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Oral History Interview with Garth W. Slate, August 13, 1980
Interview with Garth Slate, 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. Slate 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:
August 13, 1980
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Slate, Garth W., 1921-
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Otto C. Schwarz, August 7, 1979
Transcript of an interview with Otto Schwarz, a Navy veteran from New Jersey and a survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston. Schwarz discusses the sinking of the USS Houston and his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II.
Date:
August 7, 1979
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Schwarz, Otto C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library