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Summary:

Interview with Charles Burris, Army Air Corps veteran and survivor of the Bataan Death March, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Burris discusses the fall of Bataan and his capture, the Bataan Death March, Camp O'Donnell (1942), Cabanatuan (1942-1944), Bilibid Prison in Manila (1944), the hell ship to Japan (1944), Fukuoka, Kyushu (1945), and his liberation.

Table of Contents:

• April 5, 1984 interview [leaves [1]-31]
• February 21, 1985 interview [leaves [32]-86]
• May 14, 1985 interview [leaves [87]-160]
• May 31, 1985 interview [leaves [161]-290]

Author/Creator:

Burris, Charles W., 1917-

Contributors:

Cruz, Richard A. (Richard Alan)

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 Charles W. Burris, 1984 April 5 and 1985 February 21, May 14, and May 31 [by Burris, C.W.]

Related Series:

Oral History; [volume] 657

Subjects:

Burris, Charles W., 1917- — Oral history

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

Bilibid Prison (Manila, Philippines) — Oral history

O'Donnell Camp (Philippines : Concentration camp) — Oral history

Cabanatuan (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 — 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:

Interviews conducted in 1984 and 1985 for the World War II Prisoners of War Oral History Project. Interviewer: Richard A. Cruz.

Physical Description:

290 leaves ; 29 cm

Call Numbers:

OH 657

OCLC Numbers:

181595746