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CHUMLEY, Horace (b. 1916)

ProfessionsRetired law enforcement officer
Military ServiceU.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard
Notable infomember of the “Lost Battalion"

Oral Histories

OH 0199

Retired law enforcement officer, member of the “Lost Battalion.” His experiences while being held as a prisoner-of-war by the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942-45; liberation.