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OH 0148

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeSTOWERS, Henry B. (b. 1911)
ProfessionsJournalist
Military ServiceU.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran, Embassy Guard Detachment, Peking

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 0148
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionJournalist. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Pre-war embassy duty in North China; surrender and imprisonment at Wusong Prison Camp, Shanghai, 1941-42; Kiangwang Prison Camp, 1942-45; Pusan, Korea, 1945; coal mining at Hakodate, Hokkaido, 1945; liberation.
Interviewer(s)Ronald E. Marcello
Physical Description96 pp.
Terms of UseOpen