Oral History Interview with J. L. Summers, August 21, 1995
Description:
Interview with J.L. Summers, U.S. Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard) and a member of the "Lost Battalion," concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Summers discusses the fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi and Tamarkan, Thailand (1944), railway maintenance work in Burma (1944), Phe…
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Date:
1995-08-21/1995-08-22
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Summers, J. L.
Partner:
UNT Oral History Program