PRYOR, C. L. (b. 1920) | Oral History

PRYOR, C. L. (b. 1920)

Military Service: U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran
Profession: College Professor
Notable: survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston

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College professor, survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Sinking of Houston, 1942; capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Tamuang, Thailand, 1944, and American air raids; Phet Buri, Thailand, 1944-45; liberation.
Date of Interview: November 4, 1972 to February 20, 1973

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College professor, survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston. His experiences concerning the Japanese treatment of prisoners-of-war while he was a POW during World War II.
Date of Interview: December 5, 1987

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