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OH 0546

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeBRAIN, Donald C. (b. 1922)
Military ServiceU.S. Navy WWII Veteran
Notable infosurvivor of the sinking of the USS Houston

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 0546
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionHis experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Sinking of the USS Houston, 1942; capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1944-45; liberation.
Interviewer(s)Ronald E. Marcello
Physical Description238 pp.
Terms of UseOpen

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Subjects

Military Posts

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Years