GEAR, Joe B. (b. 1922) | Oral History

GEAR, Joe B. (b. 1922)

Military Service: U.S. Navy WWII Veteran
Profession: Businessman
Notable: survivor of the siege of Corregidor

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Businessman, survivor of the siege of Corregidor. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Destruction of Cavite Navy Base by Japanese bombers; fall of Corregidor and capture; damage to eyes due to phosphorous bomb; Bellbird Prison, Manila, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942; transfer to Formosa, 1942; hell ship to Japan, 1942; hospitalized in Tokyo; Shinogawa Prison Camp; liberation.
Date of Interview: July 18, 1970

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