Interviewee | KENT, James (b. 1918) |
Professions | School custodian |
Military Service | U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran |
Notable info | survivor of the siege of Corregidor |
Interview ID # | OH 0127 |
Date(s) of interview | |
Description | School custodian, survivor of the siege of Corregidor. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Japanese bombing of Cavite Navy Base; fall of Corregidor and capture; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-44; hell ship to Japan, 1944; copper mines at Mitzushima, Honshu, 1944, and American air raids; liberation. |
Interviewer(s) | Ronald E. Marcello |
Physical Description | 77 pp. |
Terms of Use | Open |