Oral History Interview with James F. Sansom, October 8, 2004 Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Oral History Interview with James F. Sansom, October 8, 2004

Creator

  • Interviewer: Cox, Floyd
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Interviewee: Sansom, James F.
    Creator Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War
    Place of Publication: Fredericksburg, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 2004-10-08

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Interview with James F. Sansom, an officer in the U. S. Army during World War II. Sansom joined the Army in 1940 and began training on anti-aircraft guns in Florida. He was selected for Officer Candidate School (OCS) and was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1942. He was assigned to the 843rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Air Warning Battalion, which made its way to India via the Panama Canal and Australia. Shortly after reaching Calcutta, the unit moved to Myitkyina, Burma. After the war, Sansom was assigned to Sagumo Prison outside Tokyo where Japanese war criminals were being held while on trial for war crimes. He describes some of the routines and residents in the prison. Sansom taught Hideki Tojo how to play card games like gin rummy. Sansom also describes the process of executing convicted prisoners as he carried out some sentences. In all, he executed nine convicted war criminals.
  • Physical Description: 1 sound recording : digital

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: World War, 1939-1945 -- Biography
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Texas
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Individuals
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Military and War - Wars - World War II
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Oral histories
  • Keyword: biographies
  • Keyword: interviews
  • Keyword: WWII
  • Named Person: Sansom, James F.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Myitkyinā (Burma)
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Sugamo Keimusho
  • Keyword: Sugamo Prison, Tokyo
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: War criminals -- Japan
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Tōjō, Hideki, 1884-1948
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Executions and executioners -- Japan
  • Keyword: Burma
  • Keyword: Calcutta, India

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Time Period: mod-tim
  • Place Name: United States - Florida
  • Place Name: India - West Bengal - Kolkata District - Kolkata
  • Place Name: Panama
  • Place Name: Australia
  • Place Name: Myanmar - Kachin - Myitkyinā District - Myitkyina Township - Myitkyinā
  • Place Name: Japan - Tokyo Prefecture - Tokyo

Collection

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War Oral History Collection
    Code: NMPW
  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War Digital Archive
    Code: NMPWA
  • Name: Texas Oral History Collection
    Code: TOHC
  • Name: World War Two Collection
    Code: WWII

Institution

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
    Code: NMPW

Resource Type

  • Sound

Format

  • Audio

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: OH01269
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth204504
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth204504

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