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Summary:

Interview with Hayes H. Bolitho, a businessman and an Army Air Corps veteran, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Bolitho discusses the bombing of Clark Field (1941), his surrender at Clark Field, prison camp at Malaybalay (1942), Davao Penal Colony (1942-1944), the torpedoing of his hell ship and rescue by Filipino guerrillas, and his evacuation by the American submarine USS Narwhal.

Author/Creator:

Bolitho, Hayes H., 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 Hayes H. Bolitho, 1973 July 17 [by Bolitho, H.H.]

Related Series:

Oral History; [volume] 151

Subjects:

Bolitho, Hayes H., 1917- — Oral history

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

Davao Penal Colony (Davao City, Philippines) — Oral history

Narwhal (Submarine : SS-167) — 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 — Prisoners and prisons, Japanese — Oral history

World War, 1939-1945 — Philippines — Oral history

Prisoner-of-war escapes — Oral history

Guerrillas — Philippines — 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:

122 leaves ; 29 cm

Call Numbers:

OH 151

OCLC Numbers:

171227397