Military Service | Oral History

Military Service

OH 0130

Tax consultant, Army veteran, survivor of the siege of Corregidor. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Corregidor and capture; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-43; Tanagawa and Zentsuji, Honshu, 1943-45; liberation.

OH 0098

Survivor of the siege of Corregidor. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Corregidor and capture; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-44; hell ship to Japan, 1942; Ashio, Honshu, 1944-45; liberation.

OH 0279

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; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1944; Bangkok, 1945; liberation.

OH 1035

His experiences aboard the aircraft tender USS Curtiss during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

OH 0589

His experiences at Hickam Field with the 36th Bombardment Squadron during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

OH 0178

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; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Tamarkan, Thailand, 1944; Saigon, French Indo-China, 1944-45; liberation.

OH 0749

His experiences at the Marine Barracks between Hickam Field and the Pearl Harbor naval base during the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941

OH 1667

For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Vietnam War-era veteran of the US Navy. Childhood and education in Pennsylvania; decision to attend nursing school; “coming out” experience; decision to enlist in Navy Nurse Corps in 1969; assignment to facilities in Florida, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Camp Lejeune, N.C., and Quantico, Va.; decision to leave service upon assignment to USS Sanctuary, a hospital ship stationed off the coast of Vietnam, in 1974; opinions regarding “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy; involvement in veterans organizations.

OH 1145

Member of the “Lost Battalion.” His experiences with the 72nd Bomb Squadron at Bellows Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

OH 0188

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; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Chungkai, Thailand, 1944; Nakhon Pathom, Non Pladuk, and Nakhon Nayok, Thailand, 1944-45; liberation