Oral History Interview with Jean Balch, October 12, 1996
Description:
Interview with Navy veteran Jean Balch, including Balch's personal experiences about the Pacific theater, being a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II, boot camp, radio, radar, and gunnery school, operations during the Leyte invasion, missions over Luzon, and raids on Japanese installations on Formosa and Saigon, French Indo-China. Additionally, Balch talks about his plane being shot down on a raid to Hong Kong and his capture on January 16, 1945, interrogations and beatings by t…
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Date:
October 12, 1996
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Balch, Jean
Partner:
UNT Oral History Program