OH 0546 | Oral History

OH 0546

BRAIN, Donald C. (b. 1922)

Military Service: U.S. Navy WWII Veteran
Notable: survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston
His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Sinking of the USS Houston, 1942; capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1944-45; liberation.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 238 pp.
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) Ronald E. Marcello
Date of Interview March 11, 1981

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