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Summary:

Interview with M.T. Harrelson, an Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard) and a member of the "Lost Battalion," concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Harrelson discusses the fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942-1944), Changi Jail in Singapore (1944), various railroad camps in Sumatra (1944-1945), and his liberation.

Author/Creator:

Harrelson, M. T., 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 M. T. Harrelson, 1985 May 9 [by Harrelson, M.T.]

Related Series:

Oral History; [volume] 666

Subjects:

Harrelson, M. T., 1919- — Oral history

United States Army — Field Artillery, 131st — Battalion, 2nd — Oral history

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

Changi Jail (Changi, Singapore) — Oral history

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

Prisoners of war — Singapore — Oral history

Prisoners of war — Indonesia — Oral history

Prisoners of war — United States — Oral history

World War, 1939-1945 — Personal narratives, American — Oral history

World War, 1939-1945 — Conscript labor — Indonesia — Sumatra — Oral history

World War, 1939-1945 — Campaigns — East Indies — 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 1985 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:

205 leaves ; 29 cm

Call Numbers:

OH 666

OCLC Numbers:

183202913