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Oral history interview with Henry Stanley, 1973 March 12

Resource Type:
Manuscript (Paper)
Publication:
1973
Serial Holdings:
Shelved in Oral History Transcripts Collection, University Archives.
Related Series:
Oral History; [volume] 144

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Summary:
Interview with Henry Stanley, a postal worker, an Army Air Corps veteran, and a survivor of the Bataan Death March, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Stanley discusses the fall of Bataan and his capture, the Bataan Death March, Camp O'Donnell (1942), Clark Field (1942-1944), the hell ship to Japan (1944), copper mining at Hanawa, Honshu (1944-1945), and his liberation.
Table of Contents:
  • March 12, 1973 interview [137 leaves]
  • Appendix: photocopies of various letters, postcards, and telegrams to and from Henry Stanley during World War II [26 leaves]
  • photocopy of the "Statement of H.G. Stanley concerning Military and Medical History from date of entry into U.S. Military Service to the present date" (dated July 3, 1947) [5 leaves]
Author/Creator:
Stanley, Henry, 1920-
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 Henry Stanley, 1973 March 12 [by Stanley, H.]
Related Series:
Oral History; [volume] 144
Subjects:
Stanley, Henry, 1920- — Oral history
United States Army — Air Corps — History — World War, 1939-1945 — Oral history
O'Donnell Camp (Philippines : Concentration camp) — Oral history
Prisoners of war — Japan — Oral history
Prisoners of war — Philippines — Oral history
Prisoners of war — United States — Oral history
World War, 1939-1945 — Personal narratives, American — Oral history
World War, 1939-1945 — Conscript labor — Japan — 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
Clark Field (Philippines) — History — World War, 1939-1945 — Oral history
Genres:
Oral history — Examples
World War II oral history — Examples
General Notes:
Interview conducted in 1973 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:
137 pages, 26 unnumbered pages, 5 leaves : facsimiles ; 29 cm
Call Numbers:
OH 144
OCLC Numbers:
171203261