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Oral History Interview with James W. Gee, March 13 and March 19, 1972

Interview with James W. Gee, a sales executive, a Marine Corps veteran, and a survivor of the sinking of the U.S.S. Houston, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Gee talks about the sinking of the Houston (1942), his capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944), the hell ship to Japan (1944), coa… more

Date: [1972-03-13,1972-03-19]

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Gee, James Wallace

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Bulletin of McMurry College, 1972 summer session

Bulletin lists the administration, faculty, and summer course offerings of McMurry College in Abilene, Texas.

Date: March 1972

Creator: McMurry College

Partner: McMurry University Library

Oral History Interview with Carlton J. Killgo, March 23, 1972

Interview with Carlton J. Killgo, a Army Air Corps WWII veteran and POW from Slocum, Texas, who was shot down and captured by German forces. Killgo discusses enlisting in the Air Corps before the war, training and becoming a B-17 crewmember, deployment to England, his missions, getting shot down, capture by German civilians, transfer to Stalag Luft #4, experiences in internment there, liberation by the Soviet Army, and return to the United States.

Date: March 23, 1972

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Killgo, Carlton J.