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Summary:

Interview with Raymond Abbitt, an Episcopalian missionary, concerning his experiences as a civilian internee of the Japanese in the Philippines during World War II. Abbitt discusses his capture on Mindanao, Davao internment camp (1942-1943), Santo Tomas, Manila (1943), the fall of Manila, and his liberation (1945).

Author/Creator:

Abbitt, Raymond E., 1912-

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 Raymond E. Abbitt, 1975 February 25 [by Abbitt, R.E.]

Related Series:

Oral History; [volume] 282

Subjects:

Abbitt, Raymond E., 1912- — Oral history

Davao Internment Camp (Davao City, Philippines) — Oral history

Santo Tomas Internment Camp (Manila, Philippines) — Oral history

Missionaries — Philippines — 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

Genres:

Oral history — Examples

World War II oral history — Examples

Civilian Internees of Japan oral history — Examples

General Notes:

Interview conducted in 1975 for the World War II Prisoners of War (Civilian Internees of Japan) Oral History Project. Interviewer: Dr. Ronald E. Marcello, Professor of History, North Texas State University.

Physical Description:

88 leaves ; 29 cm

Call Numbers:

OH 282

OCLC Numbers:

180159971