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OH 0545

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeBURNS, Jonathan (b. 1915)
Military ServiceU.S. Army WWII Veteran, 200th Coast Artillery, New Mexico National Guard
Notable infoSurvivor of Bataan Death March

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 0545
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionSurvivor 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; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1944; hell ship to Japan, 1944; Moji, 1944-45; A-bomb damage at Nagasaki; liberation.
Interviewer(s)Ronald E. Marcello
Physical Description118 pp.
Terms of UseOpen