MORGAN, Alvin (b. 1916) | Oral History

MORGAN, Alvin (b. 1916)

Notable: member of the “Lost Battalion"

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Member of the "Lost Battalion." His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1944-45, and American air raids; liberation.
Date of Interview: February 17, 1997 to February 24, 1997, March 3, 1997

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Member of the "Lost Battalion." His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1944-45, and American air raids; liberation.
Date of Interview: February 17, 1997 to February 24, 1997, March 3, 1997

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