Oral History Interview with Weldon O. Western, February 16, 1987
Description:
Interview with Weldon Western, 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. Western 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, French Indo-China (1945), American air raids, and …
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Date:
February 16, 1987
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Western, Weldon O., 1914-
Partner:
UNT Oral History Program