Oral History Interview with Paul Bunch, December 7, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Paul Bunch, December 7, 1971

Interview with Paul Bunch, a New Mexico National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Atlanta, Missouri. Bunch served in I Troop, 111th Horse Cavalry, which became F Battery, 200th Coast Artillery (Anti-Aircraft); he recounts going to the Philippines before the war in 1941, his action during the bombing of Clark Field on December 8th, the fight for Bataan, and his capture and internment at Camp O'Donnell, after which he was held at Cabanatuan #2, Bilibid Prison, and then Yodagawa Steel Mill, Osaka, Japan.
Date: December 7, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Bunch, William Paul
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Marvin B. Edwards, March 6, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Marvin B. Edwards, March 6, 1971

Interview with Marvin B. Edwards, chemist and Army Air Corps veteran (95th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans after being shot down over Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II. Edwards discusses his rescue by the Belgian underground, his capture and interrogation (1944), solitary confinement, Stalag Luft 3, Sagan, Germany, Nürnberg (Stalag 13-D) and Moosburg (Stalag 7-A) (1945), and his liberation by American troops. Appendix includes Edwards' dossier at Oflag Luft Three, Excerpts from Edwards' prison diary, and Edwards' escape map.
Date: March 6, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Edwards, Marvin B., 1923-
System: The UNT Digital Library