Oral History Interview with Eugene Crispi, February 28, 2002

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The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Eugene Crispi. Crispi joined the Navy in February of 1940. He served aboard USS Houston (CA-30). Crispi worked aboard the ship until it sank in March of 1942 during the Battle of Sunda Strait. He swam ashore on Java Island and was captured by the Japanese. Crispi was taken to a POW Camp in Serang, Java, and later to a camp in Jakarta. After 3 years of imprisonment, he was placed into an Army hospital. He returned to the US and was discharged in late 1945.

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Crispi, Eugene. Oral History Interview with Eugene Crispi, February 28, 2002, audio recording, February 28, 2002; Fredericksburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1607760/m1/: accessed June 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation.