Oral History Interview with Frank W. Ficklin, January 16, 1987
Description:
Transcript of an interview with Frank Ficklin, a businessman, an Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard) and a member of the "Lost Battalion." Ficklin discusses his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Ficklin discusses the fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944), Changi Jail (1944),…
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Date:
January 16, 1987
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Ficklin, Frank W., 1922-
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UNT Oral History Program