Oral history interview with John Bumgarner, 1995 March 18.

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Oral history interview with John Bumgarner, 1995 March 18.

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Interview with John Bumgarner, a physician and an Army veteran, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese following the fall of the Philippines during World War II. Bumgarner discusses the fall of Bataan and his capture, Bilibid Prison in Manila (1942), Cabanatuan (1942-1944), the hell ship to Japan (1944), Hakodate, Hokkaido (1944-1945), and his liberation.

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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