Oral History Interview with Houston Lowe, October 21, 2017 transcript

Oral History Interview with Houston Lowe, October 21, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Houston Lowe. Lowe finished high school and joined the Civilian Conservation Corps and worked in Texas and California before joing the Army Air Corps. He had basic training in the Philippines prior to the Japanese invasion. Lowe was captured on Corregidor and made a prisoner of war. He soon went to Cabanatuan. Lowe recalls several instances of his POW experience in the Philippines. He rode a hell ship to Japan, the Noto Maru, and was close to Hiroshima when the atomic bomb was dropped. When the war ended, Lowe returned to San Francisco.
Date: October 21, 2017
Creator: Lowe, Houston
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Houston Lowe, October 21, 2017 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Houston Lowe, October 21, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Houston Lowe. Lowe finished high school and joined the Civilian Conservation Corps and worked in Texas and California before joing the Army Air Corps. He had basic training in the Philippines prior to the Japanese invasion. Lowe was captured on Corregidor and made a prisoner of war. He soon went to Cabanatuan. Lowe recalls several instances of his POW experience in the Philippines. He rode a hell ship to Japan, the Noto Maru, and was close to Hiroshima when the atomic bomb was dropped. When the war ended, Lowe returned to San Francisco.
Date: October 21, 2017
Creator: Lowe, Houston
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History