Oral history interview with Arthur B. Clark, 2000 September 29.

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Oral history interview with Arthur B. Clark, 2000 September 29.

Interview with Arthur B. Clark, an Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard), member of the "Lost Battalion." His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-43; Kaoren, Thailand, 1943-45; liberation by the OSS, 1945. Appendix consists of further information of "friendly fire" incident (one leaf) and a photocopy of the flight log of one of the pilots (one leaf).

201, [3] leaves : facsims. ; 29 cm.

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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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Clark, Arthur B., 1922-

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United States. Army

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