Oral history interview with Bryghte D. Godbold, 1972 April 7.

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Oral history interview with Bryghte D. Godbold, 1972 April 7.

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Interview with Bryghte D. Godbold, a Marine Corps veteran, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Godbold discusses the fall of Wake Island and his capture, his imprisonment at Wosong (Woosung) Prison Camp, Shanghai (1942), Kiangwang (Kiangwan) Prison Camp (1942-1945), Pusan, Korea (1945), Hakodate, Hokkaido (1945), and his liberation.

86 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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