Oral history interview with Jack Feliz, 2000 February 28.

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Oral history interview with Jack Feliz, 2000 February 28.

Interview with Jack M. Feliz, a Navy veteran and a survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Sinking of the Houston, 1942; capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; hell ship to Japan, 1942; prison camp at Ohasi, Honshu, 1942-45; liberation.

219 leaves ; 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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Feliz, Jack M., 1911-

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Marcello, Ronald E.

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