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Summary:

Interview with Colonel Columbus Savage, an Army Air Corps veteran (16th Bomb Squadron) and a survivor of the Bataan Death March, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Savage discusses Bataan Airfield (1941-1942), the fall of Bataan and his capture, the Bataan Death March, Camp O'Donnell (1942), Cabanatuan (1942), Davao Penal Colony (1942-1944), Bilibid Prison in Manila (1944), the hell ship to Japan (1945), Mojo and Fukuoka, Kyushu (1945), Mukden, Manchuria (1945), and his liberation by Russian troops. Appendix includes a photocopy of an article from the May 24, 1991 edition of the Carswell Sentinel, titled, "Warrior received belated honors" by MSgt. Dick Hodgson [1 leaf]

Author/Creator:

Savage, Columbus, 1914-

Contributors:

Marcello, Ronald E.

World War II Prisoners of War Oral History Project

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Oral history interview with Columbus Savage, 1994 May 26 and 31 [by Savage, C.]

Related Works:

University of North Texas oral history collection

Related Series:

Oral History; [volume] 1046

Subjects:

Savage, Columbus, 1914- — Oral history

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

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

Cabanatuan (Philippines : Concentration camp) — Oral history

Davao Penal Colony (Davao City, Philippines) — Oral history

Bilibid Prison (Manila, Philippines) — Oral history

Prisoners of war — Japan — Kyūshū Region — Oral history

Prisoners of war — Philippines — Oral history

Prisoners of war — China — Manchuria — 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 Death March, Philippines, 1942 — Oral history

Genres:

Oral history — Examples

World War II oral history — Examples

General Notes:

Interview conducted in 1994 for the World War II Prisoners of War Oral History Project. Interviewer: Dr. Ronald E. Marcello, Professor of History, University of North Texas.

Physical Description:

252 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves : illustrations, facsimiles ; 29 cm

Call Numbers:

OH 1046

OCLC Numbers:

236901585