Oral History Interview with Sidney C. Matlock, September 9, 1981
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Interview with Sidney Matlock, an 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. Matlock 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, Thailand (1944), railroad maintenance work in Burma (1944), Phet Buri, Thaiā¦
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Date:
September 9, 1981
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Matlock, Sidney C., 1917-
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UNT Oral History Program