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Haigwood, John Henry (1919-1995): Interview and memoir

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Identifier: O-H125

Scope and Contents

PRISONER OF WAR EXPERIENCES IN WORLD WAR II Haigwood, army infantryman, discusses his experiences as a Japanese prisoner of war: pre-WWII enlistment and training; service in the Philippines, Japanese attack on Pearl Habor and the Philippines; combat, capture on Corregidor Island; internment at Camp Cabanatuan and Mukden in Manchuria, treatment and conditions, work in steel machinery and tanning factories; liberation by the Russian Army and return to the U.S.

4 tapes, 287 mins., 63 pp. Interview by Glenn Kniss, 1985 RESTRICTED: May be read and quoted but cannot be published or reproduced. No bound copy, only manuscript copy in collateral file. See collateral file

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Conditions Governing Access

RESTRICTED: May be read and quoted but cannot be published or reproduced. No bound copy, only manuscript copy in collateral file.

Extent

6.00 items

Language of Materials

English

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