Oral History Interview with Billy Allen, March 1, 1976 Page: 49
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49and soaping up. I never will forget one day. It just
looked like it was going to rain for weeks, but it
stopped suddenly and left everybody soaped up. We were
all getting our canteens and rinsing each other off
because the soap would soon chap us. Most of the baths
I took under the eaves of the barracks when it was
raining.
But we did get to go down to the river a few
times. There was a river--I don't know the name of it--
that passed within a half mile or so from the fence.
The guards went down with us, and we just all went
skinny-dipping.
About how often were you able to take a bath?
I guess about once a week.
Did the Japanese provide you with soap, or what did you
use?
I guess they must have given us a little soap because
we had some soap. We each had a little soap with us.
I don't remember if the Japanese gave us any soap. We
traded for some soap, too, from the Filipinos down by
the river. They had some vegetables and a little bit
of . . . well, not so many vegetables but fruit--
papayas, mangos, bananas. We might have bought some
soap from them. I don't remember. I know I had a
little bar of soap I carried with me. The JapaneseMarcello:
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Allen, Billy. Oral History Interview with Billy Allen, March 1, 1976, book, March 1, 1976; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529118/m1/51/?q=%22~1~1%22~1&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.