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KENT, James (b. 1918)

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

Oral Histories

OH 0127

School custodian, survivor of the siege of Corregidor. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Japanese bombing of Cavite Navy Base; fall of Corregidor and capture; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-44; hell ship to Japan, 1944; copper mines at Mitzushima, Honshu, 1944, and American air raids; liberation.