Oral history interview with B. D. Fillmore, 1973 October 9.

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Oral history interview with B. D. Fillmore, 1973 October 9.

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Interview with Benjamin D. Fillmore, a horticulturalist, 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. Fillmore 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), Tamarkan, Thailand (1944), and his liberation.

100, [11] leaves : facsims. ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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