| Interviewee | GEAR, Joe B. (b. 1922) |
| Professions | Businessman |
| Military Service | U.S. Navy WWII Veteran |
| Notable info | survivor of the siege of Corregidor |
| Interview ID # | OH 0055 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | 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. |
| Interviewer(s) | Ronald E. Marcello |
| Physical Description | 111 pp. plus documents (7 pp.) |
| Terms of Use | Open |
