Oral History Interview with Bruce Gordon Elliot, May 17, 2002
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Interview with Bruce Elliot, a Navy veteran and POW from Montezuma, Kansas. Elliot discusses his family, joining the Navy and volunteering for Asiatic service, the start of war and the bombing of Cavite Navy Yard in the Philippines, retreat to Corregidor, capture by the Japanese, escaping internment on Palawan and joining Moro guerillas, sabotage, linking up with Australian forces, evacuation to Australia and returning to the United States, becoming a deepsea diver, and Korean War service. In a…
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Date:
May 17, 2002
Creator:
Alexander, Bill & Elliot, Bruce Gordon
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UNT Oral History Program