Military Service | Oral History

Military Service

OH 0096

Labor negotiator, 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, 1944; Yodogawa, Honshu, 1944, and American air raids; liberation.

OH 1133

His experiences as an aircraft mechanic with the 26th Bomb Squadron, 11th Bomb Group, at Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

OH 0345

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; Saigon, French Indo-China, 1944-45; liberation.

OH 0791

Her experiences as a dietician at Schofield Barracks hospital during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

OH 0239

His experiences at Schofield Barracks with Headquarters Service Company, 3rd Engineer Regiment, Hawaiian Division, during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

OH 0560

His experiences at Schofield Barracks with the 3rd Engineers during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

OH 1659

For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Childhood and education in Jacksonville, Tex.; decision to enlist in U.S.