Oral History Interview with Tom Blaylock, March 22, 1971

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Interview with Tom Blaylock, an Army Air Corps WWII veteran and POW from Dallas, Texas. Blaylock was stationed in the Philippines during the Japanese invasion of December 1941, was captured, forced to partake in the Bataan Death March, and was interned at several major POW camps in the Philippines before transferring to a coal mine camp at Omine-machi, Yamaguchi, Japan.

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101 p. ; 28 cm.

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Marcello, Ronald & Blaylock, Thomas March 22, 1971.

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Interview with Tom Blaylock, an Army Air Corps WWII veteran and POW from Dallas, Texas. Blaylock was stationed in the Philippines during the Japanese invasion of December 1941, was captured, forced to partake in the Bataan Death March, and was interned at several major POW camps in the Philippines before transferring to a coal mine camp at Omine-machi, Yamaguchi, Japan.

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101 p. ; 28 cm.

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Marcello, Ronald & Blaylock, Thomas. Oral History Interview with Tom Blaylock, March 22, 1971, book, March 22, 1971; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529146/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.

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