Oral History Interview with Garth W. Slate, August 13, 1980
Description:
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 …
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Date:
August 13, 1980
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Slate, Garth W., 1921-
Partner:
UNT Oral History Program