Oral History Interview with William Sloman Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Oral History Interview with William Sloman

Creator

  • Interviewee: Sloman, William
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Interviewer: Cunningham, Mark
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War
    Place of Publication: Fredericksburg, Texas

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William Sloman. Sloman joined the Marine Corps in October of 1939. Beginning early in 1940, he served in the 1st Defense Battalion, D Battery. In February of 1941, he deployed to Hawaii. In December, Sloman participated in the Battle of Wake Island. He was captured by the Japanese, survived transport aboard the hell ship Asama Maru and imprisonment in Zentsuji POW Camp in Japan. He was liberated in 1945, and discharged in early 1946.
  • Physical Description: 144 p.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: World War, 1939-1945
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Individuals
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Military and War - Wars - World War II
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Interviews
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Oral histories
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Personal narratives
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Autobiographies
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Biographies
  • Keyword: WWII
  • Keyword: United States. Marine Corps. Defense Battalion, 1st
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Hawaii
  • Keyword: Wake Island, Battle of, Wake Island, 1941
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan
  • Keyword: Prisoner of War
  • Keyword: Prisoner-of-war camps
  • Keyword: Asama Maru (Prison ship)

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Relation

  • Oral History Interview with William Sloman - ark:/67531/metapth1609961

Collection

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War Oral History Collection
    Code: NMPW
  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War Digital Archive
    Code: NMPWA

Institution

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
    Code: NMPW

Rights

  • Rights License: by-nc-nd
  • Rights Statement: Commercial use is prohibited without permission from the National Museum of the Pacific War.

Resource Type

  • Text

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: OH03462
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1606153
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