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OH 0544

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeSTEWART, William J. (b. 1920)
Military ServiceU.S. Navy WWII Veteran
Notable infosurvivor of the sinking of the USS Houston

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 0544
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionSurvivor 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; hell ship to Japan, 1942; Ohasi, Honshu, 1942-45; liberation.
Interviewer(s)Ronald E. Marcello
Physical Description154 pp.
Terms of UseOpen

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Subjects

Military Posts

Time Periods

Years