Davao Penal Colony | Oral History

Davao Penal Colony

OH 1046

Survivor of the Bataan Death March. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Bataan Airfield, 1941-42; fall of Bataan and capture; Bataan Death March; Camp O'Donnell, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942; Davao Penal Colony, 1942-44; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1944; hell ship to Japan, 1945; Mojo and Fukuoka, Kyushu, 1945; Mukden, Manchuria, 1945; liberation by Russian troops.

OH 0151

Businessman. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Japanese bombing of Clark Field, 1941; surrender at Clark Field; prison camp at Malaybalay, 1942; Davao Penal Colony, 1942-44; torpedoing of hell ship and rescue by Filipino guerrillas; evacuation by American submarine.