Oral History Interview with Roy G. Armstrong, October 15, 1980
Description:
Interview with Roy Armstrong, an Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard) and a member of the "Lost Battalion," concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Armstrong discusses the fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Tamarkan and Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1943), Saigon and Da Lat, French Indo-China (1944-1…
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Date:
October 15, 1980
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Armstrong, Roy G., 1919-
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UNT Oral History Program