Interview with John Plath Green, an attorney and U.S. Army WWII veteran, concerning his experiences as the officer in charge of the liberation of American and other Allied prisoners-of-war in Japan at the end of World War II.
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Interview with John Plath Green, an attorney and U.S. Army WWII veteran, concerning his experiences as the officer in charge of the liberation of American and other Allied prisoners-of-war in Japan at the end of World War II.
Physical Description
[1] 173, [130] p. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Interview conducted in 1974 for the World War II Prisoners of War Oral History Project. Interviewer: Dr. Ronald E. Marcello, Professor of History, North Texas State University.
Table of contents: February 6, 1974 interview (p. 1-141) -- March 1, 1974 interview (p.142-173) -- Appendix: Photocopies of various documents concerning Allied prisoners-of-war in Japan, including letters, Green's handwritten journal from September 4 to 19, 1945, and the top secret "Plan for the Care and Evacuation of Liberated Allied Internees" (undated) ([129] p.)
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crediting UNT Oral History Program.