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Oral History Interview with Marvin E. Tilghman, September 6, 1978 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Marvin E. Tilghman, September 6, 1978

Interview with Marvin Tilghman, an Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard) and a member of the "Lost Battalion," concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Tilghman discusses the fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944), Saigon and Da Lat, French Indo-China (1944-1945), American air raids, and his liberation.
Date: September 6, 1978
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Tilghman, Marvin E., 1917-
System: The UNT Digital Library