OH 0186 | Oral History

OH 0186

STARNES, W. L. (b. 1919)

Profession: Businessman
Notable: member of the “Lost Battalion"
Businessman, 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; liberation.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 115 pp.
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) Ronald E. Marcello
Date of Interview April 2, 1974

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