Oral history interview with John B. Brush, 1998 February 03.

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Oral history interview with John B. Brush, 1998 February 03.

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Interview with John Brush, mechanical engineer and business executive, concerning his experiences as a civilian internee of the Japanese in the Philippines during World War II. Employment with the Procter and Gamble Company in the Philippines, 1941; pre-World War II social life in Manila; supplying the U.S. military with soap, shortening, and margarine; Japanese bombing of Nielson Field; initial incarceration by the Japanese, January, 1942; permanent incarceration at Santo Tomás University in Manila; internal organization and governance of the prison compound; personal procurement of food from outside the prison compound; camp recreation and entertainment; internal rules among internees; outside sources of money; construction of personal shanties within the prison compound; transfer to Los Baños, Manila, December, 1943; diet-related diseases; soap making; destruction of Manila and liberation by American troops, February, 1945.

99 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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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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Brush, John B., 1912-

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Los Baños Internment Camp.

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Alexander, William John, 1855-1944

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William John Alexadner was born of Scottish parents in Hamilton, Canada West, in 1855. He was educated in Hamilton and at the University of Toronto where he won a scholarship which enabled him to study English at the University of Wales College in Charlottetown for two years. He obtained a PhD in Greek And Philology at the newly constituted Johns Hopkins Unviersity in 1833, and spent a further year studying modern languages in Heidelberg. Dr. Alexander was appointed professor of English language...

Santo Tomas Internment Camp (Manila, Philippines)

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