Oral History Interview with W. L. Starnes, April 2, 1974
Description:
Interview with W. L. Starnes, a businessman, 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. Starnes talks about 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 (194…
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Date:
April 2, 1974
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Starnes, W. L., 1919-
Partner:
UNT Oral History Program