| Interviewee | REAS, John C. (b. 1917) |
| Military Service | U.S. Navy WWII Veteran |
| Notable info | survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston |
| Interview ID # | OH 1252 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | Survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Sinking of the Houston,1942; capture and imprisonment in Serang, Java; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma- Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Rat Buri Thailand, 1944-45; liberation. |
| Interviewer(s) | Ronald E. Marcello |
| Physical Description | 102 pp. plus documents (27 pp.) |
| Terms of Use | Open |
