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Oral History Interview with Bruce Gordon Elliot, May 17, 2002

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… more

Date: May 17, 2002

Creator: Alexander, Bill & Elliot, Bruce Gordon

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Willie Fred Sander, May 22, 2002

Interview with Willie Fred Sander, a Navy WWII veteran from Brenham, Texas. Sander discusses his background and life before the war, joining the Navy and aviator training, flying PBM patrol bombers throughout the Pacific, and his family life after the war.

Date: May 22, 2002

Creator: Alexander, William J. & Sander, Willie Fred