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Summary:

Interview with John Wisecup, a Marine Corps veteran and a survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Wisecup talks about the sinking of the Houston (1942), his capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944), Changi Jail (1944-1945), and his liberation.

Table of Contents:

• July 28, 1987 interview [127 leaves]
• Appendices: letter from Wisecup to Interviewer [1 leaf]
• letter from former POW Norman Stevens to Wisecup [1 leaf]
• poem composed by Wisecup [5 leaves]
• excerpt from unpublished master's thesis by Frances G. Peadon, "Survival in Japanese Prison Camps," Texas Christian University, 1967 [2 leaves]

Author/Creator:

Wisecup, John W., 1919-

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 John W. Wisecup, 1987 July 28 [by Wisecup, J.W.]

Related Series:

Oral History; [volume] 704

Subjects:

Wisecup, John W., 1919- — Oral history

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

Houston (Cruiser : CA-30) — Oral history

Burma-Siam Railroad — Oral history

Changi POW Camp (Changi, Singapore) — Oral history

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

Changi Jail (Changi, Singapore) — Oral history

Java Sea, Battle of the, Indonesia, 1942 — Oral history

Sunda Strait, Battle of, Indonesia, 1942 — 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 — Naval operations, American — Oral history

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

Genres:

Oral history — Examples

World War II oral history — Examples

General Notes:

Interview conducted in 1987 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:

127 pages, 9 unnumbered leaves : facsimiles ; 29 cm

Call Numbers:

OH 704

OCLC Numbers:

180878025