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OH 0491

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeTAYLOR, Clark (b. 1915)
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 0491
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionMember 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 and Tamarkan, Thailand, 1944, and American air raids; Bangkok; 1945; liberation.
Interviewer(s)Ronald E. Marcello
Physical Description155 pp.
Terms of UseOpen