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OH 0166

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeSMALLWOOD, P. J. (b. 1921)
ProfessionsRealtor, Advertising Executive
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 0166
Date(s) of interview ,
DescriptionRealtor, advertising executive, member of the "Lost Battalion." His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1944; Saigon and Da Lat, French Indo-China, 1944-45, and American air raids; liberation.
Interviewer(s)Ronald E. Marcello
Physical Description217 pp.
Terms of UseOpen