Oral History Interview with C. L. Pryor, December 5, 1987 Page: 17
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Australians did not feel the same shame when they
surrendered. Now this may or may not be the case
with all the Japanese, and certainly it was not
confined to just a few; but there are many
interpretations of it, probably by their commander
in charge, which, of course, deals many cards out
and can be interpreted many many ways.
I know that you were a survivor of the Houston
and was in the water when it went down for many,
many hours and was finally picked up by the
Japanese. I would maybe ask you from that point what
you felt when you were captured and took aboard the
Japanese vessel and then put on the beach--what your
feelings were about your situation, what you think
the Japanese felt, and any kind of treatment that
you thought was unusual. Just generally give me your
impression of your very first capture.
Pryor: Well, until the accomplished fact of the actual
sinking of the USS Houston, certainly you know fear.
In the case of the member of the crew of a warship,
that fear will be the loss of the ship. I'd think
that few, few members of the ship's crew ever
seriously questioned that in the loss of the ship
that life will be lost, too. I don't think at any17
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Jones, Waller F. & Pryor, Charley L. Oral History Interview with C. L. Pryor, December 5, 1987, book, December 5, 1987; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1584976/m1/19/?q=%221920-02%22: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.