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Oral History Interview with John Reas, November 17, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Reas. Reas grew up in Indiana and Ohio and enlisted in the Navy in 1938. After training, he boarded the USS Houston (CA-30) at Charleston, South Carolina. He was assigned to the aviation unit. On February 28, 1942, he survived the bombing and sinking of the ship. He and other survivors in life rafts were picked up by the Japanese the next day and taken to Java as a prisoner of war. He was taken to a ship and then back t… more
Date: November 17, 2000
Creator: Reas, John
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Location: -5.090944 112.170410
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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