Oral History Interview with Huddleston W. Wright, November 1989
Description:
Interview with Huddleston Wright, 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. Wright 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 (1944-1945), Phet Buri, Thailand (1945), and his liberation.
Date:
{1989-11-02,1989-11-14}
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Wright, Huddleston W., 1905-
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Partner:
UNT Oral History Program