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prisoner-of-war

OH 0067

Chemist. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans after being shot down over Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II. Rescue by Belgian underground; capture and interrogation, 1944; solitary confinement; Stalag Luft 3, Sagan, Germany; Nurnberg and Moosburg, 1945; liberation by American troops.

OH 1329

Member of the "Lost Battalion." His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Basic training and assignment to the 26th Field Artillery Brigade, 1941; transfer to Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, 1942; fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Tamarkan, Thailand, 1944; Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, 1944-45; liberation.

OH 0425

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; Kanchanaburi and Tamarkan, Thailand, 1944; Prachin Buri, Thailand, 1944-45; liberation.

OH 0475

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 Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1944; Singapore, 1944-45; hell ship to Japan, 1945; coal mining at Senju, Kyushu, 1945; liberation.

OH 1076

His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese in the Netherlands East Indies during World War II. Fall of Java and imprisonment in Surabaja; torture by Kempei Tai; Bandung, 1945; liberation.

OH 1072

Her experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Santo Tomas, Manila, 1942-43; Los Banos, 1943-45

OH 0159

Survivor of the siege of Corregidor. His experiences as a prisoner-of war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Corregidor and capture; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; 1942-43; Davao Penal Colony, 1943-44; Bellbird Prison, 1945; fall of Manila and liberation.

OH 0107

Salesman. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war after being shot down over Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II. Downing of bomber and capture; hostility of German civilians; interrogation at Oberusel; Stalag Luft 1, Barth; liberation by Russian troops.

OH 0104

Law enforcement officer. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Pre-war embassy duty in Peking, north China; capture in Peking; Wusong Prison Camp, Shanghai, 1942; Pusan, Korea, 1945; Hakodate, Hokkaido, 1945; liberation.

OH 0100

Survivor of the Bataan campaign. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Pre-war duty in north China; fall of Bataan and capture; Camp O’Donnell, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-43; Davao Penal Colony, 1943; escape from torpedoed hell ship and rescue by Filipino guerrillas; evacuation by American submarine.