Oral history interview with Kelly Bramlett, 1976 November 2.

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Oral history interview with Kelly Bramlett, 1976 November 2.

Interview with Kelly Bramlett, 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. Bramlett 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), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944), Saigon, French Indo-China (1944-1945), and his liberation.

135 leaves ; 29 cm.

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North Texas State University. Oral History Collection.

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World War II Prisoners of War Oral History Project.

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Bramlett, Kelly B., 1922-

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