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Oral history interview with Jonathan Burns, 1981 July 21

Resource Type:
Manuscript (Paper)
Publication:
1981
Serial Holdings:
Shelved in Oral History Transcripts Collection, University Archives.
Related Series:
Oral History; [volume] 545

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Summary:
Interview with Jonathan Burns, an Army veteran (200th Coast Artillery, New Mexico National Guard) and a survivor of the Bataan Death March, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Burns discusses the fall of Bataan and his capture, the Bataan Death March, Camp O'Donnell (1942), Cabanatuan (1942-1944), Bilibid Prison, Manila (1944), the hell ship to Japan (1944), Moji (1944-1945), A-bomb damage at Nagasaki, and his liberation.
Author/Creator:
Burns, Jonathan, 1915-
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 Jonathan Burns, 1981 July 21 [by Burns, J.]
Related Series:
Oral History; [volume] 545
Subjects:
Burns, Jonathan, 1915- — Oral history
United States Army — History — World War, 1939-1945 — Oral history
United States Army — Coast Artillery, 200th — Oral history
O'Donnell Camp (Philippines : Concentration camp) — Oral history
Cabanatuan (Philippines : Concentration camp) — Oral history
Bilibid Prison (Manila, Philippines) — 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 — 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 1981 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:
187 leaves ; 29 cm
Call Numbers:
OH 545
OCLC Numbers:
181376860