Oral History Interview with Billy Allen, March 1, 1976 Page: 51
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Okay, I would assume that the prisoners had to keep
their hair relatively short in order to keep down
the body lice and any other varments that might be
parasites.
Yes, and there were scissors. There were some that
had scissors and just cut each other's hair. It
wasn't very neat-looking, but we didn't care. So
we cut each other's hair a lot.
Now you mentioned that when you went into Cabanatuan,
you had a blanket, probably your mess gear, toilet
kit, maybe a little bit of money. What other posses-
sions did you have other than the clothes that you
had on?
Oh, we might have had an extra suit at that time--
maybe at that time. That's all that I can recall
that we had--what you just mentioned there. Maybe
an extra suit of clothes or maybe a towel. I guess
we did maybe still have a towel in our little pack.
Okay, now you had a barracks. Let's talk about
some of the other physical structures in the camp.
What were the medical facilities like here at
Cabanatuan?
Well, we had a captured doctor with us. Now I don't
suppose he had any supplies. I think he talked the
Japanese out of a few supplies. Personally, yes, I
did go to him, too. Now after a while we began toAllen:
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Allen, Billy. Oral History Interview with Billy Allen, March 1, 1976, book, March 1, 1976; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529118/m1/53/?rotate=0: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.