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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 … more
Date: February 16, 1987
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Western, Weldon O., 1914-
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Frank W. Ficklin, January 16, 1987

Description: Transcript of an interview with Frank Ficklin, a businessman, an Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard) and a member of the "Lost Battalion." Ficklin discusses his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Ficklin 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), Changi Jail (1944),… more
Date: January 16, 1987
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Ficklin, Frank W., 1922-
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Stephen J. Koran and Flora Belle Koran, August 16, 1974

Description: Interview with Stephen J. (an Army Air Corps veteran) and Flora Belle Koran concerning their experiences at Wheeler Field (he as a member of the 86th Observation Squadron) during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: August 16, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Koran, Stephen J. & Koran, Flora Belle
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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