Oral history interview with George W. McDaniel, 1973 October 23.

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Oral history interview with George W. McDaniel, 1973 October 23.

Interview with George W. McDaniel, a draftsman and a Marine Corps veteran, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. McDaniel discusses the fall of Wake Island and his capture, the hell ship to China (1942), his imprisonment at Wusong (Woosung) Prison Camp, Shanghai (1942), Kiangwang (Kiangwan) Prison Camp (1942-1945), Pusan, Korea (1945), Hakodate, Hokkaido (1945), and his liberation.

92, [15] leaves : ill., facsims. ; 29 cm.

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