Oral history interview with Frank H. Bigelow, 2002 June 13.

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Oral history interview with Frank H. Bigelow, 2002 June 13.

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Interview with Frank H. Bigelow, a Navy veteran (USS Canopus), concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Boyhood in North Dakota; various jobs during the Great Depression; enlistment in the Navy, 1939; volunteering for duty in the Philippines and assignment to the submarine tender USS Canopus, 1940; pre-war military life in the Philippines; the Japanese bombing of Cavite Navy Yard and the destruction of the Canopus, December, 1941; retreat to Bataan, January, 1942; retreat to Corregidor; the fall of Corregidor; confinement in the 92nd Garage area; forced march down Dewey Boulevard in Manila; confinement at Cabanatuan, 1942-43; hell ship to Japan, July, 1943; coal mining for Mitsui Heavy Industries, Omuta, Kyushu; amputation of his leg by fellow prisoners after a mining accident, January, 1945; liberation; his description of the destruction in Nagasaki due to the atomic bomb. Appendix consists of photocopies from the website www.vetshome.com, which chronicles the story of the interviewee (eight leaves).

95, [9] leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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