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OH 0139

About the Interviewee

IntervieweePRYOR, C. L. (b. 1920)
ProfessionsCollege Professor
Military ServiceU.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran
Notable infosurvivor of the sinking of the USS Houston

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 0139
Date(s) of interview -
DescriptionCollege professor, survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Sinking of Houston, 1942; capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Tamuang, Thailand, 1944, and American air raids; Phet Buri, Thailand, 1944-45; liberation.
Interviewer(s)Ronald E. Marcello
Physical Description346 pp.
Terms of UseOpen