Oral history interview with Joe B. Gear, 1970 July 18.

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Oral history interview with Joe B. Gear, 1970 July 18.

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Interview with Joe B. Gear, a businessman, a Navy veteran, and a survivor of the siege of Corregidor, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Gear discusses his work at the Cavite Naval Yard on the U.S.S. Holland, the destruction of the Cavite Navy Base by Japanese bombers, the fall of Corregidor and his capture, the damage to his eyes due to a phosphorous bomb, Bilibid Prison in Manila (1942), Cabanatuan (1942), his transfer to Formosa (Taiwan) (1942), the hell ship to Japan (1942), his hospitalization in Tokyo, the Shinagawa Prison Camp, and his liberation. Also includes several Appendices at the end of the volume.

109, [6] leaves : facsims. ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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