Oral history interview with John H. Owen, 1977 February 7.

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Oral history interview with John H. Owen, 1977 February 7.

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Interview with John H. Owen, 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. Owen discusses 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), Saigon and Da Lat, French Indo-China (1944-1945), and his liberation.

139 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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North Texas State University. Oral History Collection.

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Owen, John H., 1922-

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