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Oral History Interview with B. D. Fillmore, October 9, 1973

Description: Interview with B. D. Fillmore, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Jacksboro, Texas, who was captured with the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "Lost Battalion") by Japanese forces on Java. Fillmore discusses joining the Guard and mobilization, deployment to the Pacific, diversion to Java and operations at Malang, the Japanese invasion and American surrender, internment at Tanjung Priok and Bicycle Camp in Batavia, transfer to Changi Camp in Singapore, transfer to Thanbyuz… more
Date: October 9, 1973
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Frank H. King, December 12, 1978

Description: Interview with Frank King, U.S. Marine Corps WWII veteran and survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. King talks about the sinking of the Houston (1942), his capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi and Tamarkan, Thailand (1944-1945), Phet Buri, Thailand (1945), and hi… more
Date: December 12, 1978
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & King, Frank H., 1921-2004
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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