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Oral History Interview with Jack Feliz, February 28, 2000

Interview with Navy veteran and survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston. The interview includes Feliz's personal experiences about being a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II, the sinking of the Houston, imprisonment at Serang, Java, the Changi Prison Camp, hell ship to Japan, prison camp at Ohasi, Honshu, and liberation.

Date: February 28, 2000

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Feliz, Jack

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Richard L. Johnston, February 17, 1999

Interview with William J. Alexander, a Army WWII veteran from Universal, Pennsylvania, who served as an officer of the 382nd Engineer Battalion (Separate), a unit of black enlisted troops. Alexander discusses growing up, joining the Civilian Conservation Corps, joining the Army and commissioning through OCS, training, deployment to India, building the Ledo Road, General Joseph Stilwell, constructing the 20th Bomber Command HQ, working in a steelmill, the atomic bomb, returning home, and postwar… more

Date: February 17, 1999

Creator: Alexander, William J. & Johnston, Richard L.