Interviewee | VISAGE, William A. (b. 1922) |
Professions | Accountant |
Military Service | U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard |
Notable info | member of the “Lost Battalion" |
Interview ID # | OH 0698 |
Date(s) of interview | , |
Description | Accountant, 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 Description | 157 pp. |
Terms of Use | Open |