Oral history interview with Jess Stanbrough, 1985 April 15.

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Oral history interview with Jess Stanbrough, 1985 April 15.

Interview with Jess Stanbrough, a physicist, a businessman, 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. Stanbrough discusses the fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), the construction and operation of a secret radio at Bicycle Camp, Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), the hell ship to Japan (1942), iron smelter at Kamaishi, Honshu (1943), continued operation of clandestine radio, American air and naval bombardment (1944-1945), Kamaishi (1944-1945), and his liberation.

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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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Stanbrough, Jess, 1918-

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...