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Summary:

Interview with George Burns, a postal worker, a farmer, 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. Burns talks about 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), Bangkok, Thailand (1945), and his liberation.

Author/Creator:

Burns, George, 1917-

Contributors:

Marcello, Ronald E.

World War II Prisoners of War Oral History Project

North Texas State University > Oral History Collection

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Oral history interview with George Burns, 1974 March 12 [by Burns, G.]

Related Series:

Oral History; [volume] 176

Subjects:

Burns, George, 1917- — Oral history

United States Army — Field Artillery, 131st — Battalion, 2nd — Oral history

United States Army — History — World War, 1939-1945 — Oral history

Burma-Siam Railroad — Oral history

Changi POW Camp (Changi, Singapore) — Oral history

Bicycle Camp POW Camp (Jakarta, Indonesia) — Oral history

Prisoners of war — Thailand — Oral history

Prisoners of war — Singapore — Oral history

Prisoners of war — Burma — Oral history

Prisoners of war — Indonesia — Oral history

Prisoners of war — United States — Oral history

World War, 1939-1945 — Conscript labor — Burma — Oral history

World War, 1939-1945 — Conscript labor — Thailand — Oral history

World War, 1939-1945 — Personal narratives, American — Oral history

World War, 1939-1945 — Campaigns — East Indies — Oral history

World War, 1939-1945 — Prisoners and prisons, Japanese — Oral history

Genres:

Oral history — Examples

World War II oral history — Examples

General Notes:

Interview conducted in 1974 for the World War II Prisoners of War Oral History Project. Interviewer: Dr. Ronald E. Marcello, Professor of History, North Texas State University.

Physical Description:

118 leaves ; 29 cm

Call Numbers:

OH 176

OCLC Numbers:

156912965