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Oral History Interview with John Reas, November 17, 2000
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Reas. Reas grew up in Indiana and Ohio and enlisted in the Navy in 1938. After training, he boarded the USS Houston (CA-30) at Charleston, South Carolina. He was assigned to the aviation unit. On February 28, 1942, he survived the bombing and sinking of the ship. He and other survivors in life rafts were picked up by the Japanese the next day and taken to Java as a prisoner of war. He was taken to a ship and then back to an island, where he met survivors of the Australian ship HMAS Perth (D29). They were moved from Serang to Batavia. He was told to record the POW's occupations and those idenitified as skilled were sent to Japan. Inspired by this, he kept a detailed and complete list of the survivors that he kept hidden. From Java, the survivors are put on a cargo ship to Singapore. Then they went to Pynang by train. He then boarded another ship to Burma. Allied forces bombed a ship next to Reas. He describes living in bamboo huts while building the railroad. During one of the routine abuses in …
Date:
November 17, 2000
Creator:
Reas, John
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Afro=American Citizen. (Charleston, S.C.), Vol. 1, No. 38, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 17, 1900
Weekly African-American newspaper from Charleston, South Carolina that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 17, 1900
Creator:
Gregory, L. G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
South Carolina Leader. (Charleston, S.C.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 21, 1865
Weekly African-American newspaper from Charleston, South Carolina that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 21, 1865
Creator:
Coffin, Allen
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
South Carolina Leader. (Charleston, S.C.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 7, 1865
Weekly African-American newspaper from Charleston, South Carolina that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 7, 1865
Creator:
Coffin, Allen
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The News and Courier. (Charleston, S.C.), Ed. 1 Thursday, January 4, 1883
Daily newspaper from Charleston, South Carolina that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 4, 1883
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The News and Courier. (Charleston, S.C.), Ed. 1 Thursday, March 29, 1883
Daily newspaper from Charleston, South Carolina that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 29, 1883
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History