OH 0369 | Oral History

OH 0369

THOMPSON, Kyle O. (b. 1922)

Profession: Journalist
Notable: member of the “Lost Battalion"
Journalist, 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 and Tamarkan, Thailand, 1944, and American air raids; Nakhon Nayok, Thailand, 1944-45; liberation.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 135 pp.
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) Ronald E. Marcello
Date of Interview March 9, 1977

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