Oral history interview with Thomas Spencer, 1979 February 5.

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Oral history interview with Thomas Spencer, 1979 February 5.

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Interview with Thomas Spencer, 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. Spencer 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 and Tamarkan, Thailand (1944), American air raids, Saigon and Da Lat, French Indo-China (1945), and his liberation.

160 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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