Oral history interview with Rufus Smith, 1989 June 13.

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Oral history interview with Rufus Smith, 1989 June 13.

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Interview with Rufus Smith, a Marine Corps veteran, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II after his capture on Corregidor. Smith discusses the Philippine Islands (1942) and his account of surviving the Palawan Massacre in 1944.

34 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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SNAC Resource ID: 6962921

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas. Oral History Collection.

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World War II Prisoners of War Oral History Project.

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Smith, Rufus W., 1918-

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Burlage, George.

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Palawan Barracks (Concentration camp)

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United States. Marine Corps

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The U.S. Marine Corps was established on November 10, 1775. From the description of Papers, 1933-1945. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 754107146 The history of the Marine Corps Navajo Code Talkers dates from 1942-1945. In 1942, a white man by the name of Phillip Johnston, who had lived on a Navajo reservation for many years of his life, conceived an idea that he thought might help the war. He believed that the Navajo language, a verbal, rarely-written language, coul...