Oral history interview with James C. Venable, 1971 April 13.

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Oral history interview with James C. Venable, 1971 April 13.

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Interview with James Venable, security administrator and Marine Corps veteran (Battery E, 1st Defense Battalion), concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Venable discusses the fall of Wake Island and his capture (1942), Wusong (Woosung) Prison Camp, Shanghai (1942-1945), coal mining at Hakodate, Hokkaido (1945), and his liberation.

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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