Oral history interview with O. R. Sparkman, 1971 May 6.

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Oral history interview with O. R. Sparkman, 1971 May 6.

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Interview with O. R. Sparkman, truck driver and Marine Corps veteran, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Sparkman discusses his pre-war legation duty at Peking and Tientsin in North China, his surrender and imprisonment at Wusong (Woosung) Prison Camp, Shanghai (1942-1945), Pusan, Korea (1945), coal mining at Hakodate, Hokkaido (1945), and his liberation.

123 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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