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OH 0059

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeFUJITA, Frank (b. 1921)
Professionsartist
Military ServiceU.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard)
Notable infomember of the “Lost Battalion"

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 0059
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionArtist, Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard), member of the “Lost Battalion.” His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; imprisonment in Surabaja, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; hell ship to Japan, 1943; Nagasaki shipyards; Tokyo, 1943-45; liberation.
Interviewer(s)Ronald E. Marcello
Physical Description132 pp.
Terms of UseOpen