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World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Kenneth J. Epping World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3339
Abstract

This collection houses the Bronze Star that Kenneth J. Epping earned during World War II and copies of the VFW edition of a four-volume set entitled Pictorial History of the Second World War.

Dates: circa 1939-1947

Robert W. Barbee Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0091
Abstract

This collection contains eleven American propaganda pamphlets aimed at encouraging Japanese troops to surrender during World War II. These pamphlets are written in Japanese with English translations attached.

Dates: circa 1945

Stanley Sommers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0139
Abstract

This collection includes one copy of The Japanese Story, research and recollections of Stanley Sommers' World War II experiences as a prisoner of war.

Dates: 1980 July

Wiley O. Woods, Jr. and Edward W. Weiss Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2557
Abstract

This collection contains research collected by Wiley O. Woods, Jr. and Ed Weiss. It concerns the detachment of Air Force men who were sent to San Jose, Mindoro, Philippine Islands during the early days of World War II, and who spent 37 months in a Prisoner of War camp (Tan Toey) on the island of Ambon.

Dates: 1984-2002; Majority of material found within 2000-2002