Memoir and photographs, ca. 1997-2000.

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Memoir and photographs, ca. 1997-2000.

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Contains two copies of his memoir in which he discusses the stand made by his fellow civilians and US Marines on Wake Island and their capture. Discusses his three and a half years of captivity in Woo Sung, China; Osaka and Naoetsu Japan; the miseries that he endured; and his release following the war's end . Includes 3 photocopies of recent photographs of Young.

1 folder (34 p.) + 3 photocopied photographs.

Harold B. Lee Library

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Young, John Oscar, 1922-

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Civilian carpenter who participated in the defense of Wake Island in 1941, was captured, and spent remaining years of the war as a POW. From the description of Memoir and photographs, ca. 1997-2000. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 51605155 ...