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Oral History Interview with Barton B. Wallace, Jr., September 19, 2003

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Interview with Barton B. Wallace, Jr., engineer and Army veteran (Quartermaster Corps Graves Registration Service-China Zone), concerning his experiences with Recovery Team No. 4 in the recovery of the remains of American military personnel in China, 1945-46. Appendix consists of letters, chronology, Separation Qualification Record, and extracts from various forms.
Date: September 19, 2003
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Wallace, Barton B., Jr.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with R. Kenneth Towery, March 19, 1995

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Interview with Ken Towery, journalist, Army veteran (59th Coast Artillery Regiment), and survivor of the siege of Corregidor, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Towery discusses the fall of Corregidor and his capture, Cabanatuan (1942), Mukden, Manchuria (1942-1945), and his liberation by Russian troops.
Date: March 19, 1995
Creator: Byrd, Richard W. & Towery, Roland Kenneth, 1923-2016
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Ken Towery, March 19, 1995

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Interview with Ken Towery. Towery joined the Army in early 1941 and was sent to Corregidor to join a coast artillery unit. He recalls several details about life under siege at Corregidor before he was captured by the Japanese and taken to Cabanatuan. He left the Philippines later that year and was taken to China. Towery shares his opinions about being a POW as well as several anecdotes. He also comments on being liberated by Russians and how the Russians and Chinese communists cooperated right after the war. When he was liberated, Towery was put aboard a hospital ship at Port Arthur.
Date: March 19, 1995
Creator: Byrd, Richard W. & Towery, R. Ken
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library