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Military Service: U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 200th Coast Artillery, New Mexico National Guard
Notable: Survivor of Bataan Death March
Oral Histories
Survivor of the Bataan Death March. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Bataan and capture; Bataan Death March; Camp O’Donnell, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-44; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1944; hell ship to Japan, 1944; Moji, 1944-45; A-bomb damage at Nagasaki; liberation.
Date of Interview: July 21, 1981