OH 0700 | Oral History

OH 0700

SHELTON, Clyde J. (b. 1922)

Notable: member of the “Lost Battalion"
Member 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; hell ship to Japan, 1942; Fukuoka, Kyushu, 1942-44; Arao, Kyushu, 1944-45; liberation.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 141 pp. plus documents (4 pp.)
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) Ronald E. Marcello
Date of Interview July 27, 1987

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