Oral History Interview with Carlos Montoya, May 15, 2002 Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Oral History Interview with Carlos Montoya, May 15, 2002

Creator

  • Interviewee: Montoya, Carlos
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Interviewer: Johnson, Kep
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Interviewer: Jacques, Robert B.
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 2002-05-15

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Carlos Montoya. Montoya joined the National Guard in 1938. He was assigned as a Battery Clerk for Troop A, cavalry. In January of 1941 he traded his horse for anti-aircraft, joining the 200th Coast Artillery, continuing to serve as a Battery Clerk corporal. They were transferred to the Philippines in August of 1941, providing air defense for Clark Field while based at Fort Stotsenburg. After the 8 December 1941 attack made upon Clark Field, Montoya and his unit were captured by the Japanese in 1942. Montoya became a prisoner-of-war, suriving the Bataan Death March. He was then captive in the Philippines Bilibid Prison for 1 year and 9 months, then transferred to a prison camp in Niigata, Japan, Camp 5B for 1 year and 11 months. He provides vivid details of these events in his life. He was liberated in August of 1945, and given a disability discharge in July of 1946.
  • Physical Description: 1 sound recording (1 hr., 19 min., 19 sec.)

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: New Mexico. National Guard. Coast Artillery Regiment, 200th
  • Keyword: Camp Stotsenburg (Philippines)
  • Keyword: Clark Field (Philippines)
  • Keyword: Prisoner of War
  • Keyword: Prisoner-of-war camps
  • Keyword: Bataan Death March, Philippines, 1942
  • Keyword: Bilibid Prison (Manila, Philippines)
  • Keyword: Concentration camps -- Japan

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Relation

  • Has Transcription: Oral History Interview with Carlos Montoya, May 15, 2002, [transcript] ark:/67531/metapth1604008

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

  • Sound

Format

  • Audio

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: OH00529
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1607821
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