Oral History Interview with Billy Allen, March 1, 1976 Page: 54
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Allen:think so--with barbed wire on top of it. I think, and
I'm not sure of this, that it was all barbed wire, but
the strands were very close and very tight.
How close to the fence could you walk as a prisoner-of-
war? Could you get right up to the fence?
We were a little scared of that. In camp Number II--
and this incident may have been related to you by other
people--there were four guys at that fence one day.
The Japanese claimed they were trying to escape. They
took those men and put them in a torturous position and
tied them for, I guess, about forty-eight hours out in
the hot sun. They were tied with . . . they were down
on their knees with boards behind their legs and then
tied and their hands tied behind them. Those men were
begging them to shoot them, which they did after forty-
eight hours. So we kind of stayed back from that fence.
Did you actually witness this occurring?
Yes. I watched the shooting. We all . . . I believe
they made us go watch that.
What sort of . . .
They were setting an example.
Describe this incident in as much detail as you can
remember, that is, the actual execution of these three
or four men.
There were four men. They dug their grave--one long
trench.
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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/m1/56/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.