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HALBROOK, A. L. (b. 1920)

Military ServiceU.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran
Notable infosurvivor of the siege of Corregidor

Oral Histories

OH 0122

Survivor of the siege of Corregidor. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Pre-war duty at International Settlement, Shanghai, with 4th Marines; fall of Corregidor and capture; Camp O’Donnell, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-43; Clark Field, 1943-44; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1944; hell ship to Japan, 1944; American air raids; Yokohama and Kawasaki, 1945; liberation.
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