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Cooley, Richard (1911-2000): Interview and memoir

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Identifier: O-C776

Scope and Contents

PRISONER OF WAR EXPERIENCES IN WORLD WAR II Cooley, U.S. Marine, discusses his experiences as a Japanese prisoner of war: relocation from Shanghai to the Philippines at the outbreak of the war; life on the Philippine Islands, bombings and attacks, capture; treatment and conditions at Cabanatuan Camps 1 and 3; relocation to labor camps in Japan, conditions and treatment there; end of the war, liberation, and return to U.S.

4 tapes, 285 mins., 74 pp. Interview by Glenn Kniss, 1988 OPEN See collateral file

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6.00 items

Language of Materials

English

Related Materials

Interview and Memoir in Illinois Digital Archives.

http://www.idaillinois.org/u?/uis,1657

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