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Oral History Interview with Thomas Spencer, February 5, 1979 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Thomas Spencer, February 5, 1979

Interview with Thomas Spencer, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Joplin, Texas. Spencer discusses his experiences with the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, the "Lost Battalion" captured on Java in March 1942, including: joining the service; training; deployment to East Asia; diversion to Brisbane and Malang; the Japanese attack on Java; the American surrender; experiences in internment and labor at Tanjong Priok and Bicycle Camp in Batavia, several camps on the Burma Railway, and Saigon; liberation.
Date: February 5, 1979
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Spencer, Thomas
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph 2012.201.B0224.0465]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "What's up in the land down under will be discussed Wednesday when Rev. I. J. Chivell, executive secretary of the Churches of Christ of South Australia, speaks at a 6 p.m. dinner in the First Christian Church, 3700 Walker"
Date: February 5, 1969
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
NOW, Volume 7, Number 38, February 5, 1943 (open access)

NOW, Volume 7, Number 38, February 5, 1943

Weekly newsletter for employees of R.G. LeTourneau, Inc. containing religious articles, work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date: February 5, 1943
Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History