Oral history interview with Frank Fujita, 1970 November 9.

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Oral history interview with Frank Fujita, 1970 November 9.

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Interview with Frank Fujita, an artist, 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. Fujita discusses the fall of Java and his capture, imprisonment in Surabaja (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), the hell ship to Japan (1943), the Nagasaki shipyards, Tokyo (1943-1945), and his liberation.

132 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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North Texas State University. Oral History Collection.

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Fujita, Frank, 1921-

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...