Oral History Interview with Leland D. Bartlett, September 13, 1972
Description:
Interview with Colonel Leland D. Bartlett, an Army WWII veteran and POW from Springfield, Massachusetts. Bartlett discusses his education, his experience as a teenager in the Pancho Villa Expedition, becoming a commissioned officer in the Army, his pre-war career, his deployment to the Philippines, the Japanese attack, the Battle of Bataan, the siege of Corregidor and the American surrender, and his internment at Cabanatuan, Tanagawa, and Zentsuji.
Date:
September 13, 1972
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Bartlett, Leland D.
Partner:
UNT Oral History Program