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Oral History Interview with Arwin Bowden, September 9, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Arwin Bowden. He begins by discussing his training in San Diego and New Zealand before the Battle of Tarawa. He describes being wounded in the battle, the casualties he saw and being shipped back to Pearl Harbor for treatment, then joining the battle of Saipan. He ancedotes about Japanese killing themselves rather than surrendering, eating food from a garden watered from rainwater running down from outhouses, the wages he ma… more
Date: September 9, 2000
Creator: Bowden, Arwin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Location: 1.451817 172.971662
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - January 9, 1945]

Description: Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing her joy at finally receiving a letter from him, and her excitement at the pink sweater he intends to send. Catherine also shares news from home, including plans to play penny anti with Dan Jr., Bea, Joe, Evelyn, and Missie, and another flying lesson in the afternoon.
Date: January 9, 1945
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Sidney C. Matlock, September 9, 1981

Description: Interview with Sidney Matlock, 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. Matlock 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), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944), railroad maintenance work in Burma (1944), Phet Buri, Thai… more
Date: September 9, 1981
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Matlock, Sidney C., 1917-
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Kyle O. Thompson, March 9, 1977

Description: Interview with Kyle Thompson, a journalist, 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. Thompson talks about 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), Kanchanaburi and Tamarkan, Thailand (1944), American air raids, Nakhon N… more
Date: March 9, 1977
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Thompson, Kyle, 1922-
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

[Clipping: Britain's GOM]

Description: Newspaper clipping detailing the early career of David Lloyd George and his rise to the seat of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The article compares Lloyd George's career to Winston Churchill's.
Date: January 9, 1945
Creator: Washington Post Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran
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