Oral History Interview with Cleon Stewart, March 18, 1993
Description:
Interview with Cleon Stewart, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Tulia, Texas, who served and was captured with the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (known as the "Lost Battalion"). Stewart discusses joining the National Guard, training and the Louisiana Maneuvers, deployment to the Pacific in November, 1941, diversion to Java after December 7th, Japanese air strikes and the invasion, the American surrender and initial internement by the Japanese, experiences in internment at …
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Date:
March 18, 1993
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Stewart, Cleon
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UNT Oral History Program