable infosurvivor of the siege of Corregidor

Oral Histories

OH 0063

Civil servant, Marine Corps veteran, survivor of the siege of Corregidor. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Corregidor and capture; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1943-44; hell ship to Japan, 1944; Hasakura and Sendai, Honshu, 1944-45; liberation.