Oral History Interview with Raymond D. Reed, March 13, 1979 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Raymond D. Reed, March 13, 1979

Interview with Raymond Reed, 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. Reed 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 and Tamarkan, Thailand (1944), Phet Buri, Thailand (1944-1945), and his liberation.
Date: March 13, 1979
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Reed, Raymond D., 1921-
System: The UNT Digital Library