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Summary:

Interview with George Koury, Jr., a Marine Corps veteran and survivor of the Bataan Death March, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Koury discusses the fall of Bataan and his capture, the Bataan Death March, Camp O'Donnell (1942), Cabanatuan (1942-1943), Nichols Field (1943-1944), the hell ship to Formosa (1944), the hell ship to Japan (1944), Prison Camp No. 7 in northern Honshu (1944-1945), and his liberation.

Author/Creator:

Koury, George, 1922-

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 Koury, Jr., 1972 April 27 [by Koury, G.]

Related Series:

Oral History; [volume] 125

Subjects:

Koury, George, 1922- — Oral history

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

O'Donnell Camp (Philippines : Concentration camp) — Oral history

Cabanatuan (Philippines : Concentration camp) — Oral history

Prisoners of war — Japan — Oral history

Prisoners of war — Philippines — Oral history

Prisoners of war — United States — Oral history

Prisoners of war — Transportation — Pacific Ocean — Oral history

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

World War, 1939-1945 — Campaigns — Philippines — Bataan (Province) — Oral history

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

Bataan, Battle of, Philippines, 1942 — Oral history

Bataan Death March, Philippines, 1942 — Oral history

Genres:

Oral history — Examples

World War II oral history — Examples

General Notes:

Interview conducted in 1972 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:

102 leaves ; 29 cm

Call Numbers:

OH 125

OCLC Numbers:

171013182