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FELIZ, Jack M. (b. 1911)

Military ServiceU.S. Navy WWII Veteran
Notable infosurvivor of the sinking of the USS Houston

Oral Histories

OH 1373

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 at Serang, Java; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; hell ship to Japan, 1942; prison camp at Ohasi, Honshu, 1942-45; liberation.

OH 1374

His autobiography, entitled The Saga of Sailor Jack