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OH 0185

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeCATES, Charles A. (b. 1908)
ProfessionsBusinessman
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 0185
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionBusinessman, member of the “Lost Battalion.” His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1944; Bangkok, 1945; liberation.
Interviewer(s)Ronald E. Marcello
Physical Description107 pp.
Terms of UseOpen