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OH 1371

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeCLARK, Arthur B. (b. 1922)
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 1371
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionMember 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, 1942-43; Kaoren, Thailand, 1943-45; liberation by the OSS, 1945.
Interviewer(s)Ronald E. Marcello
Physical Description201 pp. plus documents (2 pp.)
Terms of UseOpen