WASP News, Volume 27, Number 1, January 1989 (open access)

WASP News, Volume 27, Number 1, January 1989

Newsletter of the former World War II Women Airforce Service Pilots including news, events, stories about the group's history, and other information of interest to the members.
Date: January 1989
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Paul E. Papish, January 30, 1989 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Paul E. Papish, January 30, 1989

Interview with Paul E. Papish, a Navy WWII veteran and POW from Denver, Colorado, who survived the sinking of the USS Houston (CA-30). Papish discusses joining the Navy in 1939 and training, assignment to the Houston and operations in the Pacific, the start of war and initial engagements, the Battle of the Java Sea, getting sunk at Sundra Strait, surviving on a raft and reaching shore on Java, capture, initial internment, transfer to and experiences in Bicycle Camp in Batavia, transfer to Changi Camp in Singapore, and liberation.
Date: January 30, 1989
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Papish, Paul E.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library