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Oral History Interview with Eldridge Rayburn, January 16, 1980

Audio interview with Eldridge Rayburn, a veteran of the Texas National Guard from Lubbock, Texas, about his experiences as a member of the "Lost Battalion" captured at Java in 1942 by the Japanese army during World War II. Rayburn discusses his memories of being in a Field Artillery unit, a prisoner of war, and surviving.

Date: January 16, 1980

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Rayburd, Eldridge

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

[Funeral Program for Mr. Thomas A. Chase, January 11, 1982]

Funeral program for Mr. Thomas Alva Chase, born August 8, 1919 and died January 3, 1982. The funeral was held January 11, 1982 at Antioch Baptist Church, officiated by Rev. S. H. Bedford. The funeral arrangements were made through Lewis Funeral Home and he was buried in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery near San Antonio, Texas.

Date: January 11, 1982

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: San Antonio Public Library

[Funeral Program for Laurene Dennis, January 22, 1981]

Funeral program for Sister Laurene Dennis, born June 9, 1919 and died January 19, 1981. The funeral was held January 22, 1981 at Mount Zion First Baptist Church, officiated by Rev. Claude W. Black, Jr. The funeral arrangements were made through Sutton & Sutton Mortuary and she was buried in Meadowlawn Memorial Park in San Antonio, Texas.

Date: January 22, 1981

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: San Antonio Public Library

Oral History Interview with Paul E. Papish, January 30, 1989

Interview with Paul E. Papish, a Navy WWII veteran and POW from Denver, Colorado, who survived the sinking of the USS Houston (CA-30). Papish discusses joining the Navy in 1939 and training, assignment to the Houston and operations in the Pacific, the start of war and initial engagements, the Battle of the Java Sea, getting sunk at Sundra Strait, surviving on a raft and reaching shore on Java, capture, initial internment, transfer to and experiences in Bicycle Camp in Batavia, transfer to Chang… more

Date: January 30, 1989

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Papish, Paul E.