STANBROUGH, Jess (b. 1918) | Oral History

STANBROUGH, Jess (b. 1918)

Profession: Physicist, Businessman
Notable: member of the “Lost Battalion"

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Physicist, businessman, 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; construction and operation of secret radio at Bicycle Camp; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; hell ship to Japan, 1942; iron smelter at Kamaishi, Honshu, 1942-43; Ohasi, Honshu, 1943; continued operation of clandestine radio; American air and naval bombardment, 1944-45; Kamaishi, 1944-45; liberation.
Date of Interview: April 15, 1985

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