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Military Service: U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran, Embassy Guard Detachment, Peking
Profession: Journalist
Oral Histories
Journalist. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Pre-war embassy duty in North China; surrender and imprisonment at Wusong Prison Camp, Shanghai, 1941-42; Kiangwang Prison Camp, 1942-45; Pusan, Korea, 1945; coal mining at Hakodate, Hokkaido, 1945; liberation.
Date of Interview: May 25, 1973