Interviewee | SHELTON, Clyde J. (b. 1922) |
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 0700 |
Date(s) of interview | |
Description | 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. |
Interviewer(s) | Ronald E. Marcello |
Physical Description | 141 pp. plus documents (4 pp.) |
Terms of Use | Open |