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Oral History Interview with M. T. Harrelson, May 9, 1985

Description: Interview with M. T. Harrelson, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Wichita Falls, Texas, who was a member of the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "Lost Battalion"). Harrelson discusses National Guard training and operations before the war, deployment to the Pacific and diversion to Java, the Japanese invasion, surrender and initial confinement, internment at Tanjong Priok and Bicycle Camp in Batavia, transfer to Changi Camp in Singapore, and the end of the war.
Date: May 9, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Harrelson, M. T., 1919-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

[A Group of Veterans and Wives at Besançon, France]

Description: Photograph of a group of veterans with their wives seated in wooden chairs around a table in an unidentified room. Behind them, a pair of double doors (right) has restroom signs above it and a n advertisement for "Tropico" is on the wall (left); empty tables are partially visible in front of the group. Handwritten text on the back of the photo says: "Besançon 4-22-85. Waiting for TGV to Paris."
Date: April 22, 1985
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

Oral History Interview with Jess Stanbrough, April 15, 1985

Description: Interview with Jess Stanbrough, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Wichita Falls, Texas, who served and was captured with the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "Lost Battalion.") Stanbrough discusses his time in the Guard before the war, deployment to the Pacific, the fall of Java and being captured, experiences in internment at Tanjong Priok and Bicycle Camp in Batavia, operating a clandestine radio, transfer to Japan, being an iron smelter at Kamaishi, Honshu, American air and n… more
Date: April 15, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Stanbrough, Jess
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

[Plane Propeller]

Description: Photograph of a wooden plane propeller hanging above a window with orange curtains and below a ceiling of white tiles. The wall behind the propeller is wood-paneled, and the propeller itself has two blades, each tipped with bronze-colored metal.
Date: April 1985
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Lost Airports]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article about the history of little-known airports in Dallas County, such as White Rock Airport, Dallas-Garland Airport, and Highland Park Airport. A large, full-page advertisement for home pools is included.
Date: February 10, 1985
Creator: Ramsey, Ross
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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