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World War Two oral history interviews : interview with Hal Potts, August 4, 1994 / produced by Athens-Clarke County Library

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Hal Potts recounts his service during WWII in the Philippines. He was a POW and marched in the Bataan Death March. He discusses the treatment of the POWs by the Japanese. He was later sold into slavery to Japanese industries. He was liberated September 1945. He was awarded the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and many other honors.

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Athens-Clarke County Library

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. Bataan Death March, Philippines, 1942
  2. Bronze Star Medal (U.S.)
  3. Georgia
  4. Personal Narratives, American
  5. Philippines
  6. Prisoners And Prisons, Japanese
  7. Purple Heart
  8. Veterans
  9. World War, 1939 1945

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