Oral history interview with Weldon O. Western, 1987 February 16.

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Oral history interview with Weldon O. Western, 1987 February 16.

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Interview with Weldon Western, 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. Western 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 (1945), American air raids, and his liberation.

147 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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