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OH 0698

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeVISAGE, William A. (b. 1922)
ProfessionsAccountant
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 0698
Date(s) of interview ,
DescriptionAccountant, former member of the "Lost Battalion." His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Surabaja, Java, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; hell ship to Japan, 1942; Nagasaki shipyards, 1942-45; Orio, Kyushu; liberation; observations of Nagasaki after dropping of the A-bomb.
Interviewer(s)Ronald E. Marcello
Physical Description157 pp.
Terms of UseOpen