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OH 0298

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeALLEN, Billy W. (b. 1920)
ProfessionsSchoolteacher
Military ServiceU.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 0298
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionSchoolteacher. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Pre-war duty in China with 4th Marines; fall of Corregidor and capture; Bilibid Prison, Manila; Cabanatuan, 1942; hell ship to Japan, 1942; Osaka, 1942-45, and American air raids; liberation.
Interviewer(s)Ronald E. Marcello
Physical Description119 pp.
Terms of UseOpen

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Military Posts

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Years